Brand-new fourth edition of Flanagan's "Rhino book" includes coverage of JavaScript 1.5, JScript 5.5, ECMAScript 3, and the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 standard from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Rather than say Netscape 3.0 supports the Image object while Internet Explorer 3.0 does not, he specifies that JavaScript 1.1 and JScript 3.0 support Image. Nevertheless, many examples make reference to specific browser capabilities'. Although he does not cover server-side APIs, Flanagan has chosen to separate coverage of core JavaScript (all the keywords, general syntax and utility objects like Array) from coverage of client-side JavaScript (which includes objects, like History and Event, which must be done with Web browsers and user interaction with them was -. By the way, the other classic JavaScript text - Danny Goodman's JavaScript Bible is not 't as current as this book, but still a fantastic (and perhaps somewhat more novice-friendly) guide to the JavaScript language and Wall ability. - David Topics covered: the JavaScript language (version 1.0 through version 1.5) and relatives, JScript and ECMAScript, and W3C DOM standards they are often used to manipulate.