However, www.w3schools.com is a good source of reference material. The most authoritative overall reference on the DOM, with good coverage of browser differences, is Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference by Danny Goodman (Third Edition). JavaScript: The Complete Reference, Third Edition is the definitive JavaScript resource. This Third edition is completely revised to cover the newest changes to JavaScript up to version 1.9, the latest browser-specific features for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome, as well popular JavaScript frameworks like jquery. A more comprehensive source is Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, Third Edition, by Danny Goodman (O'Reilly Media), but this describes the Web as of a few years ago, so it doesn't include newer features such as HTML5. If you find a good reference source for HTML5, please let me know (I haven't yet found one).
Principles of Federal Appropriations Law, also known as the Red Book, is GAO’s multi-volume treatise concerning federal fiscal law. The Red Book provides text discussion with reference to specific legal authorities to illustrate legal principles, their application, and exceptions. These references include GAO decisions and opinions, judicial decisions, statutory provisions, and other relevant sources.
Our current Red Book consists of Chapters 1-3 (of the 4th Edition) and Chapters 5-15 (of the 3rd Edition). As we update these chapters, we will also update this table of contents and provide new links. We will no longer publish a separate Annual Update.
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4th Edition, Chapter 3 | Availability of Appropriations: Purpose |
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3rd Edition, Chapter 5 | Availability of Appropriations: Time |
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3rd Edition, Chapter 6 | Availability of Appropriations: Amount |
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3rd Edition, Chapter 7 | Obligation of Appropriations | |
3rd Edition, Chapter 8 | Continuing Resolutions | |
3rd Edition, Chapter 9 | Liability and Relief of Accountable Officers | |
3rd Edition, Chapter 10 | Federal Assistance: Grants and Cooperative Agreements | |
3rd Edition, Chapter 11 | Federal Assistance: Guaranteed and Insured Loans | |
3rd Edition, Chapter 12 | Acquisition of Goods and Services |
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3rd Edition, Chapter 14 | Claims Against and By the Government | |
3rd Edition, Chapter 15 | Miscellaneous Topics |
With the publication of the first chapters of the 4th Edition of Principles of Federal Appropriations Law (the Red Book), we are also implementing several changes to our publication process.
We suggest that you use the following format to cite, for example, section C.1 of Chapter 2:
GAO, Principles of Federal Appropriations Law, 4th ed., 2016 rev., ch. 2, § C.1, GAO-16-464SP (Washington, D.C.: Mar. 2016).
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'JavaScript The Definitive Guide 5th edition' review
Book review by JavaScriptKit.com | Publisher: O'Reilly, David Flanagan (August 2006)
'JavaScript The Definitive Guide 5th edition' has arrived (Aug 2006) as it continues with the goal of remaining at the top as the most comprehensive JavaScript Reference available. It feel like just a few months ago that I had purchased the 4th edition, so I checked the Printing History near the beginning of this latest edition to find out:
August 1996 | Beta Edition |
January 1997 | Second Edition |
June 1998 | Third Edition |
January 2002 | Fourth Edition |
August 2006 | Fifth Edition |
Ok, so I was off by a few years, as apparently it's been more than 4 years since the last edition of 'JavaScript The Definitive Guide.' My theory is that the lack of big developments in the JavaScript language for the past few years have had a warping effect on my memory, but I digress.
The black ribbon that runs across the top right corner of this book's cover advertises to the readers what's new in this edition: 'Covers Ajax and DOM scripting.' Basically, there are new chapters in this book dedicated to these hot 'Web 2.0' technologies. In the words of the author (Flanagan) himself:
'The new edition has been thoroughly updated so that it covers JavaScript the way it is used today, rather than the way it was used in 2001. These changes appear throughout the book. But the most important new material are the new chapters on scripted HTTP and XML manipulation: these are the cornerstones of Ajax applications, and these two new chapters explain
them, with detailed examples.'
With that said, here's the table of contents for 'JavaScript The Definitive Guide 5th edition':
Part IPart III- Core JavaScript Reference
Part IV- Client-Side JavaScript Reference
Apart from the two new aforementioned sections, there are other changes scattered throughout, such as new chapters on JavaScript namespaces and generating graphics using scripting. The chapter on JavaScript classes has also been rewritten to deal with the evolving, ever more complex structure of JavaScript programs.
'JavaScript The Definitive Guide 5th edition' upholds its predecessors' status as the only JavaScript reference you need to tackle the nuisances of JavaScript day in and day out. Note that this edition covers everything up to JavaScript 1.5, though not the unofficial JavaScript 1.6 and JavaScript 1.7 that Firefox 2.0 will support when it comes out. Well you can't expect people to do everything for you now can you? :)