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Summary: Wilton WROX !!
Review: Over time, I've read my share of computer language books, and I was generally confused and disappointed until I discovered WROX. The only reason I bought the Wilton book was because I was pleased with the other WROX titles I had read (and I needed to learn Javascript, of course). Even for WROX, the Beginning Javascript book is outstanding. Wilton has the skill and patience to describe how everything fits together (important for the Javascript novice like me). He makes it real for you through excellent examples in every section of the book. Wilton also does a great job of explaining how Javascript is implemented in the latest browsers and how all this relates to the most recent decrees from the W3C. Even if you don't want to learn about Javascript, you should buy this book as an example of what good computer language books can (and should) be.
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Summary: Serves as a How To and a Reference
Review: This is a great book that not only taught me JavaScript, but also serves as one of my main references today. A word of caution though, don't pick this book up FIRST as an intro to developing Web based client/server applications. This book will show you how to do EVERYTHING (both client and server side processing) in JavaScript. Depending on the technology you're using, this probably won't be the way should go about doing your sever side processing. I was starting to use ASP when I picked this book. I knew that JavaScript was used in ASP so I picked up the Sams Teach Yourself ASP in 21 days along with this book. Well to make a long story short, I read very little of the Sams book, and got into this one very quickly. I definitely learned JavaScript, but made things much more difficult for myself for about a month or so. That said, this is a great book.
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Summary: Best if kept on your Desk at all times
Review: You won't be ashamed to have this "Beginning" book on display on your desk. It's easy to use and very descriptive. Plenty of examples and they work! After buying this book I thought I would upgrade after a few weeks but I was wrong... I still use this manual.
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