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| From | "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| Subject | Re: How to learn this stuff? |
| Date | 2011-11-19 18:31 -0200 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <ja93mo$rh5$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <pp9fc7tjr2orvqj04407i0lph6edphlo5c@4ax.com> <timstreater-EBD930.18144619112011@news.individual.net> |
On 19/11/2011 16:14, Tim Streater wrote: > In article <pp9fc7tjr2orvqj04407i0lph6edphlo5c@4ax.com>, > javascript_stumbler <stumbler@no.invalid> wrote: > >> Years ago I started trying to learn Javascript. As I learned I found >> that lots of people were just keeping Javascript turned off on their >> browsers. This was pretty discouraging so after learning very little >> Javascript I just didn't bother anymore. My static HTML pages with >> some very tiny bits of rudimentary Javascript were good enough. >> >> At this point I want to make Web pages that are less static. So I want >> to see about learning Javascript a lot better than I had done before. >> >> The books I used then, and still have, are: >> >> "Javascript Bible 3rd Edition" by Danny Goodman (c) 1998, published by >> IDG Books, >> >> "Javascript The Definitive Guide Third Edition" by David Flanagan >> (c)1998 published by O'Reilly. > > Pay no attention to anyone who says either of these books is useless. > You should, however, IMO, get the latest editions of each. Goodman's > book comes with a CD that has extra chapters, and also examples you can > look at and try. > I'm sorry to disagree with you but Danny Goodman's [cook]book is some of the worst books on JavaScript that I have ever read, specially when it comes down to cross-browser script recipes: the scripts about Ajax and animation, for instance, are of no use in production. Although some chapters are okay, I'd suggest that you forget it! Some other good books that I own and recommend (but don't put too much trust in them, because even good books have their own mistakes): Douglas Crockford - The Good Parts; Stoyan Stefanov - JS Patterns. You may find some interesting discussions / reviews about Crockford's book in here [c.l.js]. Don't forget to download and have your own copy of the latest ECMAScript Language Specification: <http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm> -- Joao Rodrigues (J.R.)
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How to learn this stuff? javascript_stumbler <stumbler@no.invalid> - 2011-11-19 08:20 -0500
Re: How to learn this stuff? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2011-11-19 18:14 +0000
Re: How to learn this stuff? "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2011-11-19 18:31 -0200
Re: How to learn this stuff? Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2011-11-19 17:07 -0700
Re: How to learn this stuff? "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2011-11-22 03:07 -0200
Re: How to learn this stuff? Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2011-11-22 09:48 -0700
Re: How to learn this stuff? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-22 19:47 +0100
Re: How to learn this stuff? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2011-11-23 16:23 +0000
Re: How to learn this stuff? "P E Schoen" <paul@pstech-inc.com> - 2011-11-19 16:34 -0500
Re: How to learn this stuff? qulinxao <qulinxao@gmail.com> - 2011-11-20 10:47 -0800
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