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Javascript How-To: The Definitive Javascript Problem-Solver

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This is a thick book, not meant to be read, but to be used as a guide. You can cut and paste code snipits from the book to put together Javascript applications.

I find JavaScript How-To very well organized and easy to read. I find the information I'm looking for fast, which is what I need to complete my web projects. Very good examples on almost every topic make this book one of the best.

For people who need to get things done quickly using JavaScript, this book can be extremely helpful. It is best used as a reference text in conjunction with other lower-level handbooks. Unless you have some programming experience, I would not recommend this book as a tutorial or introduction to JavaScript, but it is a valuable source of many effective techniques that can shorten your development time.

Gives lots of examples- for the more experienced internet prgmr who learns quicker from examples rather than learning from "textbooks." Most examples are not fully explanatory - another JavaScript book (textbook-type) might be necessary, but, on the whole, book gives good examples to quicken internet development.

One of the worst computer books I read in many years. After reading 1/3 of the book I realized I was wasting my company time and decided to get another book instead. Most How-To books by the Waite Group Press are very good but the authors of this book didn't seem to have the right approach in explaining the features in a clear fluent manner. The authors explained topics that were ahead of readers in upcoming chapters or assumed the readers knowledge of internet or Netscape jargons. I found other javascript books much better written.