作者：Jeffrey Sambells, Aaron Gustafson
副书名：Dynamic Web Design Techniques
出版日期：July 23, 2007
出版社：Friends of Ed
页数：593
ISBN：978-1590598566
文件格式：PDF

Product Description
Asa web designer or developer, you know how powerful DOM scripting is forenhancing web pages and applications, adding dynamic functionality andimproving the user experience. You’ve got a reasonable understanding ofJavaScript and the DOM, but now you want to take your skills further.This book is all you need to do soit shows you how to add essentialfunctionality to your web pages, such as on the fly layout and stylechanges, interface personalization, maps and search using APIs, visualeffects using JavaScript libraries, and much more.Includes a quick recap of the basics, for reference purposes.Packed with real world JavaScript solutions from beginning to endWritten by “Beginning Google Maps” author Jeffrey Sambells, and includes a case study by JavaScript guru Aaron Gustafson.What you’ll learnA quick recap of the HTML and CSS DOM, methods, and events.Shows you the basics of how to add dynamic effects and respond to user actions to your web sites using CSS and JavaScript.Introduces Ajax to the mix, showing you how to use it, and when not to use it.Learn best practices (such as graceful degredation) and productivity improvement via code reuse (libraries and APIs)Create Mashups using search, photo and mapping APIs.Build better, more dynamic user experiences using libraries such as Prototype and Scriptaculous.Who is this book for?This book is for intermediate to advanced web designers anddevelopers who already have a reasonable to good knowledge of HTML,CSS, and JavaScript.
About the Author
Jeffery is a graphic designerand self-taught web applications developer best known for his uniqueability to merge the visual world of graphics with the mental realm ofcode. With a Bachelor of Technology degree in Graphic CommunicationsManagement along with a minor in Multimedia, Jeffrey was originallytrained for the traditional paper-and-ink printing industry, but hesoon realized the world of pixels and code was where his ideas wouldprosper. In late 1999, he cofounded We-Create, Inc., an Internetsoftware company based in Waterloo, Ontario, which began many longnights of challenging and creative innovation.
Currently, as Director of Research and Development for We-Create,Jeffrey is responsible for investigating new and emerging Internettechnologies and integrating them using web standards-compliantmethods. In late 2005, he also became a Zend Certified Engineer.
When not playing at the office, Jeffrey enjoys a variety of hobbiesfrom photography to woodworking. When the opportunity arises, he alsoenjoys floating in a canoe on the lakes of Algonquin Provincial Park orgoing on an adventurous, map-free, drive with his wife. Jeffrey alsomaintains a personal website at JeffreySambells.com, where he sharesthoughts, ideas, and opinions about web technologies, photography,design, and more. He lives in Ontario, Canada, eh, with his wife,Stephanie, his newborn daughter, Addison, and their little dog, Milo.
Aaron pushed pixels and bits as a freelancer for many top companies(Aetna, Deloitte & Touche, Delta Airlines, Guinness, IBM andScholastic, to name a few) before taking a position at Cronin andCompany, a regional advertising agency. At Cronin, Aaron got theDigital department off the ground and set the standards (pun intended)for all web development within the agency. His work on websites forBertucci\’s Restaurants, Konica Minolta, Mystic Aquarium, TriZetto andseveral Connecticut state agencies garnered numerous state, nationaland international awards for Cronin, for both design and web standards.In early 2006, Aaron left Cronin to focus on building his own web shop(Easy! Designs, LLC) and writing more.
In addition to being a member of the Web Standards Project (WaSP),Aaron sits on the Advisory Panel for WOW (formerly World Organizationof Webmasters) and is a member of the Guild of Accessible Web Designers(GAWDS). He serves as Production Editor for A List Apart, is acontributing writer for Digital Web Magazine, and recently contributedseveral chapters to the newly-updated Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rdEdition (O\’Reilly). Aaron has been a featured speaker at numerousconferences including COMDEX, MacWorld and SXSW and has been called onto provide web standards training in both government and corporations.
He blogs at easy-reader.net.