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Title: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan ISBN: 0-596-00048-0 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.31 (189 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Decent Definitive Guide
Comment: This a very decent reference and so-so tutorial of JavaScript. If you're doing JavaScript you definitely need this definitive guide, definitely.
Rating: 3
Summary: This book has to be better
Comment: Reading this book will help you to understand what javascript is and how to use it. Most of all the different concepts of Javascript are explained with examples. That's I rate it 3 stars. But 40% of the interesting examples are not working properly(the most of time seeking where the fault in the given example is). This book is half worth its money, thus I'm half satisfied, and I'm keeping looking for beter book. For beginners this book is not yours.
Rating: 5
Summary: The classic reference guide...
Comment: If you can only afford to get one book to help you with JavaScript coding, this would be the one to consider...
This book is a good mixture between raw reference material (Parts 3 - 6) and explanatory material to tell you how it all works together (Parts 1 - 2). While I don't think I'd want to try and learn JavaScript from scratch using this book, I'd definitely want it once I had learned how to do the basics. If you are learning JavaScript for the first time, perhaps O'Reilly's book Designing With JavaScript might be a good introduction into the topic.
Parts 1 and 2, while they look similar, present a complete look at JavaScript as used in web browsers. Part 1 tells you the how the language works, while part 2 tells you how it works within the framework of the web browser. Unless you understand how to manipulate the object model of the browser, you won't be able to harness the full value and power the JavaScript language in your web pages.
The reference sections of the book will quickly become bookmarked and dog-eared as you move forward. For each reference item, you have the method/property, a brief one line description, the earliest language level where it is first supported, whether it is deprecated or not, a synopsis of the syntax, the arguments to the method, a description of the method/property, an example (if applicable), any known bugs in the method/property, and a reference to any similar methods/properties that may relate to the item. Needless to say, a VERY complete set of information that you will come to rely on.
For a Notes/Domino developer, you will need a reference manual such as this. None of the Lotus/IBM documentation will cover the full depth of the language. This book will serve you well as you implement web applications with Domino. I would also suggest a book called Domino 5 Web Programming With XML, Java, and JavaScript by Randall Tamura. It will fill in some of the gaps as to how the DOM is implemented by Domino.
Conclusion
There's a reason why this book is in the fourth edition spanning 1996 through 2002. It gives you all the information you need to be effective with JavaScript. I highly recommend it.
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Title: HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, Fifth Edition by Chuck Musciano, Bill Kennedy ISBN: 059600382X Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference (2nd Edition) by Danny Goodman ISBN: 0596003161 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook by Danny Goodman ISBN: 0596004672 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide by Eric Meyer ISBN: 1565926226 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Programming PHP by Rasmus Lerdorf, Kevin Tatroe ISBN: 1565926102 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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