Javascript in Easy Steps (In Easy Steps)

click here for more details, find new or used items	Mike McGrath Our price £10.44 (£10.99) New from £6.49 Used from £6.69 Pages: 192 (Paperback) ISBN: 184078315X Pub: Computer Step Pub date: 2006-04-16 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 83604

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Through book, not for the beginner (4/6 people found this helpful)

Although this book is in easy steps I found that a little previous knowledge is needed, or good. it can be used by the complete beginner however.

It gives a good, if a little brief, overview of javascript with lots of working examles for you to try. It does only give the barebones though and so is not a comprehensive read.

Not the best of its kind (2/2 people found this helpful)

The title of the book a bit misleading, there are no steps to follow, easy or otherwise. The book begins with basic explanations, and then departs into unworked examples throughout. Nothing builds, examples serve to confuse, and parts of code that should be full working examples simply do not work. I tried the book's 'browser id', 'cross browser layers', and another few allegedly working examples to no avail. From this book I learned very little. I resorted to copying code from the web for my own pages. It has put me off the 'easysteps' series, I now look to the 'visual quickstart guide' series, and have had more success. Simon.

Excellent for a total newbie (1/1 people found this helpful)

I disagree with will525252@hotmail.com in his comments about requiring other knowledge of JavaScript. I knew nothing about JavaScript prior to picking up the book and within 2 months had become fairly efficient. The whole idea is to work through the book and when you see the (p27 "but that part of the code has been omitted to save space") you should, in theory, have already learned that part earlier in the book (I had). An excellent book for the newbie. Obviously there is much more to learn after but it gives a good starting reference. And it's written in the non-technical language so even I understood it :)

JavaScript in easy steps for JavaScript programmers (1/2 people found this helpful)

When I first got this book, I was very confused as I knew nothing of any programming language, and there was a lot of implicit knowledge in the book which was hard to pick up on. On re-reading the book after learning Java for 6 months, it is actually very helpful. I think a more apt title for this book would be "JavaScript in easy steps for JavaScript programmers" since it is very easy to use and a good book if you know some programming principles, but is nigh on impossible to follow if you don't!

Value for money (2/2 people found this helpful)

Definitely a must-have for the beginner javascript programmmer, 'Javascript in Easy Steps' is one of the best books out there. Even if you just want to copy the quick, practical scripts (pop-up windows, layers and mouse tracking etc), then it's still worth the [...] asking price. Although this book is very clear and concise, it would probably be best used as a step-up from a simpler book that covered the very basics.

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