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Summary: This is the Definitive Guide
Comment: We are in 2008 and this is the Rhino book 5th ed. Try to google the terms "javascript variable names", you'll have a bunch of articles and tutorials giving you the javascript naming rules. Count how many articles you hit before one of them mentions that the ($) dollar sign is a perfectly valid character in identifiers (it's been so since javascript 1.1). This Rhino book already mentioned this back in 1998 when in its 3rd edition and possibly in previous editions. It is not to say that this is a life changing information, it's simply to illustrate a point. By knowing what is or isn't possible with the language you can put it to better use. You should own this book, even if you want to buy other JS books or even if you've read tutorials around the web and you think you know what you're doing. This book clearly details the language and its intricacies. If you're a programmer, you'll appreciate that you actually understand how javascript works. The bugs will seem a lot less obscure and some esoteric constructs found in various scripts and frameworks will look less like voodoo. You will certainly need other Javascript books that deal more with advanced practice, architecture and development techniques, but you need a solid foundation to build all that knowledge on.
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Summary: Not very newbie friendly
Comment: I couldn't understand what the author wanted me to understand! I've learned PHP CSS XHTML and I wanted to learn the basics of javascript and this book didn't quite deliver.
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Summary: Good information, horrible index
Comment: Good information. Lowering from 4 stars to 3 because of its bad index. When I try to look something up, I'm usually taken to a page that mentions the term in passing - it takes a few tries before I find *the* page describing the term. Plus, it doesn't include the page number of the term in the API-reference appendix.
Obviously a computer-generated index - get a professional indexer next time! A good index would make this book more useful.
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Summary: Great reference book for JavaScript!
Comment: This book is a great reference book for JavaScript. I refer to it a lot for functions and the chapter on XML. As an AJAX developer, I highly recommend the Prototype / Scriptaculous "bungee" book from Pragmatic Programmers to complement this book.
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Summary: Comprehensive book explains Javascript realities
Comment: I'm still getting into this book, but so far it has done a good job of explaining what is a new technology to me. I have some web development experience and this book hits me at the right level.
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