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Summary: WOFTAM (Poor Resource)
Review: I was very disappointed. This is little more than another source of scripts to be copied. That is about all you can do with it because the authors do not take the time to explain or deconstruct the script into its component parts. Therefore, it is very difficult to customize any of the scripts for your own use. Don't even think about learning to write your own.The "descriptive" text associated with each script, simply explains what each component does but does nothing to teach why it does it. For instance, the author writes: "The rest of the rollover gets handled in the link tag. When the user puts the mouse over the blue arrow graphic (onmouseover), the script swaps the blue arrow for the graphic with the red arrow." Besides the fact that most people at this stage are already familiar with what a "rollover" is, this has already been explained on the previous page. How about explaining why I get the error "document.listing is not an object" when I copied your script verbatim. The fact is most of the scripts I attempted to implement resulted in errors and the authors give little or no assistance to help resolve them. There are much better resources for learning JavaScript. I was up and running from free Web based resources faster than you can say WOFTAM (Waste OF Time And Money).
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Summary: Wish The Author's Code Worked.
Review: I liked the chapters but found the authors' code examples flawed--to say the least. I would forget this one and spend the extra money to get Danny Goodman's JavaScript Bible 3rd Edition. This book takes you on a short and bumpy JavaScript ride. Don't go!
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Summary: very easy to learn beginning programming.
Review: This book was a very good way to get into javascript. It's easy to understand and gets you right into things...
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Summary: Excellent, and does what it's supposed to do
Review: Although I would have appreciated a little more explanation of JavaScript concepts, this book works as advertised. And for $18, it can't be beat.
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Summary: Surprisingly Useful and Inspiring! I Recommend It!
Review: I appreciate the way the authors give "real world" examples of JS. And they provide a useful web site to complement the book. Many publishers/authors fail here. I have several $50 JS books that are less useful than this $18 one. A great addition to any JS library. Much better than most other VQS Guides. I had been struggling for 3 weeks (!) with a custom Script. None of my "expert" friends could figure it out. None of the online gurus. After 4 hours with this book I SOLVED it with style. Their writing style inspires experimentation (unlike other bland guides) I'm looking forward to their advanced guide. Maybe Peachpit will give them a budget for a full blown book. BUY THIS BOOK! You Won't Regret It.
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Summary: Good book...
Review: I would recomend this book to any javascript newbie. However, as a standalone sourse for learning javascript this book probably will not work. Most of the topics are discused a bit too briefly leaving out a lot of basic stuff that you really need in order to write your own script effectively. I recomend reading this book in combination with a good online javascript tutorial. For a book of this size and cost I am not dissapointed at all with the content it delivers.
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Summary: Good "mini-textbook" for beginners
Review: Even though this is a thin book, it was a great reference for the 2-day class I took. The samples were very helpful and I actually learned quite a bit.
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Summary: An inadequate book for even beginner programmers.
Review: Unlike other Peachpit Press Visual Quickstart Guides, this is a VERY weak coverage of the topic, which will leave most buyers wanting. Typical of the lack of content is the description of how to do loops. "The kind of loops used in this book is the for loop..." No other types of loops are even mentioned. Does JavaScript provide while loops or until loops - or even the dreaded infinite loop? You'll have to look elsewhere to find out. The part on defining functions says you usually use an event handler to call a function, and gives no hint of other uses for functions - and this is also the only treatment of event handlers! It's true that you can call a function from an event handler, but often you use functions in calculations of values or in the logic of if statements. These more normal uses of functions are only treated in this book by use in the example scripts. You have to discover them for yourself. Event handlers are presented as if the only thing you can do is call a function. Can you also put code right in the handler? You won't find the answer in this book. If you're looking for a few useful but trivial scripts, this book is an awfully expensive way to get them. If you're after a decent language reference book, this definitely isn't it. Save your money.
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Summary: Limited in scope, but a useful book.
Review: I've read this one from cover to cover. I like it a lot. However, you should know it doesn't really teach JavaScript programming. Instead, it gives you a number of excellent scripts and explains how they work. It probably shouldn't be the only book in your Javascript library, but it should be one of them.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: I found this book to be a very easy way to learn JavaScript, alongside Danny Goodmans JavaScript Bible, also a very good book on the subject, which details just about everything JavaScript
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