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Summary: The prefect book for those new to programming
Review: I find this the perfect book for anyone new to any type of programming. This book has the perfect pace for a beginner. Anyone a bit more experienced can skim through the book though and find what all the important parts.For javascript, I find this to be the only book i need. It has all the references I need when scripting. For learning java and for reference, I find this to be very, very, helpful.
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Summary: The prefect book for those new to programming
Review: I find this the perfect book for anyone new to any type of programming. This book has the perfect pace for a beginner. Anyone a bit more experienced can skim through the book though and find what all the important parts. For javascript, I find this to be the only book i need. It has all the references I need when scripting. For learning java and for reference, I find this to be very, very, helpful.
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Summary: Almost Perfect
Review: I have started java programming with Core Web Programming by Marty Hall, and this was excellent book to start with.
However, after I finished book I was akin for more information and details. Then I bought this book which covers not only the JavaScript but whole DHTML, CSS, DOM, HTML.
Book is excellent and it is very worth of buying. If offers many many information about programming CSS HTML. However I would recomend buying it together with Marty Hall's book since the first one gives you good overview of the other tehcnologies not mentioned here (JSP, Servlets) - if you are interested in...
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Summary: Personal Opinion
Review: I have to say I detest this book ! I'm sure if you're an experienced programmer it's ideal but for the rest of us it's next to useless ! Half the book's taken up with definitions and properties but no examples. I'm still looking for a good JavaScript book and this unfortunately does not qualify, I like a lot of the Bible' books but this does not live up to the standard set by the rest of the series.I suspect the editor was holiday when this was published.
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Summary: Not worth the time
Review: I have two major problems with this book:
1) The author has a very wordy, labored writing style. In contrast to some of the other reviewers, I found his descriptions of at least many of the examples quite long and thorough, but still not really clear. I think this must be what JavaScript for Dummies must read like. He spends vast amounts of words covering the obvious things and then neglects the interesting and less obvious stuff. I would suggest this book if you like the easiest things really really spelled out. 2) Despite having a copywrite in 2001, I am pretty sure the original version was first written around 1995. It is a bit disconcerting when he acts like you must be really on top of things if you have an operating system more recent then Windows 3.1. The Windows 3.1 htm suffixes are also a bit disconcerting.
But more to the point, he spends an awful lot of time warning you that certain features aren't available until NN2 or IE2, and what to do to accomodate older browsers. Does anyone still write web pages accommodating NN1? The book needs a major rewrite to bring it up to date, not just piling new stuff on top of the old text. Laboring through the tedious descriptions and antiquated techniques is not worth most peoples time.
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Summary: Reference-O-rama
Review: I only own 1 javascript book - This One! Why do I only own 1? Well this one is written by one of the most (publicly) knowledgeable JavaScript authors on Earth - Danny Goodman - and comes with a commendation from Brendan Eich (the guy who created JavaScript). That, a healthy imagination and a desire to learn are good enough for me :-)
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Summary: Reference-O-rama
Review: I only own 1 javascript book - This One! Why do I only own 1? Well this one is written by one of the most (publicly) knowledgeable JavaScript authors on Earth - Danny Goodman - and comes with a commendation from Brendan Eich (the guy who created JavaScript). That, a healthy imagination and a desire to learn are good enough for me :-)
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Summary: Expecting More from Goodman
Review: I purchased two O'Reilly Books to get up to speed with Browser Based GUI: Dynamic HTML 'The Definitive Reference' and JavaScript 'The Definitive Guide'. I found both books to be excellent, but I was looking for a more advanced and in depth resource. Since the Dynamic HTML Definitive Reference was written by Goodman, I looked into his other works. Thus, I purchased the JavaScript Bible Combo Packet (JavaScript Bible plus JavaScript Examples). Although the coverage is through, the quality did not approach the O'Reilly Combo. Just my two cents. ...
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Summary: too much is not always not enough
Review: I read this book but it seems still to be a beginners book. Lots of material is of no use. This book is not for the working programmers and still I have search for advanced javascripts here and there. sultan zahir khan(...)
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Summary: Great Way to Learn JavaScript
Review: I recently completed a 2 day JavaScript course at a local univerity and realized I still had a lot to learn. I bought Mr. Goodman's book and it helped a lot. I thought a book of this size would likely be poorly written. However, it's not. Mr. Goodman has a way with words. The tutorial is lucid and flows very nicely. I've learned a lot from this book and recommend it highly.
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