SitePoint Answers 101 Common JavaScript Development Problems

The JavaScript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks by SitePoint has just been released. This groundbreaking book on JavaScript provides solutions to 101 problems relating to JavaScript, DHTML and AJAX.

(PRWEB) March 15, 2006 -- SitePoint Pty. Ltd. (sitepoint.com), provider of fun, practical and easy-to-understand content for web professionals, today announced the launch of "The JavaScript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks."

"This book was written for the new breed of JavaScript developers, to help them use this technology with intelligence, creativity, and empathy for end-users. It provides working solutions that take full advantage of all that JavaScript has to offer, while ensuring standards-compliance and accessibility," said SitePoint CEO and Co-founder Mark Harottle.

Answers to common JavaScript development problems are the focus of "The JavaScript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks," which was co-authored by JavaScript gurus Cameron Adams and James Edwards. Among the 101 Tips, Tricks & Hacks, readers will learn how-to:

-Create a slick yet accessible drop-down menu system
-Take control of web pages with the DOM
-Validate forms in real time using regular expressions
-Optimize code so that it runs faster
-Manage style sheets and modify styles on-the-fly
-Produce sophisticated drag-and-drop interaction
-Use JavaScript and Flash together
-Enhance sites with slick, animated transitions

AJAX and DHTML are also covered in detailed solutions that show users how to create drag'n'drop behaviors, dynamically sort data in a web browser, retrieve data from a Web Server using XMLHttpRequest, and more. As well, an entire chapter is also devoted to ensuring the accessibility of JavaScript applications.

A leading force in promoting best practice web development, SitePoint saw the book as having a natural fit with its current titles.

"JavaScript has been maligned as one of the larger evils of Web development for too long," Harbottle asserted. "This book will bring readers up to speed, and provide a foundation of modern-day JavaScript techniques that will set web developers up for years to come. I wouldn't be surprised if we see a number of amazing Web 2.0-style applications being developed off the back of this book."

For interview & excerpt requests, please contact sitepointpr @ oreilly.com

The JavaScript Anthology
By: Cameron Adams and James Edwards
ISBN: 0-9752402-6-9
Page Count: 592
Price: $39.95 USD / $55.95 CDN
Book Website: http://www.sitepoint.com/books/jsant1/

About SitePoint
SitePoint specializes in publishing fun, practical, and easy-to-understand content for web professionals. Its popular online magazine, blogs, newsletters and print books teach best practices to web developers and designers worldwide. http://www.sitepoint.com

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