Book Recommendations

Hi,

Does anyone have any good recommendations on books to read to get more in-depth in Javascript? I have limited knowledge but would like to increase it to an advance level.

Thanks

Rob

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Rather than In depth Javascript, Start with jQuery. jQuery in Action is good.

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Some people recommended me JavaScript: The Definitive Guide.

I'm goin to read it today, but for what i've seen, they say that's a great book.

You could check also:

www.w3schools.com

There are tutorials about js, jquery, css, etc..

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Hi,

You can check the ScriptJunkie website by Microsoft, which has got good resources and it show the best books avaialable!

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-in/scriptjunkie/ff601773

Hope it helps u...

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Skeith

Some people recommended me JavaScript: The Definitive Guide.

I'm goin to read it today, but for what i've seen, they say that's a great book.

You could check also:

www.w3schools.com

There are tutorials about js, jquery, css, etc..

Do not use w3schools - read this: http://w3fools.com/

JavaScript: The Good Parts

Eric

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I agree with fayaz

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@ Robbied81

get your feet wet here: http://www.w3schools.com/js/

N.B.: at the above website, they use an interactive technique that will help you learn JavaScript faster. Plus, at least for me, it's fun!

Click on the "Try it yourself" buttons at http://www.w3schools.com/js/ to see how JavaScript works.

Also, imho, you should start with JavaScript before you move on to JQuery because http://jquery.com/ is based on JavaScript; in fact, JQuery is a JavaScript library.

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@ A1ien51

A1ien51

Do not use w3schools - read this: http://w3fools.com/

the article you point to is interesting but imho there is exceptionally good "get your feet wet" value in their free tutorials.

for all intents and purposes, the tutorials are acceptable, even if some of them are a bit flawed ...

i've never assumed that w3schools is directly associated with w3c ... i do agree that since w3c has asked, w3schools should put a disclaimer.

i've never been asked to buy a certification or anything else from w3schools ... i probably would not do that but i also would likely never pay Microsoft a nickel to get certified either.

imho, i would not throw out the baby with the bath water.

for me, the best part of w3schools is the interactivity.

when i really want "in depth", then i go to sources like http://www.w3.org/.

P.S.: there are interesting links at the article you mentioned; example: videos at http://code.google.com/edu/submissions/html-css-javascript/#javascript.

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@ Robbied81

Rob, you might also want to check out "Head First JavaScript" ... O'Reilly makes great books generally; specifically, the style of the "Head First ..." series is very good for beginners. and fun, too!!!

http://www.amazon.ca/Head-First-JavaScript-Michael-Morrison/dp/0596527748

You can look inside "Head First JavaScript" to see if it works for you.

Disclaimer: i've not read "Head First JavaScript" myself. OTOH, my spouse learned HTML and CSS from "Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML" http://www.amazon.ca/Head-First-HTML-CSS-XHTML/dp/059610197X and did a decent job at creating her own static website http://susan-lowry.com/ ... to give you some perspective, Susan at one point in her life did not even realize that ALT+TAB switches windows.

P.S.: BTW, FWIW, A1ien51 is Eric Pascarello is a co-author of "Ajax in Action" http://www.amazon.ca/Ajax-Action-Dave-Crane/dp/1932394613.

The 'j' Ajax stands for JavaScript ... so Eric likely knows his JavaScript exceptionally well.

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Here are the books that Jon Galloway recommends: http://www.asp.net/mvc/books/javascript-and-jquery

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this is pretty nice

http://www.learn-javascript-tutorial.com/

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http://www.w3schools.com is a good place to start, but not a good place to be a good professional

could be also be used as quick refrence for correct syntax, but not to be used as the a one single resource

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I learned js by buying the book, Teach Yourself Javascript in 24 Hours by SAMS Publishing.