Customer Review: This is I believe the best book about basic Javascript on the market right now. Pros: Technically complete, solid writing style, understandable examples, no better intro books on the market. Cons: Authors repeatedly show that they prefer class-based object systems, which Javascript is not.... more info
Customer Review: This book is quite simply one of the finest software development books ever written. The style, the length, the scope, and the structure are all absolutely perfect. The balance creates a reading experience that seemingly opens a channel to your brain and feeds the information in. Flanagan is a... more info
Customer Review: I am a programmer, and in a programming language book, I expect to find syntactical diagrams of the language. Anyone can read those, we should not have to glean the diagram from the wordy explanation. It's fine to have all the verbiage, but head each section with the syntax diagram.
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Customer Review: I've been learning JavaScript off and on, with some success, for three months. In doing so, I've skimmed about a half-dozen books and tried the following three, so far, "graded" below: Learning JavaScript (Powers B-)
VQS JavaScript and Ajax (Negrino & Smith C+)
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Customer Review: Warning to all buyers, the 3rd edition of this book does not include the J2EE library reference. While I realize this information is available online, having a printed form of library references is the primary reason I buy the "in a nutshell" series. Included in this book is a very general overview... more info
Customer Review: This book delivers most of what it promises to, which is a good introduction to the latest and greatest features of Java 1.5 Tiger. Considering the extent of changes Sun introduced in the new version, I think the authors did a decent job explaining them. If you are new to 1.5 version though, you... more info
Customer Review: Seller was fast and great price. This book is outstanding for a novice to intermediate developer/programmer. Be sure to get the latest edition. Unlike many OReilly books this wasn't to wordy. Great examples.
Customer Review: For those that find that Javadoc hard to read (like me) or aren't "always on" the internet, this is a great alternative. The first few chapters are particularly - short, sweet and to the point - a cross between Javadoc and a cookbook and is quite readable.
