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Summary: For cut-and-paste enthusiasts only!
Review: Dive right into JavaScript by copying text from a book, having no idea what it means, and running it in your browser! What a great concept! If you want to LEARN JavaScript, go elsewhere. This book is not it, simply cool little canned tricks for hobbyists only. Still looking for the ultimate JS book without the theory and fluff and not pure reference. If anyone has found it, email me! Please! (zlinst@hotmail.com)
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Summary: Easy for beginners. Lets you develop a good foundation.
Review: If you are new to Javascript this is a great book to start with. It doesn't go into too many advanced topics but this book will give you the foundation you need to go onto more advanced books.
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Summary: Great Introductory guide to JavaScript
Review: I also have the HTML Quick-Start Guide and what I love about these books are their ability to take a seemingly complex and mysterious topic and turn it into something that can be easily learned and made enjoyable. After reading through this book, I gained a better understanding of roll-overs, functions, and scripts just to name a few.There are chapters devoted to topics like roll-overs (and other fun ways to play with images), working with frames and other browser windows, dynamic HTML, plugins, and cookies. There's also a list of online resources at the book of the book. Well worth reading, whether you're a novice to JavaScript or not.
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Summary: Good for 'cut and paste' code but not for learning
Review: If you want to be able to do something quickly using Javascript, do not buy this book. Instead go to one of the several Javascript tutorials on the internet and get your code from there. The information is the same and you will save yourself some money. If, like me, you actually want to learn the scripting language and not just cut and paste code, well then this book is a true waste of money. You will learn every little and most likely will not be able to write your own code having gone through it. Try 'Javascript Bible' instead. It has more substance to it.
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Summary: Great book for biginners
Review: Impressed with the Visual QuickStart guide to HTML, I tried the one for JavaScript. If you want to learn JavaScript fast then you should go in for the book. Though less comprehensive than a book like 'definitive JavaScript', this book is certainly more interesting and to the point. This book is full of examples and you can learn JavaScript fast by working out the examples. The authors also give valuable tips alongside. Having said that, more serious developers should also invest in a standard JavaScipt text book to read more about the language.
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Summary: Don't waste your money!
Review: I am a novice Java Script user and was hoping to "jump right in" and apply some Java Script to my pages. To date I have not been able to make ONE of the codes in this book do what I want it to do. Furthermore, this book teaches nothing. It is simply copy and paste with very little theory or explanation. I have used other Quickstart Guides in the past with moderate success, but cannot recommend this one.
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Summary: You've taken something complex and made it seem simple.
Review: Your book along with the JavaScript on your web site has helped me tremendously! I'm not a programmer -- yet you helped me to understand JavaScript and DHTML. When I look at a web site with drop down boxes, user input, animation and sound, I am no longer baffled about how it is done. You've taken something complex and made it seem simple. The scary thought is that now I believe I can build a powerful web site - quite an accomplishment for a CFO. Bravo!
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Summary: I would give a zero star - Do not buy this book
Review: I bought this book in 1997 and found useless. Now I have been seeing new edition, little bit thicker, in book stores. I browsed thru the pages and found that it is still useless. If you are just trying to insert some JS code on you web site as an hobby, this might be ok with this book. But for learning JS, this book will lead you to nowhere. For example, rather than explaining how JS code works, the book has wastes space by writing instructions like "Type a period", "Type a semi-colon" or "type an angle bracker", etc. It is totally waste of time and money. I would never by any books on this series.
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Summary: Do not any of this type of book
Review: Do not waste you money on this or this type of book. If you want to insert JavaScripts on your Web page without knowing about how it works, buy this book. Otherwise not. This book has wasted space by including instructions like "Type a quote.." or "Type an angle bracket..." or "Press Enter..". But des not explain how the script works. Does the author thinks that we are stupid?
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Summary: Why hast thou forsaken JavaScript?!?!
Review: Ok, so here is how to do something cool with your website in JavaScript. Oh, it doesn't work quite the way you want, you say? Well too bad - here is another cool thing you can do with JavaScript.
Thats pretty much how your experience is going to be it you buy this book with the intention that it will teach you JavaScript. This book should not be used as a teaching tool. It may be useful for the individual who wants to see how some interesting things are done in JS, but the examples given are all pretty much standard examples with no variations given. It would be nice to see something different than what is available for free on the web. In this books defense it does do a good job of explaining the examples, but I would recommend it as a companion, not as a standalone teaching tool. If you get this book I would highly recommend taking a look at a good refrence like Wrox's Instant JavaScript, good read and full of good code.
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