Reviews for Professional JavaScript (Programmer to Programmer)

1. The only book on Javascript you'll ever need to buy.

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, July 12st, 2001

   You'll love this book if, like me, you like to push JavaScript to its limits. This is JavaScript for the pros as the title suggests. If you just want to dabble with some simple DHTML don't waste your money on this one. Sure JavaScript is only a scripting language, but for web client side scripting there's nothing better and this book allows you to make the most of it.

   It covers both server and client side JavaScript in great detail although ADO (for database access in ASP) is off limits. The appendices in the back include document object models for IE and Netscape (though not Netscape 6 as the last reprint was Feb 2000) - plus the ASP DOM which is extremely useful. Sadly the Wrox Ultimate HTML database listing is a complete waste of space.

   By teaching you to solve your own problems using JavaScript, rather than solving a selection of them for you, this book puts the power in your hands. I don't see how any real developer could enjoy using a language any other way? If you don't enjoy scripting - why script? Despite being published in 1999 this book is still the best out there. Nuff said I reckon ;-)

2. Get Beginning JavaScript

   Rated 1 out of 5 stars, January 12th, 2001

   I haven't actually bought this book, and I wouldn't for two reasons.

   1. Judging by the reviews it's a waste of time and money

   2. I bought Beginning JavaScript 2 days ago, and I virtually know the language inside out now (well, the client-side browser stuff anyway) I'm amazed at what's possible.

   Buy Beginning JavaScript!!!

3. Good start to explaining the jargon of JavaScript

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, November 12th, 2000

   JavaScript is a programming language designed to be used in conjunction with HTML, making HTML more powerful and interactive. It is now fully supported in Netscape Navigator 3. With JavaScript, Web page creators without deep technical experience can embed commands into their HTML pages that call up pre-cooked Java animations, add clocks and other time-based features , allow web pages to ask questions and gather information from visitors to the page, and provide other simple controls. While other JavaScript books are intended for experienced programmers, this one is for the vast majority of HTML coders who are less technically sophisticated but still would like to get their feet wet. This book will pick up where Laura Lemay's "Teach Yourself Web Publishing" and "HTML 4 for the WWW" left off.

4. A very good book, but not for amateurs

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, July 12th, 2000

   With the title professional JavaScript this book is obviously not for beginners. But as an experienced web-programmer I found this book very useful. It gives a very in depth explanation of the language, and can be extremely useful for those of us, who already now the basics, such as length(of String) = Stringname.length . such banalities are not discussed in this book, which I am pretty happy with. If you already know some JavaScript, buy this book to go to the next level.

5. Full of errors and no information.

   Rated 1 out of 5 stars, June 12th, 2000

   The section on Regular Expressions is in two locations, useless and wrong. Trying to find information in this book is worse than usless. For example to find the length of a string you would use stringname.length; try and find that in this book!

   Nothing in the index, nothing on the section dealing with strings but a fundermental building block.

   A very expensive door stop : if this is the professional edition I would hate to see the rubbish contained in any other version.

   If you do want to waste your money then it is alot cheaper at Amazon.