This 3rd edition of the well-known JavaScript reference book by Danny Goodman, includes all the latest web browser (IE 7, Firefox 2.0, Opera 9, Safari, etc.) updates and with the DOM, BOM and JavaScript core functions (ver. 1.7), plus Ajax implementations as well. The book is well over 1200+ pages but actually is close to 1500 if you include the 200+ online PDF that includes the non-reference sections that show the reader how to use all the great information in the book.
The previous edition (2002), included that section as part of the book [...] This book includes at least 20-30% more material, not including the implementation sections, so you know something had to go (to prevent this going to hardback). The link to the PDF is in the preface (page x) and basically makes this book one of the most important books that have come out covering JavaScript. It covers everything you could practically need on knowing about any object, any method or any property that has to do with JavaScript or the browser (BOM).
I just hope people realize that there is an extra 200+ of very important content that is NOT in the book that they can get. That extra part makes this book complete. Though if you are only looking a complete reference book then that extra material will be a bonus.
The topics that re covered in the PDF are:
Online Section II, Cross-Platform Compromises
Online Section III, Adding Cascading Style Sheets to Documents
Online Section IV, Changing Page Content and Styles
Online Section V, Adding Dynamic Positioning to Documents
Online Section VI, Scripting Events
Online Section VII, XMLHttpRequest and Ajax
This material itself can be its own book comparing it to other JavaScript books that have just been coming out the past year. So if you need a complete book on JavaScript or want to learn the specific browser differences or are an Ajax developer then this is the only book you will want to get. It should be part of your library.
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