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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 25, 2004
Pros: Comprehensive and well-indexed.
Cons: Could use more "sample" code.
Summary: O'Reilly's "Dynamic HTML" is a must-have for any web developer's reference library. If you've already learned how to browse the web, and maybe even wrote an HTML document once or twice in the process, this book will take you the rest of the way toward ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 16, 2003
Pros: Comprehensive, detailed
Cons: Only addresses IE and Netscape with nominal attention to Opera, WebTV, Mozilla, and others.
Summary: I learned my most valuable lesson about programming when I was a freshman in college. My professor, Dr. Hovis, looked at the class and said, "People. Technology is changing. A few years ago, a computer would take up a whole room, but now that computer ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 12, 2001
Pros: Like the dictionary of DHTML, Great approach to DHTML Coding, Well Authored
Cons: It takes time to read ?? No CONS.
Summary: Well.. Danny Goodman has outdone every other DHTML author in bringing out DHTML - The Definitive Reference. This is simply an amazing book, way better than DHTML Unleashed and every other DHTML book I've read.
This book focuses a lot on pure ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 7, 2001
Pros: Very comprehensive, alphabetical command syntax reference is useful to beginners AND gurus, alike
Cons: May be intimidating to beginners, but serious Web design enthusiasts will grow into it
Summary: Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, by Danny Goodman, provides the best comprehensive command syntax reference on the market today. Don't let its size (1088 pp.) or its "technical" appearance intimidate you. If you have ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 21, 2000
Pros: Simplicity, structure and a fabulous index
Cons: No step by step lessons to learn DHTML
Summary: As others have written previously, this is indeed a rather weighty book. At over 1,000 pages many people could easily be intimidated by the sheer volume of information it provides. Once you get over that, and see exactly what this book has to offer, ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 14, 2000
Pros: very definitive
Cons: Not a dhtml walkthrough
Summary: This book is, yes a definitive REFERENCE for dynamic html. One thing that I thought when I purchased it, was that it would be a guide, or a tutorial of some sort, but I was definitely wrong. It contains an ever-so-helpful HTML tag reference section, a ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 20, 1999
Pros: Well written, accurate, and thorough.
Cons: No advice on the best tattoo parlours.
Summary: DHTML: the definitive reference is a big book, a very big book. You'll be too busy reading it to get up to no good, which will keep you out of the leather clubs and tattoo parlours, allowing your parents to sleep at night.
Danny Goodman wrote ... read more
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