DHTML and CSS for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, Third Edition

JavaScript for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, Fifth Edition

Creating Cool Web Sites with HTML, XHTML, and CSS

Html Dynamic

Essential CSS and DHTML for Web Professionals (2nd Edition)

Format: Paperback
Author: Dan Livingston
ReleaseDate: 16 July, 2001
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Rating:

A WASTE OF MONEY
Save your money. This book is awful.

Not really essential
I thought from what I read in the book summary that it would be a book on more advanced techniques, but it was really quite basic. I found this book quite dissapointing. Not a good beginning point for learners, and too basic for people who know more than the basics. Also, about 40% of the book is made up of reference appendices, disappointing, since the book isn't all that long (7 chapters, only 3-4 of which actually address real DHMTL). I would not have purchased this book if I knew before hand what I know now.

Serious flaws--I'm disappointed by my fellow reviewers.
Object detection is the way to go. The author uses browser version sniffing to achieve cross-browser DHTML, which means your code WILL break in the future if you follow his advice. I'm angry about the way this joker discusses CSS2 positioning properties such as float, clear, and position. He simply says, "These aren't supported the same way in all browsers, so just avoid them for now. " I guess he has no faith in his own flawed cross-browser techniques! Hah! There are a couple good examples for beginners on how to hide and animate menus, but they are all heavily based on his terrible cross-browser javascript code. Finally, this book is very short. To make things worse, the pages are small, and the font-size is big. I recommend the 1400 page "Dynamic HTML - The Definitive Reference" second edition by Danny Goodman.