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Review: JavaScript Phrasebook

10/16/2006  
Relevance: 9.55
If you've never studied JavaScript before, don't buy this book...yet! Christian Wenz's JavaScript Phrasebook is not written for the"drop dead newbie" to JavaScript. You might learn a few things from this book if it's your first introduction to JavaScript but more than likely, you'll also end up confused.
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Review: Beginning JavaScript 3rd Edition

05/25/2007  
Relevance: 8.84
What do you need to know to get the most out of this book? Practically nothing. What will you learn by using this book? Practically everything about JavaScript and AJAX. Ok, I'm exaggerating... but let me explain. You will need to know basic HTML but if you are planning to use JavaScript to liven up your tired, static website, that's a given. No, you won't learn everything there is to know about JavaScript, but you will learn more than the basics and in fact, if you are patient and stick with the book to the end, you'll be building JavaScript applications by the time you hit the appendix.
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Tracemonkey to Boost JavaScript Performance in Firefox 3.1

08/26/2008  
Relevance: 8.63
All of the libraries in the world can't take away from the fact that JavaScript has long been seen as something of a slowpoke. This didn't matter much when JavaScript"applications" were several dozen lines long. But when your word processor, photo editor, or photo-sharing application is written in JavaScript, you really want to be sure that the language is running at top speed.
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JavaScript: The Missing Manual

09/22/2008  
Relevance: 8.51
This review has been a long time coming...mainly because I've been having such a good time with this book. That said, the title is a bit misleading. It's not really"The book that should have been in the box" (even if JavaScript came in a box) since a"box of generic JavaScript" wouldn't have come with half of what this book contains. In fact, I'm not really sure the reader will come away with a solid foundation in JavaScript after reading McFarland's book. Let me explain.
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Should Javascript get more respect?

12/20/2006  
Relevance: 8.43
JavaScript is often ridiculed as the black sheep of programming languages. But JavaScript is becoming increasingly important. See why it remains the most broadly available scripting language for Web development and a better choice for developing modern applications.
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The Art and Science of JavaScript

07/12/2008  
Relevance: 8.31
So many books like this get 'dinged' in the reviews for not being very accessible by beginners. What people seem to forget is that not every book (on JavaScript or any other technical subject) is written for the beginner. The authors (or probably the editors) make it very clear in the Preface of this text, that this book was written for the intermediate JavaScript coder. 'Intermediate' isn't spelled out as such, but it seems to mean that you're either a person who is well versed in the lessons taught by a beginner's manual, or you know just a little JavaScript, but are quite comfortable in other programming languages (and thus general programming practices). If you haven't written a line of JavaScript in your life and are eager to learn, do not buy this book. You're not ready. If you try to learn JavaScript from jump street using this book, you'll just end up frustrated and unjustly criticize the authors. With that said, if you are familiar with the basics of JavaScript or are otherwise qualified as described above, please continue reading this review and see if this text is right for you (I think it will be).
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Learning Javascript and Ajax

04/24/2007  
Relevance: 8.21
Learning Javascript by Shelley Powers is a good introduction to the revived world of Javascript which underpins much of Web 2.0.
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JavaScript: The Good Parts

06/24/2008  
Relevance: 8.16
Finally, a JavaScript book not for beginners and one that says so upfront! How refreshing. I was a little doubtful when I first read the back cover, but then reassured when part of the Preface said,"This is not a book for beginners...This is not a book for dummies...This book is small, but it is dense". Actually, I was wondering how a book less than 200 pages was going to present JavaScript, if it was indeed written for beginners. To nail down the target audience a little more, I'll continue to quote,"It is intended for programmers who...are venturing into JavaScript for the first time. It is also intended for programmers who have been working with JavaScript at a novice level and are now ready for a more sophisticated relationship..."
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Tutorial: Roll Your Own Custom Bookmarklets In Firefox, part 2

10/24/2008  
Relevance: 8.16
Smart Firefox Tricks, part 2: Javascript bookmarklets have been around since the early days of Javascript, and are possible because Firefox and most other modern browsers (except Konqueror) offer the special protocol"javascript:" to let you execute bits of javascript code directly. Akkana Peck shows us how to harness this power to turbocharge our Web-surfing.
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Meet the JavaScript Development Toolkit

05/30/2008  
Relevance: 8.12
If you need a free Web development environment, look no further than Eclipse. TheJavaScript Development Toolkit (JSDT) is an open source plug-in that brings robust JavaScript programming tools to Eclipse. JSDT streamlines development, simplifies code, and increases productivity for pure JavaScript source files and JavaScript embedded in HTML.
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