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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: 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: 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: 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 reference especially for casual javascript users
Review: If you are not a hardcore javascript programmer and you find yourself in need of a snippet of code, you can find it easily with a simple working example in this book. I am primarily an Visual Basic/ASP/ASP.NET programmer and use javascript from time to time to do simple things on the client that reduce unnecessary hits to the web server. When you don't program in a language every day you often forget many of the nuances of the language and this books effectively helps fill that gap for me. Many books fall short of being good programming references by not giving clear concise and short examples like this book does.
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Summary: Great reference especially for casual javascript users
Review: If you are not a hardcore javascript programmer and you find yourself in need of a snippet of code, you can find it easily with a simple working example in this book. I am primarily an Visual Basic/ASP/ASP.NET programmer and use javascript from time to time to do simple things on the client that reduce unnecessary hits to the web server. When you don't program in a language every day you often forget many of the nuances of the language and this books effectively helps fill that gap for me. Many books fall short of being good programming references by not giving clear concise and short examples like this book does.
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Summary: Okay Book
Review: JavaScript seems to drive everything these days, so you cannot create good webpages without knowing what it is and how it works. I really love these Read Less - Learn More books, for they are constructed so intelligently. They gives simply, clear instuctions that have sceenshots to show precisely what they are detailing. In a matter of a few minutes you will see the world of JavaScript in much simplier terms. Cannot recommend this book enough for novices webdesigners. A Must. Comes with CD Rom.
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Summary: Great reference for the novice
Review: JavaScript seems to drive everything these days, so you cannot create good webpages without knowing what it is and how it works. I really love these Read Less - Learn More books, for they are constructed so intelligently. They gives simply, clear instuctions that have sceenshots to show precisely what they are detailing. In a matter of a few minutes you will see the world of JavaScript in much simplier terms. Cannot recommend this book enough for novices webdesigners. A Must. Comes with CD Rom.
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Summary: Okay Book
Review: On the whole, it's got some useful examples that can teach you some of the basics. However, a lot of space was wasted in trying to oversimply by using screens. The authors should have focused more on explaining the basics of javascript. Having said that, the book is clearly written and the layout is easy to follow.
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