[Javascript] RE:What book would you consider to be the best on Javascript?

[Golden Troll]

 I prefer the JavaScript bible by Goodman awesome...!
Scott
www.goldentroll.com
(it shouldn't crash Netscape now.....)
  -----Original Message-----
From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On
Behalf Of Dave
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 5:59 AM
To: javascript at LaTech.edu
Subject: Re: [Javascript] thumbnails displayed on one html page


Hi Peter,
    Thanks for the quick response on my question. I will use this info and
try to make it work again and then if I have a problem I can ask another
more specific question. What book would you consider to be the best on
Javascript? I have found that when buying books that I usually end up with
about 10-20 books on the same subject as not all books are created equal,
and some books have more info or are written in an easier to learn fashion.
I tend to favor O'Reilly or Wrox..I would like your honest opinion of a book
that I should get.....
Thank you,
Dave
Peter Brunone wrote:

  Dave,
          In server-speak, the parameters after the ? in the URL are called
the
  querystring.  In the client side world... well, I don't know what to call
  them, so we'll just keep calling them that :-)

          Using the window.location.href property, you can get the entire
URL of the
  current page (including parameters that you append).  The correct syntax
for
  appending parameters is as follows:

  http://www.domain.com/directory/file.html?param1=this&param2=that

  and so on.  When you grab this entire string using window.location.href,
you
  can then parse the URL for the pieces you want using the .substring and
  .indexOf methods and the .length property of your string.  For example, if
  you wanted the piece of the above URL (after putting it into a variable
  called strURL) after the question mark, you would do the following:

  strParams = strURL.substring(strURL.indexOf("?"), strURL.length);

          You could then split up the pieces further.  I suggest you pick
one of the
  Javascript resources from
  http://www.mountaindragon.com/javascript/resources.htm or a good book and
  read up on the string methods.

          Alternatively, you could do this server-side with PHP, ASP, PERL,
or
  another scripting environment.  For what it's worth, I find server-side
  methods easier and more powerful for dynamic content like this, but what
you
  want is still attainable with client-side Javascript.

  Cheers,

  Peter

  |-----Original Message-----
  |From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On
  |Behalf Of Dave
  |Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 8:21 PM
  |To: javascript at LaTech.edu
  |Subject: [Javascript] thumbnails displayed on one html page
  |
  |
  |Hi,
  |    I am not an expert so I have come to find help on an operation I
  |have seen work, but cannot get it to work for me. I want to display
  |pictures created with thumbnails with the output going to a single html
  |page so I can retain my background to match my website. This is opposed
  |to the full sized image being displayed on a white background and in the
  |upper left hand corner. I have heard of a "?" extension (in html 4.01)
  |being applied to an html document in the URL address with everything
  |being set after a "?" in a document, accessable from javascript in the
  |opened document. You can then use it to send the filename of the image
  |to be opened on that page. Does anybody know how to do that?
  |Thanks,
  |Dave
  |

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