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Learning JavaScript (Learning)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2762
EAN: 9780596527464
Format: Illustrated
ISBN: 0596527462
Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 351
Publication Date: October 17, 2006
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Editorial Review:
As web browsers have become more capable and standards compliant, JavaScript has grown in prominence. JavaScript lets designers add sparkle and life to web pages, while more complex JavaScript has led to the rise of Ajax -- the latest rage in web development that allows developers to create powerful and more responsive applications in the browser window.
"Learning JavaScript" introduces this powerful scripting language to web designers and developers in easy-to-understand terms. Using the latest examples from modern browser development practices, this book teaches you how to integrate the language with the browser environment, and how to practice proper coding techniques for standards-compliant web sites. By the end of the book, you'll be able to use all of the JavaScript language and many of the object models provided by web browsers, and you'll even be able to create a basic Ajax application.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - This book is a train wreck
Beginning with the first example, the book is filled with errors (function `hello()' is called without being defined in example 1-1). Some (not all) are enumerated on the book's errata page. Since the first half of the book discusses syntax, a CS background can allow a reader to read around the errors. The second half discusses BOM, DOM, and Ajax making it's impossible to spot the errors without being a JavaScript expert, which makes the book worthless.
The last third of the book is ... Read More
Rating: - Learning JavaScript NOT!
Really hard reading, goes all over subject matter in first chapters, assumes reader has already read much better book on subject. If you are new to JavaScript skip this book. It will make you hate Learning JavaScript which I suggest the title be changed to, "Learning to Hate JavaScript". I will watch out for author and never buy a book by her again.
Rating:  - Gifted author needs a gifted editor.
I've been learning JavaScript off and on, with some success, for three months. In doing so, I've skimmed about a half-dozen books and tried the following three, so far, "graded" below:
Learning JavaScript (Powers B-)
VQS JavaScript and Ajax (Negrino & Smith C+)
O'Reilly JavaScript Pocket Reference (Flanagan B)
Very good first draft. Powers either over-powered her editor (my guess) or perhaps they couldn't find an editor technically aware enough for this ... Read More
Rating: - Too many errors
I am an experienced software engineer who has worked in many languages and is trying to get up to speed with JavaScript(JS). I am a novice when it comes to JS but I have used it in a commercial environment before.
I have returned this book since the number of errors in the examples and question sections are far too many. These sections are the important part of the book that one learns from. I got halfway through Chapter 3 and gave up since almost half of all the examples are incorrect. ... Read More
Rating:  - Not for n00bs
As a n00b to web development, this book was not appropriate for me, and in retrospect, I realize I must not have been the intended audience. As a person who has taught and practiced technical writing and composition in the past, I would say that this book was intended for someone who was already familiar with other scripting languages and was looking for a quick entrance into Javascript. For my part, I was hoping for more explanation of the basic mechanics of Javascript and the DOM than this text offers. ... Read More
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