Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133 EAN: 9780596527747 Format: Illustrated ISBN: 0596527748 Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 650 Publication Date: January 11, 2008 Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Sales Rank: 6736 Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Product DescriptionSo you're ready to make the leap from writing HTML and CSS web pages to creating dynamic web applications. You want to take your web skills to the next level. And you're finally ready to add 'programmer' to the resume. It sounds like you're ready to learn the Web's hottest programming language: JavaScript. Head First JavaScript is your ticket to going beyond copying and pasting the code from someone else's web site, and writing your own interactive web pages.
With Head First JavaScript, you learn:
The basics of programming, from variables to types to looping
How the web browser runs your code, and how you can talk to the browser with your code
Why you'll never have to worry about casting, overloading, or polymorphism when you're writing JavaScript code
How to use the Document Object Model to change your web pages without making your users click buttons
If you've ever read a Head First book, you know what to expect -- a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. Head First JavaScript is no exception. It starts where HTML and CSS leave off, and takes you through your first program into more complex programming concepts -- like working directly with the web browser's object model and writing code that works on all modern browsers.
Don't be intimidated if you've never written a line of code before! In typical Head First style, Head First JavaScript doesn't skip steps, and we're not interested in having you cut and paste code. You'll learn JavaScript, understand it, and have a blast along the way. So get ready... dynamic and exciting web pages are just pages away.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Need more how to and less humor
This book tried too hard to be funny. I wanted more in depth how to and less humor. I am a beginner so I thought this book would do the job but I could only do the examples they gave. I didn't have enough information to improvise after doing an example.
I think a better book is JavaScript Goodies...
Rating: - An Average book
After contemplating which Javascript book to get, I decided on HFJS. I read the Head First HTML book and it was great therefore I thought HFJS would be the same. I was wrong. Unlike the HTML book where things are explained from beginning to end, the HFJS is the opposite. Granted I am a real beginner to Javascript and the first few pages were fine. But after reading into it more, things are not explained thoroughly until the end of the book. After 250 pages I just gave up because I wasnt understanding ... Read More
Rating: - Frustratingly backwards
I liked the Headfirst HTML/XHTML/CSS book, but I found this one poorly organized and discouraging. The exercises frequently required knowledge of concepts that had not yet been introduced. And I found the extended examples used in the book (such as an unrealistic and complicated movie theatre "seat finding" dealeo) unnecessarily confusing.
After starting it several times and struggling through 300 or so pages I broke down and bought The Book of Javascript (2nd ed) by David Thau. I'm ... Read More
Rating: - Compared to Head First HTML, a BIG disappointment
Short version: Very disappointed by Head First JavaScript ("HFJS"). Loved Head First HTML/XHTML/CSS ("HFHTML"), felt like I retained everything from it immediately, but couldn't figure out why the info in HFJS wasn't sinking in. Turned to web tutorials (better), and finally changed to Simply JavaScript(Sitepoint), a much more clearly written and explained book.
Long version: Less than a month ago, I knew very little about web design, much less any sort of programming. I'd tried to teach ... Read More
Rating: - Condescending, Borderline Stupid
I'm really sorry I bought this book. I expected a creative, clever (hell, maybe even fun) way to learn Javascript. What I got was a dumbed down collage of random retro photos with unfunny captions, rife with asinine exercises. I appreciate the whole "alternate learning" angle, but this really is not the way to do it. A technical manual with some dry humor is way more preferable to people who actually want to learn a language instead of doing idiotic "fill-in-the-blank" exercises and crossword puzzles.
- Need more how to and less humor
