Post #277,851
3/9/07 1:40:39 PM
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Looking for recommendations for a Javascript book
I have a Sam's "Teach Yourself Javascript in 21 Days", which is okay for a starter book. I'd like to know what some of you will recommend as a good book to read for the next step.
TIA!
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Post #277,856
3/9/07 3:28:37 PM
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JavaScript The Definitive Guide
JavaScript The Definitive Guide is exactly what it says. I have the 3rd edition, but the book has been updated and the new one is supposed to cover Ajax and other new JavaScript stuff.
Not only does the book cover programming JavaScript in great detail, but it is also a good reference when actually programming.
Jay
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Post #277,904
3/9/07 11:45:59 PM
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Seconded
It's fairly unusual in the world of JavaScript books, in that it treats JS first as a programming language, and then offers introductions and references for using the APIs exposed by web browsers, but IMHO that does a far better job of helping you understand JavaScript than the usual "here are examples of making a browser do something" books which dominate the market. --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird?
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Post #277,917
3/10/07 4:54:16 AM
3/10/07 9:43:20 PM
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Also.
I can recommend the JavaScript reference materials from [www.visibone.com|VisiBone], most of which are online, too. They separate out the programming-language JavaScript from the DOM API. Once you do this, you see that JavaScript is actually a powerful and unique language in its own right.
Wade.
Edit: removed the superfluous apostrophe that got up CRC's left nostril.
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Edited by static
March 10, 2007, 09:43:20 PM EST
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Post #277,918
3/10/07 5:23:22 AM
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It's "its". HTH!
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Post #277,978
3/10/07 7:46:24 PM
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No, it doesn't help. It just annoys.
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Post #277,981
3/10/07 8:56:21 PM
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Good. Learn from that, then.
WTF do you think your constant mangling of the language does?
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Post #277,985
3/10/07 9:42:21 PM
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Annoys you? :-)
It certainly seems to.
The errant apostrophe was a mistake, nothing more. There was nothing deliberate in it's inclusion and a review simply overlooked it. I would think for someone who usually gets grammer and spelling right without computer assistance, the occasional accident could be forgiven.
Wade.
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Post #277,987
3/10/07 9:59:35 PM
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OK, so was *that* one deliberate...? ;-)
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Post #277,990
3/10/07 11:03:36 PM
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You must be mistaken, I'm sure.
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Post #277,993
3/11/07 1:20:59 AM
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There was more than one.
Ferrous or feckless?
You decide!
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Post #278,001
3/11/07 12:00:09 PM
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iron or no sex?
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Post #278,008
3/11/07 3:19:17 PM
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Iron is a noun; ferrous is an adjective. Think a bit more.
And the answer is probably the second, but who gives a fuck? Even if it were intentionally the first, that's one of those Alanis-y versions that says more about those who claim it than about the actual event.
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Post #278,031
3/11/07 7:12:54 PM
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I'm not saying.
Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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