JavaScript Complete Concepts & Techniques, Second Edition

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Summary: is there an error list on the web for this?
Review: All I need is a sheet with the errors in it. I have found many myself!

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Summary: With a little help this book isn't so bad.
Review: I admit, when first attempting to use this book, I thought it could be a lost cause. I actually fired off a fuming e-mail to the publisher. Surprisingly they were very helpful and pointed me to the Web site that the book refers to. The Web site has a list of corrections to the errors in the book as well as a lot of resources outside of the book that have helped me learn JavaScript. Apparently there is a 2nd edition of this book that is published which some of the students at my school have purchased and have had no problems with it whatsoever. I like the way this book is laid out and it is easy to follow. I just had to get myself over the hump and get some help from the publisher.

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Summary: With a little help this book isn't so bad.
Review: I can usually forgive a few typos in any text, but this one not only has bad indexing, the code they have doesn't even work. Further, the authors are completely MSIE specific and don't bother to mention this minor detail. Save your money. This book is a complete waste of time.

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Summary: Errors, errors everywhere.....
Review: I can usually forgive a few typos in any text, but this one not only has bad indexing, the code they have doesn't even work. Further, the authors are completely MSIE specific and don't bother to mention this minor detail. Save your money. This book is a complete waste of time.

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Summary: JavaScript Complete Concepts and Techniques
Review: I have been working with this book for several weeks now...sorry to say the title is very misleading. "Complete"? Maybe in concept only! The Shelly Cashman Series is usually very good, but the proofreaders were WAY overworked with this one. There are several errors in the tutorials that make it VERY frustrating to use if you are just learning JavaScript. I find the code testy enough without sloppy work on the writer/editors/proof-reader/publishers 's part. I have spent HOURS to get the tutorials to work, in some cases just having to cut bait. Folks at the publishers, take this one home and try it out. I'm tempted to send you back my corrected book with the multiple errors that I have found. Fix the mistakes and try it again. Gentle readers, this one is ONE TO AVOID.

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Summary: A good book but not the best
Review: I like this series of books from Course.com. Because there is a lot of exercises for us to practise. Just reading is not enough especially in your work. After some practise, you can strength your skills and have confidence to tell everyone you have experience on JavaScript. A easy reading book for beginner. But it is not the best. I prefer to Javascript For the World Widw Web. And use this one as practise.

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Summary: Worst Book EVER
Review: If there was a 0 stars rating, this book would get it. How bad is it? When I sold it back to my college bookstore, I got a whopping $3! Even my crappy dreamweaver book netted me $5, but $3 isn't even enough to buy lunch. I guess it's all good, as I'd rather have my cheetos and Faygo than this book anyways. The numerous errors caused me to lose points on homework assignments, even though I did the project step by step as they are in the book. What a disgusting excuse for a text. And I've used lots of great books too, so I can tell the difference between one that has effort put into it, and one that's out of date and, for lack of a better term, a disgrace. I'm just happy I was able to buy it on the amazon marketplace instead of paying the $46 the college would have sold it to me for.

If you get a class that ever uses this book, petition your board of cirriculum directors and have it changed, this book will help you learn javascript almost as much as a lobotomy will.

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Summary: Disappointed
Review: If you have a choice, look for an alternate tutorial level text on Javascript. This book is the required text for my on-line Javscript class, which I have decided to drop because of the errors (ie J2.59 #3 formula) and quantum leaps associated with it's exercises (ie J2.60 C&P #5). I did finally stumble upon the un-advertised 'Errata' website, and discovered the solution to the book's formula mis-print. My on-line instructor had no knowledge of the 'errata' website, and told me that the book was correct. NOT!

I was looking forward to learning Javascript, and to graduating in December. Thanks to this text, both of those goals will have to wait. Thank you Shelly and company!

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Summary: Too many errors
Review: The book covers only few of JavaScript concepts (surely not complete concepts and techniques). What bothers me are many errors. In lesson 3 I could get only rollovers to work properly. The book is too expensive for what it offers.

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Summary: This book is a mess
Review: The first chapter sems to be ok, but once you get to chapter 3 you'll start to get confuse. I won't recomande this book if you are new to javascript.