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Summary: Extremely Informative for a Programmer
Comment: This selection is fantastic. Of the books I've read on programming, this is probably the second best out of fifteen or sixteen. (The best is Deitel & Detiel "C++ How To Program")If you have experience with a C, C++, or Java type language, I highly recommend this title for learning Javascript. The pace starts quickly, the examples are excellent, and the reference section is complete.
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Summary: a must have for javascript programmers
Comment: If you want to learn JavaScript real quick and have a handy reference in the future then this book is what you're looking for. I am usually traveling to client sites so I have to choose wisely what books I will pack in the suitcase. This is definitely one of the books.
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Summary: Good resource/reference
Comment: This book, along with Dynamic HTML by Danny Goodman, provided me with a good learning tool and reference on Javascript. The organization and style is concise; the details you need are included. What I didn't find in one was usually found in the other.
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Summary: Great book.
Comment: This is a great book for professional programmers. The beginning gives the stuff that seasoned developers look for - a definitive reference on the core of the language. This is good because it allows one to identify where various implementations of the language deviate from the standard. The remainder of the book is done in the familiar O'Reilly style - consistently organized, thorough, informative. If you're looking for entertaining reading, don't look here. If you're looking for a reliable reference on JavaScript this is it.
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Summary: Interesting
Comment: I have read this book in one day. That was possible because most (but not all) of the book is extremely easy to read, giving exactly the information you need, no more, no less. I knew very little about JavaScript in the morning. Now I know all about it :) But there are parts of the book I'm dissatisfied with. Reference part (which takes 50% of the book volume) is very inconvenient to use. It is more like index: an unstructured one-dimensional flow of alphabetically-ordered texts. I feel that a couple of upper structure levels are needed in the reference. Presently, you can only find a thing if you know its exact name or you perform full-scan of the reference. Discussion about object-oriented ideas in JavaScript is also frustrating: I just cannot understand. It looks like this chapter is written by entirely different person, because it contradicts the clear style of the rest of the book so much. My summary is:
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