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Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours (4th Edition) |  | Author: Michael Moncur
Publisher: Sams
Category: Book
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Edition: 4
Pages: 456
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0672328798
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780672328794
ASIN: 0672328798
Publication Date: July 1, 2006
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JavaScript is one of the easiest, most straightforward ways to enhance a website with interactivity. Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours, 4th Edition serves as an easy-to-understand tutorial on both scripting basics and JavaScript itself. The book is written in a clear and personable style with an extensive use of practical, complete examples. It also includes material on the latest developments in JavaScript and web scripting. You will learn how to use JavaScript to enhance web pages with interactive forms, objects, and cookies, as well as how to use JavaScript to work with games, animation, and multimedia.
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 A good overview but ineffective January 13, 2010
T. Nordlund
I came to this book with intermediate knowledge of XHTML/CSS. I bought it at a bookstore and thought it would be an effective teaching aide. I was able to follow the first few chapters but got lost soon thereafter. The author jumps too far too soon. Even though I tried to carefully read every chapter, highlighting and annotating, I was unable to comprehend many aspects of the language and felt entirely unprepared to do the examples. I ended up reading the book once through as an overview in order to get my head around Javascript but I don't think this book deserves a second reading.
 Pretty good, but get some prior knowledge January 16, 2009
Student_of_Life
JavaScript is basically a programming language. Not as powerful as C++, but still uses all of the basic programming constructs, such as variables, functions, objects, if/else statements and so on. Unless you have a good understanding of programming basics (like how to construct a for loop, what an Array is, how variables work, what a Function is and how to pass data to and fro a Function), JavaScript will be difficult to grasp.
Before I got this book, I read the following two books (in order) to give me a solid understanding of programming basics:
1. Computer Programming for Teens by Mary Ferrell
2. Head First JavaScript by Michael Morrison
The two books above tear apart what all common programming languages use to make things happen. Such as all the components of an if/else and for loop statements, what they are, and how they work. Without the two books above giving me a solid foundation, I would have not rated this book "JavaScript in 24 Hours - 4th Edition" 4 stars.
"JavaScript in 24 Hours - 4th Edition" helped me with some questions I had that the other two books did not answer. Such as there are three types of Objects in JavaScript:
1. Built-in objects
2. DOM objects
3. Custom objects
Breaking objects in JavaScript into three types, really cleared up my basic understanding of DOM.
I also found that "JavaScript in 24 Hours - 4th Edition" gives easy coding examples, so you can quickly code out and better understand how things work. For example:
In Hour 2, the book goes over a few implementations of how the built-in Date() object can be used and written to the web page. And gives the full coding in both HTML and JavaScript.
I like how the chapters are short and to the point.
This book is not for the absolute beginner, rather someone who already has a good understanding of programming basics and a little bit of exposure to JavaScript already. I highly recommend the two books I listed above as pre-reqs to "JavaScript in 24 Hours - 4th Edition."
I rate this book 4 stars because it really is not for the absolute beginner and I would like to see more coding examples. Otherwise, this book has a place on my bookshelf.
Happy Learning!
 Book Review from Silicon Valley Web Builder (SVWB) September 9, 2008
Bess Ho (Silicon Valley, CA USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours
It is a very pleasant surprise to learn Sams Teach Yourself series has been improved into a very well-organized book. Each chapter is limited with 12-14 pages. It is easy to read entire chapter during short break. It includes the latest programming practices like object-oriented JavaScript, DOM Level 2 Scripting, Feature-sensing, Unobtrustive Scripting in CSS, JavaScript and AJAX. It helps you to review the content by reading Q&A and Quiz questions. Each chapter comes with good examples and sample codes.
Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours (4th Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself)
Not great, but not bad. March 27, 2008
MedIT
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Sam's PHP books made them my preferred publisher of tech books, this book didn't live up to my expectations. If you are somewhat competent this book will frustrate you. It doesn't provide much detail on the fundamental concepts. The last third of the book goes further and is devoted to examples that have "cook book" value but not a lot of educational value.
It's not a bad book by any means. I think it may even be a great book, for the right reader. The right reader I think is someone who: knows just a bit about html, what javascript is in vague terms, and wants to get something up and working quickly. If have a basic knowledge of javascript already and are looking to strengthen your foundation this may not be the best book for you.
good if you know basic elements of java March 4, 2008
M. Rumore (Oswego, il USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is not a bad book. It's really a well written book, but it does require some prior knowledge from the user. It would help if a user has some basic knowledge of Java. Some rudimentary knowledge of Java will help to understand the JavaScript object model and methods like toString(), etc.
Compare to what I consider to be the main competitor for this type of book, the O'Reilly JavaScript book, this book is superior for beginners. It explains the document object, math object, etc. simply and clearly. It gives nice examples that you can either type in as an automaton, or that you can elaborate and experiment on. Either way, the explanations are great -- assuming you have a rudimentary knowledge of Java.
I own and have used extensively over 20 of the O'Reilly books, so it's obvious I like them. The O'Reilly JavaScript book is not bad, it's just not the best to learn from. My suggestion is to learn the basics from this book, and then go to the O'Reilly JavaScript: The Definitive guide book.
Can you really learn JavaScript in 24 hours? If you follow the book word for word, page by page, and type in the examples exactly as stated, then you can finish in 24 hours. If you like to experiment and try different variations of the examples (what I do), then it can take longer. Either way the book is a nice introduction to JavaScript. At least, now I know what the document model can do !!!
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