James Bruno said
Simply JavaScript is a well-written book. You can follow what the author is trying to tell you fairly well. You don't get that in all coding books.
However there are also some errors in the book. You can read some in the comments but one example is page 69. The snippet fails to tell you that you need to use window.onLoad = function name and put the snippet in that function. You can tell when a book has been through the new user experience test - I believe this one may not have been.
The website associated with this book has minimal support.
Matthew Greenberg said
I saw this book in Borders and thought this would be a good resource for teaching myself Javascript. I have some other books which are not so good either so I decided this book would be good (I will be returning this book soon).
While the book starts off simply enough, the book jumps into more complicated material without a smooth transition. The examples go from simple to very complicated in a very short time and the explanations of how they were work are horrible.
I noticed one reviewer has stated that there is some misinformation and I am not surprised. I have not typed in the examples but I believe they are not complete either.
So... I am not sure why this book has gotten such good reviews.
Mike Chang said
But lack of basics. For example,
1. inheritance
2. variable scope
This book does explain some topics very well, like DOM, Event, even animation.
This book title should be changed.
Anto said
This book was very helpful to me. The content is presented in a very didactic way.
I would recommend this book to JS beginners like me. I enjoyed the sense of humor that the authors use to "spice" their explanations on something that for many could be quite difficult to "digest": coding.
I don't know if these two guys also work as teachers, but if so, I have the feeling that they would be really good at it.
Raymond Ho said
This book simply sucks! IT doesn't explain why it happens, it just gives you something and then you should figure out next.
I don't recommend this book to anyone serious in learning Javascript. Better buy Javascript: The definitive guide, I have read it already, and reading this book is like wasting time.
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