Customer Reviews

Teach Yourself Javascript 1.1 in a Week (Sams Teach Yourself)

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I'm a teenager and I could even understand this book! Very accurate!

This book teaches the way it supposed to be done. First it gives you information explaining the element(s) you will be learning. Second it gives you examples of what was just explained. Third it has you do some practice exercises of your own. Fourth it uses a building block style of learning so that the new things you learn are added to the old for reinforcement. The book says you can learn it in a week which for most is probably not true but you will learn it and no language I have ever learned (became proficient at) was learned in a week anyway. Not even HTML. It may move a bit fast for a beginner but it is very thorough and you will learn. Also it is still very relative today even though JS 1.2 is the latest standard. This book will give you the basics and get you to the point where you can teach yourself without a book. Very well done Arman!

This book has many good examples and good explanations. You`ll never bedisappointed if you choose to buy this book from over 50 JavaScript book.

Overall, this is a descent book for learning JavaScript 1.1, but just don't rely on the index for finding anything, as it is quite askew in its information. So yes, you will learn JavaScript, and you will learn it as quickly as the book claims, but when you find something interesting, use a bookmark. I highly reccomend that your purchase include a pack of post-it notes to use as reference tabs.

Especially, not good for "a week" study, as its title claims. OO concepts are not clearly explained, and examples are not much helpful

If you know nothing about javascript, it will be more like 'teach yourself in 6 months', as there is an assumption that you have previous object programming experience. Although well designed and well written, this book really misses the mark for beginners and, at least for myself, was disappointing.

Arman Danesh was a smart man to be able to write a book compiled so well.

I really liked the samples from the web that he showed. He seems like a cool guy.

I found this book highly informative. Good examples, clear explanations. It is suitable for both tutorial and reference. If you're looking for a JavaScript tutorial, this book might be the best choice for you.

This book is very misleading. It clearly says that there is no / little programming knowledge needed. This is in every respect not true. Danesh goes on teaching you the code of JS, but he does not explain thouroughly what each object. Also the title being Teach Youself... ...in a Week is very misleading because it took me 2 weeks just to get to the second chapter, and i finished Web publishing with HTML 3.2 in a week in on day. So it is not just me! I give this book a 4 because there are many other books <b>far</b> worse than this! It does teach you the <strong>basics</strong> though