本书第五版已经经过全面的修订和扩展，涵盖了构建当今Web2.0应用程序所需的JavaScript技术。本书不仅是一本实例驱动的程序员指南，同时也是一本可以摆在桌边随时查阅的参考手册，它以全新的章节阐述了有效使用JavaScript脚本所需要知道的一切知识，包括：
*脚本化的HTTP和Ajax
*XML处理
*使用<canvas>标记的客户端图形
*JavaScript的命名空间——编写复杂程序时所必不可少的
*嵌入到Java应用程序中的类、闭包、持久层、Flash和JavaScript
第一部分详细阐述了JavaScript语言的核心内容。如果你是JavaScript新手，它将教授你这门语言；如果你已经是一个JavaScript程序员，第一部分将能磨练你的技艺并加深你对这门语言的理解。
第二部分阐述了在特定浏览器提供的脚本环境下，如何使用JavaScript进行DOM编程。同时运用许多精巧的实例，广泛且深入地阐明了JavaScript如何应用于客户端程序：
*为HTML文档生成表格内容
*展示DHTML的活力
*自动化表单验证
*绘制动态饼状统计图
*创建可拖曳的HTML元素
*为Web应用程序定义键盘快捷键
*创建有Ajax特性的工具提示
*在Ajax应用中使用XPath和XSLT加载XML文档对象
*以及更多
第三部分是JavaScript语言核心的全面参考。讲述了在JavaScript 1.5和ECMAScript version 3中定义的每一个类、对象、构造器、方法、函数、属性和常量。
第四部分是关于客户端JavaScript的详细参考，涵盖了遗留的Web浏览器API、标准DOM2 API以及新兴的标准,例如XMLHttpRequest对象和<canvas>标记。
本书已经成为全球超过300000名的JavaScript程序员构建JavaScript应用程序不可或缺的参考书籍。

“一本JavaScript专业程序员必备的参考书籍……组织良好，叙述详尽。”
——Brendan Eich, JavaScript的设计者

书名：JavaScript权威指南(第五版)(影印版)

作者：David Flanagan 著

国内出版社：东南大学出版社

出版时间：2007年06月

页数：1020

书号：978-7-5641-0768-0

原版书出版商：O'Reilly Media

 

David Flanagan：一位计算机程序员，绝大部分时间花在编程语言上。他还在O'Reilly公司出版了JavaScript: The Definitive Guide and Java in a Nutshell一书。David拥有麻省理工学院的计算机科学和工程学位，他和妻子及孩子在美国太平洋西北地区的一些城市生活，包括西雅图、华盛顿及英属哥伦比亚的范库弗峰市。


David Flanagan是一个醉心于Java写作的计算机程序员，他的大部分时间都致力于编写Java相关图书。他在O'Reilly出版的其他畅销书还包括《Java in a Nutshell》、《Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell》、《Java Enterprise in a Nutshell》、《JavaScript: The Definitive Guide》以及《JavaScript Pocket Reference》。David在麻省理工学院获得了计算机科学与工程学位。他生活在地处西雅图和温哥华之间的美国太平洋西北海岸。

David Flanagan is a consulting computer programmer who spends much of his time writing books. His other O'Reilly books include JavaScript Pocket Reference, Java in a Nutshell, and Java Examples in a Nutshell. David has a degree in computer science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives with his wife and children in the U.S. Pacific Northwest between the cities of Seattle, Washington,and Vancouver, British Columbia.
David Flanagan is a computer programmer who spends most of his time writing about
programming languages. His other books with O’Reilly include JavaScript: The Definitive
Guide and Java in a Nutshell. David has a degree in computer science and
engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives with his wife and
children in the U.S. Pacific Northwest between the cities of Seattle, Washington, and
Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

 

The animal on the cover of JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fifth Edition, is a Javan
rhinoceros. All five species of rhinoceros are distinguished by their large size, thick
armor-like skin, three-toed feet, and single or double snout horn. The Javan rhinoceros,
along with the Sumatran rhinoceros, is one of two forest-dwelling species. The
Javan rhinoceros is similar in appearance to the Indian rhinoceros, but smaller and
with certain distinguishing characteristics (primarily skin texture).
Rhinoceroses are often depicted standing up to their snouts in water or mud. In fact,
they can frequently be found just like that. When not resting in a river, rhinos will
dig deep pits in which to wallow. Both of these resting places provide a couple of
advantages. First, they give the animal relief from the tropical heat and protection
from blood-sucking flies. (The mud that the wallow leaves on the skin of the rhinoceros
provides some protection from flies, also.) Second, mud wallows and river water
help support the considerable weight of these huge animals, thereby relieving the
strain on their legs and backs.
Folklore has long held that the horn of the rhinoceros possesses magical and aphrodisiacal
powers, and that humans who gain possession of the horns will gain those
powers, also. This is one of the reasons why rhinos are a prime target of poachers.
All species of rhinoceros are in danger, and the Javan rhino population is the most
precarious. Fewer than 100 of these animals are still living. At one time, Javan rhinos
could be found throughout southeastern Asia, but they are now believed to exist
only in Indonesia and Vietnam.