The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date Submitted |
Date Corrected |
Printed |
Page xiii
Last line under the heading Conventions in Code Examples |
for the sake of clarify
should be
for the sake of clarity
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Anonymous |
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Page 3
2nd paragraph |
wait five seconds a web page
should be
wait five seconds for a web page
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Anonymous |
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Page 13
second bullet at top of page |
Application developers are usually _interesting_ in supporting as wide a user base as possible.
should be
Application developers are usually _interested_ in supporting as wide a user base as possible.
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Anonymous |
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Page 26
second code snippet from the bottom |
The last closing brace '}' should be removed. Thus, the code should be changed from:
window.onload = function() {
$("sandbox").innerHTML = "Click Here!<br />";
};
}
to
window.onload = function() {
$("sandbox").innerHTML = "Click Here!<br />";
};
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Anonymous |
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Page 27
First paragraph - demo code |
Code as syntax errors.
should be:
function $(id) { return document.getElementById(id); }
window.onload = function() {
$("sandbox").innerHTML = "Click here!<br/>";
$("sandbox").onclick = function(ev) {
ev = ev || window.event;
$("sandbox").innerHTML = "Clicked at " + new Date() + ". Event: " ;
for (property in ev) {
var message = "Property " + property + ": " + ev[property] +
"<br/>";
$("sandbox").innerHTML += message;
}
};
}
Author's note: Readers can also refer to the corresponding code example in
http://ajaxify.com/tutorial/dynamic/tutorial.js - They will find at that
location the code as it should read.
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Anonymous |
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Page 36
Second code snippet |
When calling fade(), there isn't a need to pass in 0 as the argument.
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Anonymous |
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Page 37
FIrst code snippet |
The statement:
clearTimeout(submitTimer); // Clears any previously scheduled submission
should immediately be followed by
submitTimer = setTimeout(submitWord, 1000);
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Anonymous |
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Page 126
3rd paragraph |
The choice is between
should be
The choice between
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Anonymous |
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Page 131
3rd paragraph |
this pattern is a like
should be
this pattern is like
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Anonymous |
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Page 141
3rd paragraph |
already disabled a available
should be
already disabled available
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Anonymous |
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Page 225
4th paragraph |
the web site should be www.serversideguy.blogspot.com.
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Anonymous |
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Printed |
Page 246
4th paragraph from bottom |
those homes one the other side
should be
those homes on the other side
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Anonymous |
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Page 256
last paragraph |
"corresponding mozilla.org article" is repeated
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Anonymous |
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Page 283
picture |
can be easily be
should be
can be easily
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Anonymous |
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Page 308
3/4 way down |
It fetches is the counter XML:
should be
It fetches the counter XML:
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Anonymous |
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Page 379
3/4 way down |
The Assitive Search
should be
The Assistive Search
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Anonymous |
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Printed |
Page 393
footnote |
is outputted
should be
is output
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Anonymous |
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Page 395
1st paragraph |
particularly gamin
should be
particularly gaming
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Anonymous |
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Page 427
1st paragraph |
Portlest
should be
Portlets
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Anonymous |
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Printed |
Page 432
last paragraph |
while perform work
should be
while performing work
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Anonymous |
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Page 454
2nd paragraph from bottom |
aOne-Second
should be
a One-Second
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Anonymous |
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Page 458
2nd bullet |
"One-Second Mutation" should be italicized like the others.
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Anonymous |
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Page 465
4th paragraph |
thePortlet
should be
the Portlet
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Anonymous |
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Page 521
4th paragraph |
polling ithis
should be
polling this
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Anonymous |
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Page 557
1st paragraph |
is embedded an
should be
is embedded in an
(last page) colophon;
The colophon for Ajax Design Patterns currently says that the cover
image is from Cassell's Natural History. It should actually say that it
is orginal art by Mike Kohnke.
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Anonymous |
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