Sitepoint - The Art & Science of JavaScript

We've assembled seven of the greatest minds in modern JavaScript to teach you the most inspirational techniques you'll ever use. From creating impressive mashups and stunning, dynamic graphics, to more subtle user-experience enhancements, you're about to be amazed by the true potential of this powerful language.
With an all star line-up of authors including James Edwards, Michael Mahemoff, Ara Pehlivanian, Cameron Adams, Dan Webb, Christian Heilmann, and Simon Willison, this superb book will show you how to:

Create a slick Google Maps and Flickr mashup.
Build your own fully accessible 3D maze.
Create stunning vector graphics using the canvas element.
Have some fun with draggable and sortable table columns.
Give your site some extra personality with client-side badges.
Write better code faster using metaprogramming techniques.
Become a debugging expert using pro-level Firebug tricks.

Presented in full color, all of the books solutions are cross-browser and cross-platform compatible. Best of all, all the code used in the book is available for you to download and experiment with.
Who Should Read This Book?

This book is targeted at intermediate JavaScript developers who want to take their JavaScript skills to the next level without sacrificing web accessibility or best practice.

If you have even a small amount of experience with JavaScript, and are comfortable enough programming in another language such as PHP or Java, you'll be just fine - we'll hold your hand along the way, and all of the code is available for you to download and experiment with on your own.

About the Author
Cameron Adams has been adding to the Internet for over seven years and now runs his own design and development business. He likes to combine the aesthetic with the technological on his weblog.

James Edwards is an outspoken advocate of standards-based development, co-author of SitePoint's The JavaScript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks and author of the Ultimate Drop Down Menu system - the first commercial DHTML menu to be WCAG compliant.

Christian Heilmann currently works as a lead developer for Agilisys. He publishes an almost daily blog at http://wait-till-i.com . He is a member of the Web Standards Project's DOM Scripting Task Force.

Michael Mahemoff is a hands-on software architect with 23 years of programming experience. Michael is a recovering Java developer, is the author of Ajax Design Patterns (published by O ™Reilly), and writes regularly at softwareas.com.

Ara Pehlivanian has been working on the Web since 1997. He now works for Nurun* as a Senior Client-side developer and Tech Lead working on projects for highly visible clients

Dan Webb is a London-based web developer specializing in web application development and hording vinyl. Danwebb.net is his personal site.

Simon Willison is a seasoned Web developer from the UK. He specializes in both client- and server-side development, and is the co-creator of the Django framework for JavaScript.

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