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Summary: Very Thorough
Review: If you are a professional programmer or a computer science college student who wants to learn JavaScript the "right" or "computer-science" way, you only need this book (David Flanagan's third edition of "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide").The e-mail support is also very good with the author himself involved in the process. I recommend it as a University textbook for a "JavaScript Language Programming" course and to everyone seriously interested in learning everything that there is to know about the language. If you want a "cookbook recipe" type of text, get a different book.
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Summary: A+
Review: This book is a must for anyone seriously interested in Javascript. It is not a 101 "how-to" book. You won't find a wealth of script snipplets. If you want that, get them off the net. This book is a serious reference manual to help you learn the theory behind JS. When it all boils down, clipping scripts out of books (or off the web) can only take you so far. This book will can give you what you need to CREATE, not just snip & clip. But, you'll have to STUDY it. It's a "must have" book and one that serious scripters will use over and over. Serious A+.
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Summary: Good programming tips, lacks key examples
Review: Although overall a good book, sometimes the lack of examples is very problematic. For example, section 12.2.4 (Javascript in URL's) does not give a single example that shows the URL script inside an href HTML tag. If somebody was not already familiar with this, they may find the context very confusing. Another example is the reference entry for the 'window.onerror' command. The odd syntax of this command almost demands examples. I did not know that the handler function reference was not suppose to have parenthesis around it until I looked it up in a different book.
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Summary: Good Book
Review: This book is an excelent reference to Javascript. I'ts direct and complete. An excelent choice to buy.
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Summary: Excellent syntax; Low examples
Review: I agree with many of the writers so far. I find that the book is an excellent reference and a great way to learn javascript functions and methods. However, the lack of examples hurts the book tremendously and often prevents the reader from applying what they learn to real world examples. Nonetheless, I find myself going back to this book over and over again to solve my javascript problems because it is a great reference. As for the cover, don't judge a book . . . Once it is opened you don't see the cover anymore. As a philosophical aside, it is this type of logic that keep people from understanding those that are different than themselves. Overall, I have enjoyed this book and continue to use it today. I would like thicker pages though so that my highliter doesn't show up on the other side.
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Summary: The ultimate javascript reference
Review: If you are looking for a complete javascript reference this is the book you need. It ll give you all the keys you need to prove that javascript is not as lame as many people say (they probably have bought another book ;o)
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Summary: Not for beginners
Review: This book is a reference book. Once you learn JavaScript from somewhere else then this book is great.
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Summary: Worthless.
Review: It's big all right, but completely lacking in practical substance. Read this book and you'll give up before you even start coding. The most basic components of the language, such as datatypes, expressions, variables, etc., are explained in painful and excruciating detail, while solid, useful code examples are absent, presumably left as an exercise to the reader. The large reference section, which at least has some value because it lists all of the methods and properties, reads like the Unix man pages, all crytic explanations with no examples. If you already know how to code but just not in JavaScript, choose JavaScript for the World Wide Web by Tom Negrino and Dori Smith to get you started with basic examples of the sort of tasks suited to JavaScript (field validation, rollovers, cookies, etc). For a more detailed text, try JavaScript Interactive Course by Arman Danesh.
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Summary: Great book for learning Javascript and as a Reference.
Review: If you know programming and a bit of HTML this is a great book for learning Javascript. Even the Reference at the end of the book is great. However I would have liked to see some more hands on exercise.
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Summary: invaluable javascript reference
Review: a wonderful guide to javascript... has a great reference in the back. covers browser compatability, form validation, dynamic html. a little vague on using cookies. provides many examples of code, and points out potential stumbling blocks. Much better than anything by that putz Danny Goodman.
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