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Tom Negrino , Dori Smith
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27 July 2011 0321772970 978-0321772978 8
This task-based, visual-reference guide has been fully revised and uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to give beginning and intermediate scripters what they need to know to keep their skills up-to-date. Readers can start from the beginning to get a tour of the programming language, or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. In this updated eighth edition, readers will find new information on using frameworks and libraries--such as jQuery--and modern coding techniques.

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  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Peachpit Press; 8 edition (27 July 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321772970
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321772978
  • Product Dimensions: 17.9 x 2.8 x 22.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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By Techy
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Great books, but for those of us who are dyslexic, and A.D.H.D. when are you bringing out the high speed video tutorials.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what I expected 26 Dec 2011
By Sergiu Luca - Published on Amazon.com
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I bought this book hoping to get a gentle introduction to the ubiquitous programming language, Javascript. Being at the 8th edition, it seemed that this book has stood the test of time and were a good choice for an aspiring web developer with no technical background. Actually, I had a bad feeling about this book, when after 5 pages I read the following advice from the authors: "Don't type that code[...] It was tough enough for us to do all the that typing, and there's no reason you should have to repeat that work." Compare this, with the recommandation of another author, Larry Ullman: "I strongly encourage you to type the scripts yourself in order to become more familiar with the structure and syntax of PHP".

The main reason I took a dislike to this book is because it's a tutorial-based text with insufficient explanatory details for understanding the example script code. The examples are unnecessary difficult to comprehend for a beginner because the theory behind the topics being presented, is meager. I was constantly refering to other resources in order to understand the logic behind the code scripts. I'll present an example of this, so you can judge if my complain is justified or not:

Chapter 9, Cookies in JS, says that a cookie is a text string with the following format: cookieName=cookieValue;expires=expirationDateGMT;path=URLpath;domain=siteDomain. Then, a function, setCookie(), is set to construct a cookie, and among other lines, it contains the line: document.cookie = "userName=" + username + ";expires=" + expireDate.toGMTString();
After this, the authors write a function that reads and displays the cookies, with the following lines:

var thisCookie = document.cookie.split(";");
for (var i=0; i<thisCookie.length; i++) {
outMsg += "Cookie name " + thisCookie[i].split("=")[0];
outMsg += "Cookie value " + thisCookie[i].split("=")[1];
}

For a cookie set, for example, to "ppkcookie1=testcookie; expires=Thu, 2 Aug 2012 20:47:11 UTC", I was wondering for many minutes why the code would display only "Cookie name ppkcookie1 Cookie value testcookie", and would not the display the part with the expiration date that was a part of the original string.
Luckily, I found the explanation for this apparently unexplainable behaviour of this string, in a site about JS: "Cookies can be created, read and erased by JavaScript. They are accessible through the property document.cookie. Though you can treat document.cookie as if it's a string, it isn't really, and you have only access to the name-value pairs". If this information was available in the text, I would have understood at first hand, why only the name-value pairs were accessable from the document.cookie.
In conclusion, will one learn some JS by reading this book? This book will teach you some JS, but it is necessary to consult other sources in order to keep up with the code examples: unfortunately all the authors do, is tell you what to do, instead teaching the language.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great primer for Javascript 25 Jan 2012
By Christopher M. Goodman - Published on Amazon.com
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Dori and Tom's primer on Javascript has continued to a great starting point for learning web programming.
It has evolved with progressive editions, including sections on JQuery, AJAX and the DOM.
It begins with usual sections covering images, forms and frames (which are being deprecated in CSS3).
Then the authors move on to event handling, object-oriented JS using the DOM (Document Object Model).
Cookie handling is described as well. Then they address dynamic web pages including AJAX.
Afterward, they cover JS toolkits, of which there are many, including Dojo, JQuery, etc.
JQuery is covered in more detail, which is of particular importance for HTML5 web programmers.

For those individuals, who was more detail about the thoughts behind a given task, it is always worthwhile to have David Flanagan's Javascript: The Definitive Guide as a reference, but I find the Visual Guide series much easier for people just coming to Javascript. As it is example driven, one acquires a core set of examples to use. I find Dori and Tom's book flows better than the Head First Javascript book by Michael Morrison, which lacks any significant coverage of JQuery and HTML5 relevant material.

Thanks again to the dynamic duo - Dori Smith and Tom Negrino!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A well-written book 8 Sep 2012
By Wordman - Published on Amazon.com
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After learning PHP, I wanted to move up and tackle JavaScript. I made a short pit-stop along the way with jQuery and got so frustrated with the lack of support with that library that I was determined to get to know JavaScript better.

I buy nearly all of my computer books on Amazon, but I sample them before purchasing in an actual bookstore. Reviews and recommendations do not help me when purchasing a computer book...I need to read through it, see if there is an answer to a specific problem I'm looking to solve and if the book 'feels right' then I take a note and buy it on Amazon unless I'm in need of immediate gratification. Sorry B&N, but at 30% less, I can't justify the in-store purchase.

This book is likely better suited for someone with more base knowledge of JavaScript than I, but I know that as I learn, this book will become more of an asset to me. I thought PHP was confusing at first, but JavaScript makes it look like a cake walk in comparison as far as I'm concerned. I'm hoping this book will help me tackle the elusive, 'A-HA!' understanding I need to 'get' JavaScript.
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