JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan
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Book Reviews of JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
Book Review: Best Language Explanation I've Ever Seen
Summary: 5 Stars
I've learned a lot of tech in my time, and this book does the best job explaining the fundamentals of a language that I've ever come across. Flanagan basically builds the whole language piece by piece, explaining the fundamentals of every aspect.
There are some more esoteric techniques he doesn't cover, but I hardly consider that a shortcoming; aside from those, he basically covers the entire breadth of JavaScript, both in its core design and in practical browser-based applications. This really is the definitive book on JavaScript, even if it is two years old (which is ages in Internet time).
Book Review: Simply Put: THE JavaScript Reference
Summary: 5 Stars
Remember the days when JavaScript wasn't a "real language"? Man, how times change. (JavaScript and XML and Web Services? You betcha!)
This book is both a user's and reference guide. It is a good learning vehicle because it explains how to accomplish tasks and why things work the way they do - for example, how the History object was originally designed and why that turned out to be a poor decision due to security and privacy issues. And regarding reference, well, he's the guy responsible for <u>Java in a Nutshell</u> - and this book is just as good.
Book Review: Gave Me What I Needed - And More!
Summary: 5 Stars
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
I needed a reference guide to JavaScript. I am by no means an expert, I just wanted point solutions that were rather more "in depth" than the "geek boards".
My success criteria here are: 1. Did it make sense of JavaScript? and 2. More importantly, if I wanted a point solution - was it there?
Yes on both counts.
I am still new to JavaScript - so I will update this review later.
Book Review: excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
A must be on your IT library. The author explains you not only what to do, but how the javascript itself works so you can understand the whole picture. After reading this book my javascript code dramatically improved
The only weakness of the book is the DOM section, which is basically a review. If you are looking for unobtrusive javascript i recommend you:
DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model
Book Review: superb
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is indeed the definitive guide. The author does a superb job of explaining intermediate and advanced concepts of javascript programming. The examples are very practical and worth studying. This book will help you master javascript programming.
It is, however, not for beginners. The author assumes you have at least some programming experience in general. The author also assumes you want to know the intricacies of advanced javascript programming.