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Summary: The best Javascript reference book I own
Comment: O'Reilly Press never ceases to amaze me. I have had this bookfor about a year now and it is my reference guide when I have aJavaScript question.I did not learn JavaScript from this book, Iknew quite a bit about the subject prior to reading the book. If youwant a book that will teach you more than the usual annoying web trick(window:open, mouseovers, etc) get this book. As far as I can telltheir code examples are virtually bug free. Usually any errors areposted with corrections on their web site... Even if you are brandnew to JavaScript I would suggest buying this book as your reference.Then go to the web and learn basic JavaScript from one of the manyJavaScript tutorials available on the web.
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Summary: Begginer to Advanced this book is a must have!
Comment: If you are a begginer, or an advanced JavaScript programmer this book will be very worthy of your attention. From the first chapter where you will be saying to yourself "I'm not understand anything", to the last chapter where you will look back and lauph that you could not understand the topics he mentioned. If you are a high level HTML writer this book will not only help you, but it will make your web pages one step ahead of your competitors. "Reading Time:Beginner:Month/Advanced:Week."
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Summary: An excellent JavaScript reference!
Comment: This is the book to get if you want a reference guide to JavaScript! The book starts by going through language syntax (complete beginners - take note!), then covers working with objects in detail. The book then puts it all into context by covering all aspects of working with browsers - specifically how to manage and manipulate page content and the browser window itself to enhance display (eg. rollovers) and add client-side functionality (eg. form validation).The next section covers the document object model (browser DOM), and for me this was the only disappointment in the book. While I found every other part of the book thorough and informative, I found the DOM chapter a bit light-on. However, this is easily compensated for with the excellent reference section at the back of the book which details each object, explains its purpose, and describes all of its properties and methods. The book is almost worth its price just for this reference, and I almost always turn to the back first! As a web developer / back-end programmer, this is one of four books I always keep with me! The other three are "HTML: The Difinitive Guide", "ASP in a nutshell" and an SQL reference.
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Summary: Disappointing and disorganized
Comment: I bought this book hoping to finally have a complete Javascript reference. You know, the kind that lists the objects, then their properties and has a good index. At first glance this book appears to fill the bill, but after using it for some time I find myself going back to Goodman's "Javascript Bible". There is something half-baked in the organization of this book that makes it hard to find anything when I'm looking for it. In short, this is not the definitive guide, but merely one of several books you'll need on hand to program in Javascript. *Sigh*
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Summary: The Final Word (incl review of critics)
Comment: As you may know, this book is considered THE Javascript book. What's makes the book worthwhile is it's fine discussion of Javascript's innerworkings. If you really want learn how Javascript's objects, functions, and data type handling work, then this is the book for you. The criticisms of this book fall into three catagories: 1) "Not for beginners". Yes, this book is not intended for people who have never studied object oriented programming. But that doesn't make it a 2 star book! Even beginners, if they are serious enough, will eventually need some clues about how Javascript really works. 2) "It's outdated". Again, yes; the reference section, and some of the browser dependant discussion is clearly outdated; BUT that still does not make this an outdated book! The author's in-depth explanation of Javascript innerworkings may never become outdated, and that alone is what makes this book worthwhile. 3) "Not enough examples". This is the only criticism that Iactually agree with, and therefore the 4, instead of 5 stars. Not only can this book benefit from additional small examples, but the author's explanations are sometimes lacking, or even worse, missing. On a few examples, he basically says, "This is worthy of study. Go ahead and study it." Sorry, I expect more from my books, than a grumpy professor in a university lecture hall, nearing the end of class.
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