Customer Rating:  
Summary: Pretty Good.
Comment: This book is great for beginning javascript programmers who have a clue how to program. It is definitely not great for someone to learn the skill of computer programming. Additionally the excersices are not very challenging(I've only gotten up to the chapter on arrays, but the other chapter excersices leave little room for creativity).
The good thing about this book is that it is a great way to learn the syntax of javascript. It does not have a lot of information and it has about three excersices per chapter(of what I have read so far. Overall it is worth the price though.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good for beginners
Comment: This book was required reading material for a course I'm taking. That being said, the book is good for anyone who's a novice. The chapters are easy to read and provide a decent review section at their conclusion so you can quiz yourself if you like. If you already know the basics of JavaScript -- look elsewhere.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Clear, straigthforward explanations for a beginner
Comment: Concise descriptions of what happens inside the scripts. The author adresses JS matters without assuming previous knowledge on this subject, but he clearly makes you progress by invoking some math background (i.e. to explain functions ) and also involving the reader in logical deductions to make you think. Some hints of humour and lightweight prose are present along the book, without leaning too much towards the "for dummies" series. As an absolute beginner, it's more than enough.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for people with ZERO knowledge of basic programming, bad otherwise
Comment: I bought this book because even though I have knowledge about programming, I had no concept about JavaScript and needed to learn it. It gave me and introduction to JavaScript, but it also gave me a full recap about functions, constructors, etc. what they are, what they do, which I did not need. So if you are a programmer, I do NOT recommend this book. Instead buy "Simply JavaScript". If you are a newbie and don't know much about programming in general, I definitely recommend this book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Eh
Comment: After all the great reviews I thought this book was going to be outstanding, so maybe that's why I was kind of let down. To be honest, I have not finished the book yet. At chapter 8 (which is where I think maybe he's starting to get into the meat of things) I was just so bored with the examples my enthusiasm for learning Javascript was starting to diminish. I want a little more variety than learning how to make EVERYTHING create a popup window. After reading several other more engaging programming books in the dummies and headfirst series, I think maybe I should've gone to them for my Javascript needs as well.
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