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Summary: Ok, Lots and lots of info, but frankly, I don't like it.
Review: Alright I'm pretty new to javascript, I was looking for basic guidance with 'if, then, else' statements and 'for' loops. About 12 early chapters of this book are on CD ONLY, in PDF format. I for one, don't want to sit and study a computer monitor, when I am going to study, I want it on paper! So, I opened the PDF file and found the sections of information that I needed, then went to print... Guess what... Mr. Goodman disabled the printing function in the PDF files. I'll tell you one thing, it really made me angry that I wasn't even allowed to print the info I needed.
On top of that, much of the information in the book is awkwardly organized. I'm better off with using MSDN Jscript Language reference.
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Summary: be forewarned
Review: Danny Goodman is my favorite writer of JavaScript books. However, I would think that over 90 percent of the people who might consider buying this book should instead buy another edition. The problem with this one is that the JavaScript tutorial, which provides the most accessible introduction to JavaScript, is NOT included in book form. It is only on the CD-ROM. Therefore, for beginning and even intermediate JavaScripters, this book is more difficult to use than the other editions.I have the original "JavaScript Handbook," which was the forerunner of this book. The Gold edition naturally is much more up to date and complete. However, unless you already own one of the earlier editions, I would stay away from this one and get an earlier edition of The JavaScript Bible instead. Those I can recommend without qualification.
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Summary: THE ONLY JAVASCRIPT BOOK
Review: Do you want to become a Javascript MASTER? Then get this book. I don't know why this book is getting bad reviews, but I think it's because the people who gave it bad reviews didn't read the WHOLE book. Seriously, when I first got the book I was intimidated by its size and things were a little hard to find because I didn't buy it to read it, I just bought it for reference. Then, I got frustrated that I couldn't find the things I was looking for and decided to read the whole book. It was a great decision, cause now I am a Javascript master and things are a lot easier to find cause I know where to find them and what Im looking for. That is why I think this book gets bad reviews, cause the people didn't read the WHOLE book. You need to be serious about Javascript and read the WHOLE book in order to get the full benefit out of it.
The beginners tutorial is only on the CD-rom. If you are a beginer at Javascript and absolutely NEED the beginners tutorial, then get the "Javascript Bible 4th Edition". It has the tutorial in the book, but leaves out a lot of advanced stuff and puts it in the CD. You're getting the same thing as the "Gold Edition", its just that the advanced stuff is in the CD in the 4th Edition, and the beginner stuff is in the CD in the "Gold Edition". So if you even know just the basics of Javascript, get the Gold, if you're brand new and don't like reading from a CD, get the "4th Edition". Either way, both gives you the same exact material, it just puts some of it on the CD.
You will hate this book if you don't read it all, you must read the whole book to get the full benefit out of it, and I promise you,... you will become a Javascript master.
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Summary: Just starting but finding bugs
Review: I am just starting to seriously use this book and am beginning to find a problem that I see in so many technical books. I am a programmer with over 26 years of experience in everything from mainframes to PDA's. It really is a big personal thing but I just hate it when a book gives an example that contains bugs and doesn't run. That's the case with this one. the evaluator.js and the "trace()" functions in the book both cause an error in any browser (well at least IE and NN). Doesn't any technical author run their examples and especially those used to debug the scirpts. I've also visited the author's web site and there is no mention of it there.
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Summary: Javascript Bible is good but missing
Review: I just bought Javascript Bible Gold Edition. I am grateful that I only paid $28.00 from Amazon. Not $69.99, no thanks. I don't buy it in a store. I buy it only at Amazon. So I notice there is something missing in the book. It only show code language. It doesn't explain clear, only brief. No pictures and no codes example. I suggest you not just buying this book. Also Dummies and other good books that go with Javascript Bible. For all javascript languages, I recommend this book.
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Summary: This book has never let me down.
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 :-) In all seriousness, every single javascript question that I've had has been answered by this excellent book. 5 stars.
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Summary: Great guide for the IT professional.
Review: I rely on it as my primary JS reference, even though I have several titles on this topic. I have been able to find more information in this book than other books I personally own. This book is well worth the money, provided you make your living as a web developer. I highly recommend the book.....
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Summary: Didn't like having to refer to CD
Review: I returned this book after realizing that the book took out some fundamental chapters and put them on CD. I personally don't like having to go to CD to look for the information. I suggest that they make the next edition into two books, Part I and II and create a truly comprehensive Javascript reference edition.
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Summary: shame on you, danny!
Review: i've heard Danny goldman was the expert in javascript, looked for his book, and bought it right away: no questions asked. didn't care about the 1500 pages. well, it is good, explains well, but its also overpriced, once you can get the samples (from the cd) scripts all over the net, and worst of all, the crucial pages (121), are exclusively on the cd, on pdf. though not worth the money, didn't return the book, only because i managed to print all the missing pages for free (but this is a waste again, because i could easily download the file for free too!); but also because i don't trust the on-line refund mechanisms
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Summary: Good for experienced JavaScript programmers.
Review: If your frustrated by Netscape 2, 3, 4, 6, and IE 3, 4, 5, 5.5 all having different implementations of JavaScript, this book is for you. It covers everything, even the W3C DOM. One of the stupid moves was the tutorial. It's only on the PDF version of the book on the CD. And the 15 extra chapters could have easily gone in it's place. Hmm.... Oh, well. If you want a reference, buy it. If not, look elsewhere.
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