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Summary: This book has saved me many times.
Comment: A great book which has helped me out so many times. If you live, eat and breath JavaScript then you probably don't need this book anymore. However I find that I use such a mix of technologies; Lotus Notes, LotusScript, Java, C, C++, HTML, XML etc, that remembering 100% of the syntax just isn't realistic. That's where this book comes into play as it always seemed to contain just the right information to keep me going.
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Summary: Just Perfect...
Comment: This book is just PERFECT... I think this book contains ALL the Javascript language, even the creator of Javascript (Brendan Eich) recommends it, it's amazing!!!.
For me, this is simply the BEST book of Javscript that i've ever seen. It's absolutely simple and easy to understand. It has a lot of simple (and not-that-simple) examples of code.
I'm sure that with this book you'll learn a lot of Javascript and then, you'll be able to make a very useful, sophisticated, and beautiful website.
I really, REALLY recommend to buy this book... when you have it in your hands, you'll remember these words : )
A LITTLE WARNING: (Like I wrote for "PHP Bible")
If you want to use this great book, you have to know at least a little bit of HTML, because Javascript is a language that improves HTML. If you don't even know what is HTML, you'll not love this book as much as I do... so, I recommend that before you get this book, you study some HTML : )
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Summary: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide - Appropriately named!
Comment: This book, tome almost, is well written, with clear, concise, and well indexed! Thanks
Bob
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Summary: Fantastic Javascript Reference
Comment: I have been using David Flanagan's "Javascript: The Definitive Guide" since the 1st edition came out in 1996 and I have nothing but praise for this book, a perfect example of what makes O'Reilly books O'REILLY BOOKS. With every new edition, David Flanagan has added new material related to the newest incarnation of Javascript (the latest being 1.5) and he provides a solid introduction of what Javascript is, the history of the language, and the basics. From explaining how control structures are used and the data types provided with Javascript, the Author goes on to talk about the DOM, form and event processing, DHTML, cookies, etc. After spending 400 pages on the basics of the language, another 300+ pages provide a reference to all the different functions and interfaces the language provides. The last 300+ pages would have been handy enough to have, so I consider the first 400 pages a bonus for the price of this book.
For anyone that is new to Javascript I think that you would find this to be an outstanding reference and a great learning material. For experienced Javascript programmers I think this is an excellent 'refresher' guide that any programmer would benefit from reading again and again. O'Reilly books are meant to not be flashy colors and pictures, just solid resource materials from fantastic authors and this is exactly what "Javascript: The Definitive Guide" is. I highly recommend that any web developer put this text on your shelf, you will not be disappointed.
***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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Summary: Excellent, the best book out there on the subject
Comment: Like a lot of people who have been doing web work for a while, I had learned JavaScript a little at a time, figuring out a few tricks here and there but never really going that deep. I had always sort of written it off as a light-weight language and had turned to Perl or PHP when I really needed to do something serious on the web. This book has changed all of that. From start to finish, the explanations were clear and thorough and I came away with a very solid understanding of the language. There are lots of books and web sites that will teach you how to pop open a new window or do a simple rollover, but if you're ready to really learn what JavaScript can do, this book is the one to turn to.
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