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Summary: Did I have a stroke?!
Comment: This book just makes me soooo glad that I can do the same things with Flash. The more I read, the more I felt like I must have had a stroke. Just when you think you're on the edge of grasping a block of code, Mr. Keith extends the code a few more pages for testing/checking purposes, because it needs fine-tuning, etc. The material is definitely for people who think like programmers - not designers - extremely difficult to follow. I hate javascript even more now after struggling through this book. I have no idea why anyone would rather write brain-twisting code for a simple animation than create the same thing in Flash with minimal code required!
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Summary: Completely useless
Comment: In general the DOM is grossly inconsistent across different browsers and versions. To create scripts that will be able to stand up against these inconsistencies requires an in-depth coverage of every conceivable node of the DOM tree. The author did an exceedingly poor job of describing the DOM and provided little to no information on how to compensate for the extensive browser incompatibilities. The only good thing about this book is that it makes for a great door stopper.
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Summary: Good intro to manipulating the DOM with Javascript
Comment: Very easy to follow, good explanation of the DOM. The author did a good job of using examples and building on them as new concepts were introduced. Also did a good job of encouraging little snippets of reuseable code. Although he did a pretty reasonable intro upfront to Javascript in general, it would help if a reader had some programming background (especially in object-oriented concepts). Recommended.
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Summary: By far the best book I have read on Javascript/DOM
Comment: I was like many of you, I saw some code here or there on the internet, I browsed through W3C documents and online tutorials. This book just puts it all together in a way I thought was perfect. I gives great examples and thoroughly explains each method with out going overboard on detail. It's to the point and I would recommend this to any web developer.
Loved it, with I could find more publications written this well.
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Summary: Very clear and practical
Comment: I recommend this book for people who care to write high quality javascript code. Using this book I learned new techniques for manipulating (X)HTML documents in a very powerful way.
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