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Summary first: This book presumes some knowledge of HTML & CSS (look up Duckett' preceding book if necessary), and introduces main elements of Javascript adequate for basic web-design projects, with no claims to comprehensiveness, and it's certainly a success in that respect.
PRESENTATION: Impressive. Looks more like a Wired issue than your typical introductory programming/scripting book, as the latter usually try to fit as much information as possible into limited space, which makes pragmatic sense, but makes you not want to pick up the book and proceed. This book uses space liberally, sacrificing limited space (~600 pages + index) for readability ( devoting an entire page to the diagram of a for loop for instance), using very large fonts for summaries, etc.
The design is elegant, and also well-thought: Different text colors, italics etc, are fully employed to make newly introduced syntax easier to comprehend. All code sinppets are included in blue boxes clearly separated from the text, where necessary, javascript and html codes are presented side-by-side. For every method / syntax introduced, browser compatibility is given in a table, and more compatible alternatives offered when necessry.
SCOPE: As a corollary of the presentation approach, the scope is limited, albeit sensibly. The book aims to present JavaScript to the extent that it can be employed in basic web design, without trying to present the language in its entire functionality, as such important concepts/aspects are left out (Regular expressions, for instance). Also, HTML and CSS are NOT covered in the book(they're covered in Duckett's preceding book "HTML and CSS", prequel to this one), JQuery, Ajax & JSON are covered in a total of 150 pages, providing a decent, sensible introduction only.
COMPARISON/SUGGESTIONS: If you want a more comprehensive guide at hand, consider getting Flanagan's "Javascript: The Definitive Guide", or an equivalent. If you want a more compelling and detailed approach to the language, supplement this book with "Eloquent Javascript", a book available, free of charge, online.
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTATION: True to its claim, all code presented in the book are available online for bulk-download.
Table of Content (CHAPTERS): 1 The ABC of Programming / 2 Basic JS Instructions / 3 Functions, Methods, Objects / 4 Decisions & Loops / 5 DOM / 6 Events / 7 JQuery / 8 Ajax & JSON / 9 APIs / 10 Error Handling & Debugging / 11 Content Panels / 12 Filtering, Searching & Sorting / 13 Form Enhancement & Validation / Index
DURABILITY (WHENCE THE MISSING STAR DERIVES): I've read the entire book on the same bookholder & desk very gently, and still ended up with every page detached from the spine. (For comparison, other books I've read with the same method look almost unused). It's sad to see such a horrible spine/binding chosen for a book when so much care has obviously gone into its composition and design. Hope they revise the spine in future editions.
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Customers find this JavaScript book excellent for learning, particularly for beginners, with clear explanations and great examples. Moreover, the book is visually appealing, featuring colors and graphics that enhance understanding, and customers appreciate its well-structured design. Additionally, the book serves as an excellent reference, with one customer noting its comprehensive coverage of real-life applications.
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309 customers mention content, 280 positive, 29 negative
...Overall this is great book so far in terms of content but if you reading it and are confused on why your code isn't acting the way it should make...Read more
It's a good book. It breaks down the information in a way that a new beginner would understand what's happening.Read more
...I also purchased a copy of Duckett's HTML & CSS book. Same story, great content, terrible binding.Read more
Awesome book that's very well written. Lot's of great examples and explanations. I also own the HTML/CSS book which I also recommend.Read more
135 customers mention readability, 127 positive, 8 negative
...best book to date you ever find for starting with Javascript, easy to understand and follow content, rich and very beautiful visual material, this...Read more
I really like this book. It's a very good quality and easy to read. Lessons aren't difficult to follow and is laid out in an appealing way....Read more
...The real world examples he uses are easy to follow and considering how much color coding they did in the book to make it readable it's amazing it...Read more
So far this has been a great read. It breaks down the JavaScript language and presents it in a way that anyone could pick up rather quickly....Read more
109 customers mention informative, 103 positive, 6 negative
I got this book for a class. While it is very informative and has some interesting looking pages, I fell asleep reading it several times....Read more
...It's very clear and informative. Not always concise, but at times that is part of it's value....Read more
I love the illustrations, examples, and simple layout of this book, but...it is outdated. It does not include all the "upgrades" of ES6....Read more
I love this book, well written, great examples and practice. Everything is displayed in a easy way to digest all the information!Read more
95 customers mention educational, 91 positive, 4 negative
Excellent introduction to JavaScript, with lots of explanations as to how and why things work as they do, as well as background and examples of code.Read more
...With that being said, this book does a great job of giving a beginner the bare min of HTML and CSS needed which also helps the person who doesn't...Read more
These books are great for newbies to the coding scene. Not too techno speak dense. Easy to understand and follow along.Read more
Perfect for getting a deeper understanding of JavaScript, especially those that are beginners....Read more
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...Very happy that they helped out! ---- Beautiful book, terrible binding. My book started coming apart after reading it a few times....Read more
...It's beautiful. Inviting. Its page layout and graphic design tell you that you are embarked upon something professional and yet easy to learn....Read more
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...They don't make books that have amazing graphics and excellent explanations like this one anymore....Read more
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55 customers mention illustrations, 51 positive, 4 negative
...It's colorful, uses images and, it displays the content in a perfect way. Most programming books suffer when it comes to design....Read more
...The writing, illustrations, pictures, and examples make it so simple to understand javascript, even if you are a complete newbie.Read more
...I love how he uses images, flowcharts, and other visuals to explain web programming. I HIGHLY recommend this book to any aspiring front-end developer.Read more
I love the illustrations, examples, and simple layout of this book, but...it is outdated. It does not include all the "upgrades" of ES6....Read more
53 customers mention design, 53 positive, 0 negative
...A simple and direct educational approach to a complex subject. Beautifully designed and illustrated. A perfect follow up to HTML and CSS the Book.Read more
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Well-written book that's a joy to read
I love this book. My original review is below, but the publishing company got in touch with me to replace my paperback that fell apart with a nice hardcover copy free of charge. Very happy that they helped out! ---- Beautiful book, terrible binding. My book started coming apart after reading it a few times. A week later, the pages were falling out of the book. I had carefully & gently used the book and now pages are falling out of it like they were never even attached. Besides that, this book is awesome. Great explanations, the information is laid out in a great way, and it has beautiful pictures. I really want to give this book five stars, and I would if the binding was stronger. However, it is totally unacceptable that a book this expensive has whole chapters falling out of it after a few weeks of careful reading. P.S. I have the paperback edition.
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