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Summary: A disappointing book
Review: Most of the examples he used in the book don't work on IE.
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Summary: The COMPLETE reference to JavaScript.
Review: I've read 3 books on JavaScript and still considered myself a beginner until reading this one. It's set up as a tutorial and a guide to the language itself. It does have it's errors, but you tell me one computer book that doesn't. Actually, the errors (fixing them) is what makes you understand more about the language. The JavaScript Bible is one book that I will reference for as long as I program on the internet. Just as it says, No One (programming on the internet) should be without it! The applications provided on the CD are great as well. If you want to see an example of any of the listings, just pull it up off the CD. It also includes some "bonus" examples that really get in depth with the language. GET IT! BUY IT! READ IT! And you'll learn it, I promise!
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Summary: Good book with worst index I've seen
Review: I've been reading this book on and off for about a year now. It seems easier to be used as a quick reference than Flanagan's Definitive Guide. But the index of this book is neither complete nor well-indented. If saving space is a concern, use smaller fonts. Yes, I found quite a few errors as other did. The good thing about the book is (I think) Goodman is a clear writer.
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Summary: Great for Novice to Advanced Programmers, for Beginners - OK
Review: First off let me tell you my background reading this book. I have no "real world" programming experence. I have however, taken several college programming courses (C++, Java, COBOL, etc). With that background, I found this book to be wonderful! Before I read it, I didn't have the first clue about javascript. I would try doing something and get frustrated and give up. I got 10 chapters into this book and I was already adding cool stuff to my personal homepage. Now if you've never programmed in your life, you may get a little confused with this book. However, you will probably get confused with ANY book. I honestly believe that the fundamentals of programming need to be taught to you. You just can't learn programming for the first time from a book. You will have questions and you will get confused and things will need to be explained to you. You will also need to ask questions. So I would suggest taking some sort of course or getting some training first, then pick up this book if you're new to programming in general.
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Summary: Review of the "JavaScript Bible."
Review: I believe that the "JavaScript Bible" is flat out the best book on the market for JavaScript. The first twelve chapters teach the language, as well as I have ever seen it taught. The book goes right straight to the Document Object Module, the nitty gritty. The tutorial section is well written. So much so, that I believe someone with limited programming experience would be able to pick up the book and learn JavaScript - it would take some hard work, but it could be done. The rest of the book is the best reference I have seen for JavaScript - but the author never stops teaching how to use the language. He just goes into more depth. The result is that the book is double barreled: you get a "how-to-do" the programming reference, as well as a reference for the language. My only negative comment is that the book is built around the Netscape DOM. I would have liked to have seen a little more information about Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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Summary: Ups and Downs
Review: I had such a great time working through most of the material in the first 8 chapters of this book. The examples were clear and helped me to thoroughly implement what I was learning. During chapter 9, I started to get annoyed with the typos, poor answers to some of the Tutorial Exercises, and examples that were irrelevant to anything I wanted to accomplish. At the end of chapter 10, I decided to move on to an O'Reilly book.
This book strengthened my base in programming principles. I appreciated the explanations, when they were written thoroughly. When I get confused, I dig in stubbornly until I figure it out. Perhaps someone who breezes past the confusing parts will do better with this book.
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Summary: Excellent for learning JavaScript
Review: JavaScript Bible is an excellent book for learning JavaScript and Dynamic HTML. The only mistake I made was letting someone borrow it...because they never returned it and they're not around to get it back... Now, I have to buy it again... Anyways, There is a 4th Edition of JavaScript Bible, dated April 2001. Brendan Eich, one of the co-authors of the book, is a developer of the Netscape/Mozilla web browser. There are a lot of computer books these days which are nothing but expensive pieces of paper, but JavaScript Bible is not one them. Overall, I have found the book to be very helpful in learning JavaScript.
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Summary: Hands down best JavaScript Reference around
Review: Originally I bought this book to help me learn and understand JavaScript. I have since moved on to other web-based languages, yet this book remains by my side and is as much a part of my work place as my chair. It has helped me to bring JavaScript, ASP, WebClasses, DHTML and many others together to provide excellent, high quality, and very versatile web pages. For anyone needing to break into JavaScript, refresh on some of the methods and properties, remember how to do this or that, or brush up on JavaScript, then this is the first book you need to look at. I gave this book 4 stars for if you really need to delve deep into JavaScript, then pick up an O'Reily book. But for a beginning or a reference, this one can't be beat!
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Summary: A great reference
Review: This last spring I was taking a course at my university on HTML, JavaScript, and Perl. I had gone into the course knowing a little bit about HTML and JavaScript before hand. In addition to the JavaScript Bible, I also own the HTML 4 Bible. Both were great resources when programming the web site projects for the class. I am proud to say that with the help of both of these Bibles, I can easily program a great looking web site from scratch, and without the need to use some fancy and overly expensive WYSIWYG HTML editor like GoLive or FrontPage.
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