What is this book about?
- How Netscape handles dHTML
- Netscape layers
- Style sheets
- Dynamic fonts
- Document Object Model (the authors call it the Browser Object Model)
- Scripting with JavaScript
The book is layed out in two distinct sections, How to and Reference.
The How To Section
This section of the book, teaches you how to write HTML, and use dynamic HTML in your documents. Every major part of dHTML has its own in-depth chapter to explain the intricacies of the tool and some of the more common errors.
This portion of the book is not for the faint of heart. It is very in-depth and there is a lot of reading to figure out how to do the various tips and tricks. The book is written on very fine stock paper so that there are more pages than you expect for a book its size. This is not a visual book. There are lots of examples, but the primary focus is on writing down exactly what each command does.
The Reference Section
This is where the book becomes very valuable. The lists of tags, properties, methods, and events are easy to read and follow. It includes a quick reference for both HTML and JavaScript as well as special characters and colors (but these are the Netscape colors and not [link url=/library/bl_colors.htm]Browser Safe colors).
I often go to the DOM reference (which the authors call the Browser Object Model Reference) to look up the attributes of an object. Knowing which methods will work on which objects makes them easier to use and work with.
I Recommend This Book
If you are at all interested in dynamic HTML, you should get this book. It is comprehensive and thorough, and the reference section you will use over and over.
