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PPK on JavaScript
Describes the purpose and context of JavaScript, covering such topics as debugging, the browser object model, event handling, the document object model, and data retrieval.
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500 pages, Paperback
First published September 20, 2006
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April 27, 2013
It’s easier to tell you want this book is not.
It’s not a book for beginners. But if you know some JavaScript, you’ll get a better practical and theoretical understanding from this book.
It’s not a “bible”-type book. It doesn’t try to tell you everything about JavaScript.
It’s not a cookbook. It doesn’t give you a few recipes, which leave you confused when you want to make your own confections.
This book teaches many of the most practical concepts you’ll need to know to use JavaScript. It’ll leave you feeling confident that you can do this yourself.
Highest praise I can give: This is the only Web scripting/programming book I have read cover-to-cover.
It’s not a book for beginners. But if you know some JavaScript, you’ll get a better practical and theoretical understanding from this book.
It’s not a “bible”-type book. It doesn’t try to tell you everything about JavaScript.
It’s not a cookbook. It doesn’t give you a few recipes, which leave you confused when you want to make your own confections.
This book teaches many of the most practical concepts you’ll need to know to use JavaScript. It’ll leave you feeling confident that you can do this yourself.
Highest praise I can give: This is the only Web scripting/programming book I have read cover-to-cover.
January 8, 2010
The perfect book for the beginning to intermediate JavaScript developer. Flushes away all the old-school JS bad practices and teaches you how the language really works with examples from 8 real-world scripts PPK was hired to write.
Pros:
- Easy to understand, without oversimplifying
- Real world examples, not useless toy scripts.
- Great job on its graphic design part which makes it a pleasure to read
Cons:
- Nothing about regular expressions or OO Javascript.
- Probably a bit outdated by now
Pros:
- Easy to understand, without oversimplifying
- Real world examples, not useless toy scripts.
- Great job on its graphic design part which makes it a pleasure to read
Cons:
- Nothing about regular expressions or OO Javascript.
- Probably a bit outdated by now
November 30, 2008
Best functional JavaScript book I've read, period. Essential to any serious web programmer. Anyone who does any web development should at least understand chapter 5, core JavaScript.
One of my top 5 tech books now.
One of my top 5 tech books now.
June 1, 2010
a bit outdated but it was good when it first came out, there are better books currently on the market
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