Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations?

Date	2012-01-02 15:18 -0500
From	williamc <temp4@williamc.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations?
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On 12/30/2011 2:49 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> Dear JavaScripters:
> 
>      Does anyone have any recommendations for a good book on
> JavaScript?  (If anyone is going to suggest reading the FAQ, let me
> say that you should read it first before hitting "Send".)
> 
>      In another thread, Tim Streater mentioned "JavaScript Bible 7th
> Edition".  What do you think of it?
> 
>      Other titles?
> 
>      I am looking for a book that gets into the fine points.  There
> are all too many books and Webpages that deal with the beginning
> stuff, but I need to get into the fine points.  I want my pages to be
> professional and not subject to errors because some mistake that I
> could have avoided if only I knew.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Gene Wirchenko

If you enjoy using a book (as I do), rather than just trying to learn
from the web then for what it's worth, here's what I liked... Luckily, I
was able to check out a lot of books from my local library. Ones I
actually bought after the initial checking out phase are marked with $.

The latest def guide seems pretty good... I bought and read 2-4 back in
the day, and v. 6 seems like a decided improvement. However, when my job
changed and I had an opportunity to try to catch up on web development
progress from 2001-2007 (a lot happened!) I didn't buy the new def
guide. I bought the Zakas book, $JS for Web Developers. I believe a 2nd.
edition is coming out soon. That's also one of the ones
that O'Reilly suggests as a good intro book.

And, I really liked both of the books O'Reilly suggested for
intermediates: JS the Good Parts and $JavaScript Patterns. Getting a lot
out of JS Patterns, which I'm currently re-reading.

Eloquent JS, you can read for free on the web, at least a version of it.
The paper edition may have some value added parts.

Also reading $JS Web Applications (O'Reilly recommended, advanced). It's
somewhat tied to jQuery, but the author usually shows the POJS approach
first, and uses jQ methods as a convenience. It's a book about using MVC
for large-scale web applications. Whether you're sympathetic to his POV
or not, if you're at the stage where you're trying to get to a more
advanced level, you'll probably get something out of it - if only by
being exposed to a different way to do things...

-- 

-williamc

Thread

JavaScript Book Recommendations? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-30 11:49 -0800
  Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2011-12-30 13:18 -0700
    Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-30 13:45 -0800
    Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2011-12-30 22:43 +0000
  Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2011-12-30 22:25 +0200
    Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-30 13:52 -0800
      Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2011-12-30 23:28 +0000
        Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-31 23:47 -0800
          Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-01-01 13:11 +0000
            Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-02 10:54 -0800
              Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-01-02 23:31 +0000
                Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-02 17:10 -0800
                Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-01-03 11:17 +0000
                Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-03 12:26 -0800
      Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-01-02 09:50 -0800
    Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-01 16:15 +0000
  Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2011-12-30 12:38 -0800
    Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-30 13:57 -0800
  Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Dr J R Stockton <reply1152@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-31 21:01 +0000
    Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Dr J R Stockton <reply1201@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-03 10:28 +0000
  Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-01 15:58 +0000
    Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-01-01 17:14 +0000
      Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-02 10:59 -0800
        Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-01-02 19:07 +0000
          Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-02 12:10 -0800
      Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Dr J R Stockton <reply1152@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-02 20:08 +0000
      Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Dr J R Stockton <reply1201@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-03 20:44 +0000
        Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-01-04 12:32 +0000
          Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-01-04 09:15 -0700
          Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-04 10:44 -0800
  Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? williamc <temp4@williamc.com> - 2012-01-02 15:18 -0500
  Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 00:58 +0100
    Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-01-06 03:16 +0100
      Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 12:06 +0100
        Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-01-06 21:05 +0100
        Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-09 13:54 +0100
        Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-11 15:59 +0100

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