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Object-Oriented JavaScript [Kindle Edition]

Stoyan Stefanov (Author)
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The book requires no prior knowledge of JavaScript and works from the ground up to give you a thorough grounding in this powerful language. If you do already know some JavaScript, you will find plenty of eye-openers as you discover just what the language can do. This book takes a do-it-yourself approach when it comes to writing code, because the best way to really learn a programming language is by writing code. You are encouraged to type code into Firebug's console, see how it works and then tweak it and play around with it. There are practice questions at the end of each chapter to help review what you have learned.

About the Author

Stoyan Stefanov is a Yahoo! web developer, Zend Certified Engineer, book author, and contributor to the international PHP community. He talks regularly about JavaScript, PHP, and other web development topics at conferences and his blog www.phpied.com and also runs a number of other sites, including JSPatterns.com - a site dedicated to exploring JavaScript patterns. Stoyan is the engineering lead of Yahoo's performance optimization tool 'YSlow', as well as other open-source tools and 'PEAR' libraries.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 995 KB
  • Print Length: 358 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1847194141
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (23 July 2008)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B0057UNEJC
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #80,749 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I've been working with JavaScript as a client-side/front-end developer for almost a decade and over this time have read a number of books on the language. With purchasing this book I was looking to gain a deeper understanding of the Object Oriented features within JavaScript. Having read the first couple of chapters, I'm pleased to find that it does this exceptionally well. Additionally the book offers a broad, solid foundation in the principles of the language.

So far I've been really impressed with this book: it's concise, lively and readable and manages to convey some sophisticated concepts with exceptional clarity - I thoroughly recommend it!
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This book has changed my javascript coding confidence once and for all. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 alone are enough for the price of this book. As far as I am concerned, coding in any computer language has some hidden secrets. Most authors will only show you how, but the secrets of why why and why are not always revealed. In this book, the author actually let out of the bag the hidden secrets of javascript. The author's title was a bit limited at first sight. It should have read, 'javascript hidden secrets and object oriented programming'. Man you have changed my javascript coding power. Thank you.
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This is an incredible book, probably the best book i've ever read on anything computer related and I've read a lot over the last 15 years. The book has taken me from a very average javascript programmer to an advanced programmer in a short space of time. For me the best thing about it is it teaches you to talk the talk, I'm now very confident in talking with any fellow developer, it also teaches you about best practices and the theory, not just the practical side. I'd actually recommend this to anyone from a complete beginner to somebody who has been using javascript for a while but wants to take it to the next level.
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