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Format: Paperback
Author: Danny Goodman
ReleaseDate: 15 September, 2002
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
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O'Reilly Dynamic HTML
Consise and handy; this book should sit beside the keyboard of any serious web developer. An indespensible reference for everything client-side web development.

The authoritative reference
It's the only book of its kind with this version information. This hefty volume is not for the beginner, but for the working professional who needs to know exactly what features are available to them and what browser versions they will work with. It also includes the exact official specification of HTML, the DOM, and Javascript -- uncovering just how poor a lot of browser support is for much of these technologies (especially CSS declarations for audio, for example). I recommend this book to my upper level web development students as the last word on web development usage. The only real flaws are logistical -- the difficulty of managing a traditionally bound 1500 page book, getting it to stay open, spines splitting, that sort of thing. But the information is unparalleled. With CSS3 on the way, I anticipate another revision in the near future, and I'll be the first in line to buy another one.
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Great, single source reference
What I really like about this reference tome (1000+ pages) is how every element, tag, attribute, etc. I use this book as my first point of reference for all those technical details regarding HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript, and the Document Object Model (DOM). clearly denotes which browser/browser version supports the item. It's nice to be able to carry around a single book that can answer so many questions. Highly recommended.