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Summary: Not bad, compare to....
Review: A useful book for beginners. Examples are broken down by topic and are a little brief. Visually, the labelling of the code is also sort of clunky. Not a big emphasis on pulling the concepts together in a web site. It does come with a CD, but the code snippets are so short it seems redundant. Compare this book to "Javascript for the World Wide Web" which is competitive on all these counts (and significantly lighter.)
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Summary: Excellent 5 star guide to Javascript
Review: I bought this book after reading Joe Burns's pitiful interpretation of Javascript in his book Javascript Goodies and was very impressed. The examples are clear and easy to see. Kelly Murdock shows you the order that code should be in and you get well written working codes accompanied by good to the point explanations about what you are doing. Very well written book. A beginner could get along with it, but I must admit it to be a little advanced in some places. Still you get what you pay for.
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Summary: Publisher fixed problem
Review: I bought this book and it had some printing errors, but I contacted the publisher and got a new copy overnight. They have fixed the problem since so I don't believe you will find the same issue. If you like learning step-by-step, this is the book for you. Easy to follow and great for some new to Javascript. The book is well organized and explaines javascript concepts in quick concise explainations. All of the examples are easy to follow and focus on one topic at a time.
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Summary: Good Simple Reference For Javascript
Review: I like this book as I have a good handle on Javascript but don't use it everyday. When I need Javascript, it is usually for something common like popping up a new browser window, working with timers, etc. What is nice about this book is that you can find exactly what you are looking for with short explanations that will enable you to solve your problems fast with the proper syntax. I would recommend this book to programmers who occasionally use Javascript and need a quick reference with short and clear examples.
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Summary: Not bad to begin with
Review: I was trying to do one particular thing with Java and this book met that need quite well. On the whole, it's got some useful examples that can teach you some of the basics. I feel, however, that a lot of space was wasted in trying to oversimply and overdescribe screens where a little more detail would have been appropriate. Having said that, the book is clearly written and the layout is easy to follow. There are better books out there, but this one is certainly not the worst of the bunch.
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Summary: Nice building-block book for beginners
Review: I wish this had been my first Javascript book. If you're a visual learner and you're examples-oriented, then this is the book to get. (If you're not this type of learner, then I would suggest perhaps the Javascript book from Visual Quickstart.) This book provides basic scripts that you can build (or copy) and add to your web pages. The nice visual layout makes it easy to see and grasp the syntax, and understand how principles are being applied. The script examples cover such fundamentals as adding timers, building arrays, responding to events, and retaining page history (e.g., scripting to go back to a page that had been previously loaded). These examples make great building blocks for continuing on later to build larger scripts. As other reviewers have commented, this book is also useful as a quick 'look-up' for the casual user. I hesitate to give the book a 5, only because it may not be the best beginner book for other types of learning styles.
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Summary: One of my favorite JavaScript books
Review: I've bought almost every JavaScript book on the market (and I've also co-authored one: "Plug-n-Play JavaScript"). This is definitely one of the best unless you are looking for an advanced level book. This book is ideal for someone who knows the basics already but is looking to learn a little more. It's one of the few books that covers all of the most important basic concepts in JavaScript (eg. using variables, strings, loops, arrays, operators, expressions, timers, etc.) without giving you fluff. It gives you the basic building blocks to you need to get into JavaScript in a productive way. Very easy to follow and understand. I also recommend Danny Goodman's JavaScript Bible (more advanced) or the O'Reilly JavaScript book (more of a reference, but indispensable). I wish I could recommend my book but it is hopelessly outdated...
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Summary: Good for a Beginner
Review: If u are looking to get a basic idea about the language fundamentals in a short period of time(within one week),then this book will be very helpful.For advanced levels u will have to try some other.But this will be a good starting...
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Summary: Great for experienced programmers trying to learn Javascript
Review: If you are an experienced programmer who is a javascript beginner, this would be a good place to start. The book is clearly organized and explaines a large number of basic javascript concepts in quick concise language. The examples are short but focused on the concept being explained, and are very easy to follow. And their are plenty of them. The only drawback is that the book doesn't spend any time on programming fundamentals, so if you have never programmed before you probably will want to try something else. If you have programmed before, you probably don't want that stuff any. It only gets in the way. Word up.
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Summary: Great for experienced programmers trying to learn Javascript
Review: If you are an experienced programmer who is a javascript beginner, this would be a good place to start. The book is clearly organized and explaines a large number of basic javascript concepts in quick concise language. The examples are short but focused on the concept being explained, and are very easy to follow. And their are plenty of them. The only drawback is that the book doesn't spend any time on programming fundamentals, so if you have never programmed before you probably will want to try something else. If you have programmed before, you probably don't want that stuff any. It only gets in the way. Word up.
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