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Re: What's a good Javascript book?

From Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: What's a good Javascript book?
Date 2012-10-08 16:11 +0200
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On 2012-10-08 15:35, I Am Here wrote:
> Can someone recommend me a good book which will cover ALL important
> features of Javascript? I already have 3, but NONE of them, as I
> discovered to my downfall recently, covered for example, hashes, or how
> they are treated as objects.

There seems to be a conceptual misunderstanding here. ECMAScript has
objects but no concept of a "hash". (Objects may be implemented as some
form of hash table or hash map internally, but that's of no consequence
to users.)

Reading between the lines, could it be that you're confused by this
notation:

  myObj["foo"] = 42;

That's exactly the same as writing

  myObj.foo = 42;

Use the second form if the property name is known and a valid
identifier, use the first form if you're building the property name
dynamically, or for property names like "my-prop".

> I want some experts to recommend a book which will cover everything.

Good luck with that, especially in this group.

I would be immensely surprised if anybody here could recommend a book
that really "covers everything", if such a thing even exists. All of the
books I've seen, or read reviews of, are incomplete and inaccurate in
some way. But that doesn't make them useless. With a suitable
combination of imperfect books and some basic curiosity you'll be well
on your way. If you're still having trouble, you know where to ask :)

That said, Flanagan's "Definitive Guide" is one of the books I've seen
recommended most often. If this isn't one of your three books, give it a
try. BTW, mentioning which three books you already own would have been a
good idea.

- stefan

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What's a good Javascript book? I Am Here <iamhereintheworld@gmail.com> - 2012-10-08 06:35 -0700
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-08 13:52 +0000
    Re: What's a good Javascript book? "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-10-08 17:03 +0300
      Re: What's a good Javascript book? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-10-08 15:22 +0100
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-10-08 08:56 -0600
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-08 16:11 +0200
    Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-09 10:43 +0100
      Re: What's a good Javascript book? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 13:12 +0200
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-10 15:32 +0100
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-10 20:13 +0200
            Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-11 14:28 +0100
      Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-09 17:56 +0100
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-10 00:32 +0200
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-09 16:37 -0700
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-10 06:44 +0100
            Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-10 20:09 +0200
            Re: What's a good Javascript book? Dr J R Stockton <reply1241@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-10-11 19:43 +0100
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-10-08 16:21 +0200
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-10-08 07:56 -0700
  Re: What's a good [JavaScript] book? Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-10-08 11:38 -0400
    Re: What's a good [JavaScript] book? Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-10-08 11:42 -0400
      Re: What's a good [JavaScript] book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-10 00:41 +0200
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? Danny <dann90038@gmail.com> - 2012-10-08 11:57 -0700
    Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-08 20:39 +0100
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? I Am Here <iamhereintheworld@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 06:19 -0700
    Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-10-09 18:43 +0200
      Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-09 10:06 -0700
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 11:43 -0700
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-09 20:07 +0100
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-09 13:40 -0700
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-10-09 20:55 +0200
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-09 13:45 -0700
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-10 04:31 -0700
      Re: What's a good Javascript book? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 20:09 +0200
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-10-09 21:01 +0200
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-09 13:50 -0700
      Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-10 15:26 +0100
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-10-10 15:58 +0100
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-11 14:39 +0100
            Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-11 06:52 -0700
              Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-11 17:13 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-11 10:39 -0700
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-12 10:37 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-12 07:11 -0700
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-13 10:53 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-12 09:49 -0700
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-12 10:22 -0700
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-12 13:17 -0700
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-12 20:32 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-13 10:50 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-13 19:45 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-13 21:55 +0200
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-13 21:52 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-13 23:49 +0200
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-13 23:57 +0200
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-13 23:34 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-14 02:09 +0200
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-14 00:00 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-14 01:58 +0200
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-14 07:17 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-15 01:17 +0200
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-14 13:40 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-14 19:03 -0700
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-15 10:42 +0100
    Re: What's a good Javascript book? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-09 22:49 +0200
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 12:00 -0700
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? I Am Here <iamhereintheworld@gmail.com> - 2012-10-16 06:57 -0700

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