false <![CDATA[JavaScript: The Good Parts]]> 2998152 1 Most programming languages contain good and bad parts, but JavaScript has more than its share of the bad, having been developed and released in a hurry before it could be refined. This authoritative book offers a detailed explanation of the features that make JavaScript an outstanding object-oriented programming language, and warns you about the bad parts. <br /> <br /> In the process, <em>JavaScript: The Good Parts</em> defines a subset of JavaScript that's more reliable, readable, and maintainable than the language as a whole. Author Douglas Crockford, a member of JavaScript 2.0 committee at ECMA, is considered by many people in the development community to be <em>the</em> JavaScript expert. <br /> <br /> A beautiful, elegant, lightweight and highly expressive language lies buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders, he explains. The very good ideas include functions, loose typing, dynamic objects, and an expressive object literal notation. Awful ideas include a programming model based on global variables. With <em>JavaScript: The Good Parts</em>, you can release this elegant programming language from its old shell, and create more maintainable, extensible, and efficient code. <br /> <br /> The book's topics include: <ul> <li>Syntax</li> <li>Objects</li> <li>Functions</li> <li>Inheritance</li> <li>Arrays</li> <li>Regular expressions</li> <li>Methods</li> <li>Style</li> <li>Beautiful features</li> </ul> Appendices summarize JavaScript's bad parts and awful parts. But the greatest benefit of studying the good parts is that you can avoid the need to unlearn the bad parts. If you want to learn more about the bad parts and how to use them badly, consult any other JavaScript book. <br /> <br /> JavaScript is the language of the Web -- the only language found in all browsers -- so avoiding it altogether is not an alternative. But, whether you're managing object libraries or just trying to get Ajax to run fast, Crockford's guidance in <em>JavaScript: The Good Parts</em> will help you create truly effective JavaScript code.<br /> <br /> 3028639 8 5 2008 JavaScript: The Good Parts total:62|5:27|4:28|3:5|2:2|1:0| 62 266 132 19 4 0 false false Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 11:04:48 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 20 13:24:52 -0800 2008 2 "There is danger and misery at the edges."

As the title implies, Douglas Crockford takes a subset of JavaScript, identifies it as "the good parts" and proceeds to explain why these parts are good (and should therefore be used). Crockford commends JavaScript for being ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 22:47:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 22:49:11 -0700 2009 5 0 true false Sun Dec 07 17:08:06 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 17:08:19 -0800 2008
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