- Modern JavaScript book aimed at relative beginners
- Covers useful application of modern coding, not just simple examples
- Includes information on several function libraries
- Plenty of working examples
- Example code available for download
- Doesn't explain the difference between HTML and XHTML
- Unnecessary complexity for a beginners book in covering IE5 support
- First Edition: Published June 2007
- 405 page paperback
- Published by Sitepoint
- ISBN 9780980285802
- Everything you need to learn JavaScript from scratch
- Authors Kevin Yank and Cameron Adams
JavaScript today is a far different language than it was just a few years ago and many JavaScript books written just a few years ago are now obsolete. This book is an excellent replacement for most of those outdated books.
"Simply JavaScript" covers all of the usual things you would expect to find in a book on JavaScript for beginners. The difference with this book is that it assumes a modern approach involving semantic HTML and unobtrusive JavaScript. Instead of teraching outdated coding methods such as document.write it jumps right into how to code properly with the DOM. The typical uses of JavaScript for animation, form enhancement and Ajax all have their own separate chapter.
This book isn't just good for people who are just starting out to learn JavaScript but is also useful for those who learned the old way of coding javaScript and now want to learn how to do it properly.
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