Developers are hungry for a concise, easy-to-use reference that puts essential code 'phrases' at their fingertips. JavaScript, and the related AJAX, is hot and there is little to no information on how to use JavaScript to develop AJAX-based applications. While there are many JavaScript books on the market, most of them are dated and few cover the most recent developments, such as AJAX.
JavaScript Phrasebook is the guide to JavaScript and AJAX that you can and will take with you everywhere. Skipping the usual tutorial on JavaScript and introducing AJAX as one of the first published works on the topic, the JavaScript Phrasebook goes straight to practical JavaScript and AJAX tools, providing immediately applicable solutions for frequent tasks and code so flexible that it is easily adapted to the your individual needs.
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Rating: - Best Little JavaScript Book
Christian Wenz was writing about AJAX before AJAX was invented...er, coined, so he knows a lot about JavaScript. He can succinctly differentiate the marketing of DHTML from the usability of DOM as an object model and API. He has expertise in both the Microsoft and Open Source realms. And, Wenz helped create the Phrasebook series. This is not a book for "Dummies," this is the real thing.
Lots of web sites are using AJAX libraries today, and way too many web designers have called upon ... Read More
Rating: - Another food "Phrasebook" release
Sam's has done a few of these "Phrasebok" style books - small, pocketbook size, relatively short. This doesn't replace O'Reilly's "Javascript - the Definitive Guide" (and there is some overlap), but it's a handly little thing to augment it.
It's all short code examples, with explanations. The assumption is that you already know some Javascript or will go look it up if not.
I'm impressed by how much the author packs in here. It's like admiring a well packed suitcase: ... Read More
- Best Little JavaScript Book
- Another food "Phrasebook" release
