JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan
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Book Reviews of JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
Book Review: The book is aptly named!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have to agree with the bulk of the reviews that I've read about this book: it IS the DEFINITIVE guide to Javascript. I'm just learning Javascript, and I bought another book that was an overly gentle introduction to Javascript (since I've been programming for quite some time), and after I went through that one and another one, I finally bought this one, and I half expected that it would be a little bit hard to chew at this point in my Javascript learning curve: not so! There are very very few typos (I spotted a couple in the first 150 pages), and the author explains everything very very clearly. I could scarcely be happier with this book than I am.
(This review concerns the new 5th edition.)
Book Review: Maturity of the language itself
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first started programming javascript that lasted only a week or so (this was around 2000), the trouble I had with it was with the loose typing and the generality of the language. After reading the core portion of this book, I got to see the advantages and power of what I had problems with. It only took me 12 hours to go from literally clueless to semi-proficient. It also helped that I went through a whole semester of software design in C++. Another subtle part of the book that you do not need to have a semester of software design to learn the language, the author does well to explain the material well. If you are new to javascript, I'd probably get another book to go along with this.Book Review: Excellent book
Summary: 5 Stars
Eventhough I just bought the book and I'm read first few chapters this book is very well structured, a good companion, definitely a book that one must have if you're planning to work on client side.
It is divided clearly into chapters (so you know exactly what is going) easy to follow and as well easy to jump whenever you feel that you need something in particular at later stage.
Concise writing (I don't like some authors that spend more time on writing about what they do on the weekends rather that on topic), it is 5th edition this clearly shows how long this book has lasted a clear evidence of quality.
I like in general books from O'Rielly.
Book Review: The BEST JavaScript book
Summary: 5 Stars
I used to think that JavaScript was kind of a toy scripting language -- only good for doing minor web page tasks. But after reading this book -- my 3rd JavaScript book -- I found out that JavaScript can do as much as most programming languages, except for low-level system calls, etc. I'm starting to use JavaScript as my main programming language at home. It's a lot more fun than C++, and it doesn't require a compiler, etc.
David Flanagan knows JavaScript inside and out; he explains everything very clearly; and he covers every detail of the language. If you are a JavaScript programmer, this is THE book to buy. You won't need any other ones.
Book Review: An indespensibe reference
Summary: 5 Stars
A fantastically complete reference to Javascript. This is not a "learn Javascript" book, however - but a reference. The examples are not as detailed as in other "learning" books - but as a reference guide it cannot be beat. It is extremely rare that I can't find what I'm looking for in that book. I am using the 5th edition of the book, which is much better than the older editions - and I feel is the new standard for what should be called a "Definitive Guide". Pitfalls, quirks, browser differences and a complete (as of 2006 at least) property/function reference for both core and DOM javascript objects. Highly recommended.