JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
by David Flanagan
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Book Reviews of JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
Book Review: Dig deep into Javascript
Summary: 5 Stars
The author knows what he is saying.
Although JavaScript is loosely typed and flexible, if you don't know the intention of each of its object and "type", your code will be a mess, and debugging on messy JavaScript code is painful. David Flanagan guides you to avoid that mess.
If you want to know more about the exact inner working (i.e. specification) of the built-in functions of a JavaScript implementation, then ECMA-262: ECMAScript Language Specification would be an excellent friend of this book.
If you are confused sometimes by some design issues of JavaScript, then the book "JavaScript: The good parts" by Douglas Crockford and the tool JsLint of the same author will teach you to use JavaScript in a much cleaner way.
Douglas Crockford recommends only this book.
Book Review: New Edition: Guide for the expert; Reference for all
Summary: 5 Stars
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The new edition of The Definitive Guide represents one more step in the continuing increase in the availability of material on the new ways JavaScript is being implemented.
In the words of the author, "For today's web applications, JavaScript developers are writing programs that are an order of magnitude longer than the scripts that most of us were writing five years ago. The new material on classes and namespaces explains how to structure JavaScript programs and offers techniques for successfully using JavaScript for programming..."
The book is a reference that can be of use to anyone working in JavaScript but it is not a beginner how-to. The book should be seen as a guide for the experienced Web worker, especially those involved in making Web applications.
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Book Review: Never Seen Before
Summary: 5 Stars
I Bought 5 books for Java script but ....
This book realy it's definitive way to learn Java script .
IT'S COVERS :
Scripted HTTP and Ajax
XML processing
Client-side graphics using the canvas tag
Namespaces in JavaScript--essential when writing complex programs
Classes, closures, persistence, Flash, and JavaScript embedded in Java applications
Generate a table of contents for an HTML document
Display DHTML animations
Automate form validation
Draw dynamic pie charts
Make HTML elements draggable
Define keyboard shortcuts for web applications
Create Ajax-enabled tool tips
Use XPath and XSLT on XML documents loaded with Ajax
And much more
Book Review: The author forgot what Javascript mainly is for
Summary: 3 Stars
Hi,
The big problem for this book is that the author plays Javascript for Javascript. I know that most readers come here for the useful stuff for Web development, but I have to work hard to dig them out from vast useless language feature and examples. For example, I want to see from very beginning how Javascript useful in my web site, but sorry, it comes at second half book. For example, I want to see how to use client site validation in my JSF page, but sorry, little if any. for exaple, I want to see how to handle multiple actions in my struts JSP page, but sorry, you have to think by your own. The author is so enjoyful by Javascript language itself and forgot what most readers comes here for.
Thanks
Fei Li
Book Review: Definitely Definitive But...
Summary: 4 Stars
The information in the book is absolutely solid, but WOW is the information mundanefully unappealing. There was ZERO thought into keeping the reader interested with content layout, bordering, graphic design, illustration, examples, etc. It is a good resource to have handy. I hate to be the superficial simpleton in the bunch but I'm rather BIG on ascetically appealing text... (it helps with my acute A.D.D. ... j/k ;) this is not that. It's like reading the paper version (vs. online version) of the wall street journal... dampened by the rain and chewed up by the neighbors chihuahua. For those like me try, 1. "JavaScript in easy steps" 2."JavaScript for the world wide web" and 3."Pro JavaScript Techniques"... in that order.