No Starch Press releases "The Web Programmer's Desk Reference"

From: Kathryn Barrett (nostarchpr_at_oreilly.com)
Date: 09/10/04

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    No Starch Press releases "The Web Programmer's Desk Reference"

    For Immediate Release
    For more information, to request a review copy, or to schedule an
    interview, contact Leigh Sacks (leigh@nostarch.com or 415.863.9900)

    THE WEB PROGRAMMER'S DESK REFERENCE
    A Complete Cross-Reference to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

    San Francisco, CA - HTML, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and JavaScript
    are the three basic programming languages that web programmers use to
    build functional, attractive, and interactive web sites. HTML creates the
    text, images, and other content on a web page; CSS formats and positions
    those elements; and JavaScript adds interactivity to web sites by
    responding to user choices.

    "The Web Programmer's Desk Reference" (No Starch Press, Sept 04) is the
    only book to serve as a single point of reference to all three primary web
    programming languages. "During the many years that I have been developing
    DHTML applications, I have never found a single, complete reference book
    that allowed me to quickly look up how the numerous parts of HTML, CSS,
    and JavaScript work, and how they work together," explains co-author
    Joseph Issi Cohen. "The Internet is a great resource of information for
    web programmers, but locating exactly what you're looking for can be
    difficult and time consuming. This book gathers all the information into
    one convenient place. Rather than having to search the Web, it puts the
    answers right at your fingertips, on your desk."

    Written by the father and son team of Lazaro Issi Cohen and Joseph Issi
    Cohen, "The Web Programmer's Desk Reference" shows how to use virtually
    every HTML element and attribute, event, CSS style, behavior, filter,
    JavaScript property, JavaScript method, and JavaScript object. The book
    also contains a reference of HTML+TIME elements and their attributes,
    properties, and methods. It begins with a web programming primer that
    gives beginning and intermediate programmers an understanding of the core
    elements of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The bulk of the book is organized
    as a reference that lists every element of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Each
    listing contains:

    -A brief description of the element
    -The element's complete syntax
    -An example that shows how the element works in practice
    -A list of Internet Explorer and Netscape browsers the element is
    compatible with
    -A list of all other elements that the element can be used with

    Weighing in at over 1,100 pages, with more than one thousand examples, web
    programmers at all levels will find this book an indispensable tool.
    Forget searching the web for hours, "The Web Programmer's Desk Reference"
    is the one place to turn for Web developers who want to brush up on
    elements they may have forgotten, find what works with the programming
    they already have in place, or discover new elements. The choices are
    endless, but "The Web Programmer's Desk Reference" pulls them all together
    in one convenient place, so answers can be had with a quick flip of the
    page.

    THE WEB PROGRAMMER'S DESK REFERENCE
    A Complete Cross-Reference to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
    by Lazaro Issi Cohen and Joseph Issi Cohen
    ISBN 1-59327-011-9, September 2004, US $59.95 ($83.95 Cdn), 1,128 pp.
    Available at fine bookstores everywhere, from www.oreilly.com/nostarch, or
    directly from No Starch Press (www.nostarch.com, orders@nostarch.com, and
    800.420.7240)
    No Starch Press titles are distributed throughout the U.S. by O'Reilly Media.

    ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
    Table of contents: http://nostarch.com/wpdr_toc.htm
    Sample pages from the book: http://nostarch.com/download/WPDR_sample.pdf
    Cover image: http://nostarch.com/wpdr_big.htm

    ABOUT THE AUTHORS
    Lazaro Issi Cohen has written many Spanish-language computer books,
    including "La Biblia de JavaScript" and "La Biblia de Flash MX" (Anaya)
    and was a professor of Multimedia at Alcala de Henares University in
    Madrid. Joseph Issi Cohen is a software developer consultant with over 10
    years of experience developing systems for companies including Autoland,
    Baker Commodities, American Honda, Warner Brothers, and PacifiCare.

    ABOUT NO STARCH PRESS
    Since 1994, No Starch Press has published unique books on technology, with
    a focus on Open Source, security, hacking, web development, programming,
    gaming, and alternative operating systems. Our titles have personality,
    our authors are passionate, and our books tackle topics that people care
    about.

    For more information, to request a review copy, or to schedule an
    interview, contact Leigh Sacks (leigh@nostarch.com or 415.863.9900)

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