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Summary: An oldie but goodie
Comment: This is a compelling read, at least for a reference book. I read the first 10 chapters in one sitting, thinking I would only read one or two. I haven't let it out of my sight in the three years since. If you need a JavaScript reference, get this one.
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Summary: Excellent Reference
Comment: This book has bailed me out when troubleshooting scripts at client sites numerous times (too numerous to count). I knocked it down to 4 stars because of the lack of examples. The text is really good - you just have to already know what you're looking for. For those of you programmers out there, this text fits into the "programmer's reference" toolkit more so than a "teach yourself" type guide. If you're familiar with c/c++/java, you know that you generally buy one type of book to learn patterns, principles, and language constructs, and another book that is simply a language reference. This would be the language reference. If you're one of these web designer types, pay attention to the paragraph above. You're going to need another book to actually walk through the learning of the language process. That does not change the fact that this is a very valuable resource
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Summary: not impressed
Comment: personally i am not impressed by this book. i have been doing java for a year and because i am from a programming background i was able to appreciate the chapters on data types statements and so on. But I was all the time thinking if I was a beginner then this material would not be easy to take in. I became stuck on the chapter on objects as there is a little mention of things such as Document Object Models which is an important part of javascript. After looking up this stuff on the web I am more comfortable with it. Overall my feeling is that this book does contain a lot of stuff but has not been put together in a good ordered fashion. Thums down I am afraid
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Summary: excellent book
Comment: This is by far the best Javasript book I have seen on the market. Very well organized and written.
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Summary: Definitive is the word I would use.
Comment: I have tried several books on Javascritping and while they all seem to have the same format of learning, this book draws from a different line of thought, make it simple and you can learn. This book may just be the definitive guide to learning Javascritping. Starting off this 750 plus page book is the explanation how JavaScript works from the client side and then from the server side of the things. This understanding is crucial to making sure your code is set up properly and that is works correctly the first time. Other topics covered in the book include data types, values, variables, expressions, operators, functions, objects and arrays. All of these topics are detailed yet simplified so even I could understand the nature of the text. Moving on you'll also cover how to setup windows, frames, DOM, events, forms, DHTML, cookies and security. All this is coupled with actual code screen shots to show you what the final outcome should look like. The author's ability to break down each topic and show you what you need to know in order to write the best possible code is the basis of this book. Overall this book is one to have and use on a constant basis.
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