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Summary: Great book...
Comment: This book was the first O'Reilly book that I bought. It's the best JavaScript book I currently have in my programming library and I refer to it frequently. The book is part tutorial and part reference and is nicely done. If you're new to JavaScript this book is for you. The first section of the book introduces you to the basic syntax of the scripting language and offers some nice examples. If you are a JavaScript guru it makes a nice reference book. Worth a buy!
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Summary: Weak Document Object Model examples and explanation
Comment: But I am too busy to enjoy reading through mountains of pages to find what I need. This book is especially weak with trivial examples, and their (D)ocument (O)bject (M)odel explanation section was especially shallow. Index was not so intuitive either, since you must already know the keyword of what you are looking for. This book is great for theoreticans and academic people. I need a book to get my work done quickly as I have too much to do. The technically depth was atypical of Oreilly. Thye should include a complex application multi-windows multi-framset web application that controlling each other through functions and variable assignments. Anyway, who are these happy 5 stars people programming?
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Summary: Weak Document Object Model examples and explanation
Comment: But I am too busy to enjoy reading through mountains of pages to find what I need. This book is especially weak with trivial examples, and their (D)ocument (O)bject (M)odel explanation section was especially shallow. Index was not so intuitive either, since you must already know the keyword of what you are looking for. This book is great for theoreticans and academic people. I need a book to get my work done quickly as I have too much to do. The technically depth was atypical of Oreilly.
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Summary: Not that Great for Beginners
Comment: I took a beginning JavaScript class through another entity and was told to buy this book. I was not only unhappy with the class, but also quite unhappy with the book. It's a great reference book, but not a learning tool for beginners. At this point, I have no suggestions for other books.
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Summary: Double Duty
Comment: I found this an excellent introduction to programming with Javascript (I did have experience in other languages). But even after becoming comfortable with the introductory concepts, I continue to use this book as a desktop reference. The entries are easy to follow and contain just the right amount of information on the command or object I'm looking up.
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