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Rated 5 starsGreat JavaScript Book
There are lots of JavaScript books on the market now. Most of the time they are the same as any other book. With the recent influx of JavaScript books focusing on Ajax its difficult to find a book that focuses on the basics as well as showing you how to use a library in effective and practical ways. JavaScript: The Missing Manual is really 2 books in one. The first part of the book (up to Chapter 5) focuses on teaching the...
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Rated 5 starsThis book should be a template for how technical manuals should be written.
This book is excellent. The author's writing style makes it very easy to read and he effectively teaches you the material. He does kind of take you through baby steps, but he does it in such a way that he keeps your interest. I appreciated that when he referred to something already covered he would give you the page number(s) where he covered it. He also breifly repeats things which I found very helpful. I especially...
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Rated 5 starsAre you still writing your own javascript libraries?
I haven't completed this book yet, so I will come back and update this review once I have, but I wanted to get something out there to convince others who might be on the fence about buying this book. First off, it's more of a jQuery book than it is a Javascript book. Sure jQuery is a library that runs on top of Javascript, but it's important to make that distinction. The first 100 pages or so of the book get you quickly...
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Rated 5 starsAnother GEM by The Missing Manual!!!
I've been saying for years that The Missing Manual line of books is one of the best publishing lines and 'JavaScript: The Missing Manual' keeps the tradition going. The thing that jumps out at me instantly is how RELEVANT this book is the Web 2.0 world. With heavy emphasis on AJAX, JQuery, interacting with Web 2.0 sites like Google Maps and the like, this book is fantastic for any and all JavaScript developers new and old...
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Rated 5 starsJavascript/jQuery
I have David's CSS book and was waiting for this book to come out. I can understand one of the author's reservations about this book being jQuery specific, but if you stop to think of it, is also one of its strengths. There are "n" number of Javascript books out there which are pretty good, but do not take you beyond beginning/inermediate Javascript programming. Realistically and practically, in order to get anything useful...
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