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Book ReviewsJavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition |
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Book: JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition
Written by: John Pollock |
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5
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Best beginner's book!
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5 / 5
For someone who wants a beginning book in JavaScript, this is the best book I have come across. (I also have Gosselin's "JavaScript, Third Edition"; the O'Reilly "JavaScript The Definitive Guide"; and the Shelly Cashman series on JavaScript).
My college JavaScript class uses another book (the Gosselin book) as the official textbook of the course. I find I understand everything much better if I read Pollock's chapter(s) first, then go to the Gosselin to read more and do the required exercises.
I'm new to programming and at first, I was struggling in the class. After getting Pollock's book, I've now got an A. Thank you, John Pollock, for a great book!
Good for beginners but...
Rating:
4 / 5
This may well be a good book to present Java Script to those that have not done any programming in another language and never plan to. However, if (for example) you have any knowledge of C, it will be a dissapointment. This is not because the book assumes no previous programming experience (it does and clearly states this) but it also doesn't take the opportunity to explain the connection between Java Script and other languages, or to explain any logic in the syntax. One example is the (lack of) explanation of why array indexes start with 0 instead of 1. In summary I feel the author has dummed down the material more than is necessary and has lost opportunities to make the language fit into a rational framework.
Superb book for the beginner...
Rating:
5 / 5
Javascript: A Beginner's Guide is the best book that I have seen for beginners. The book is written like a text book and provides novice programmers with information on basic programmer's terminology, etc. Exercises are provided to help develop programming skills. When I start offering javascript class, this will likely be my choice for a textbook.
As a beginner's book, I give this 10 stars. This is a great book for people completely new to programming. For example, graphics designers without programming experience who want to develop web pages could easily use this book to learn javascript. Experienced programmers, however, may find this book to be too elementary. The author takes several pages to define what a variable is, which may be aggravating to experienced programmers who just want to learn a new language.
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