Rating:  - Quickly get up and running with Javascript
This is a book of examples and it's organized by the things you want to do on your Web site rather than by the Javascript features. Each example is accompanied by screen shots and example code that can be easily modified and added to your Web site. Better yet, there is a companion Web site so you don't have to type the code from scratch. Those who want to understand objects need to look at other books specifically for advanced developers. This is a book targeted at beginners and people who know how to set up Web pages.
There are two nice charts in the book that provide details on the objects along with its properties, methods, and event handlers.
Rating:  - Doesn't even deserve a star...
If you want examples of how to do specific things, this book may be for you (I doubt it), but if you really want to know what the stuff means, don't waste your money. I returned my copy.
If you want examples to copy, you don't need a book. There are plenty of sites out there to learn from.
Rating: - Good start...
This is a good book to start learning javascript. The examples are well explained, and the examples are for the most part, things you will want to do in javascript, ie real world examples. What you won't find is a detailed explanation of the ojbect model, although there is a very nice chart that is very handy. This chart shows each property and method in a color specific to the browsers that support it.
What is missing, and you will need another book for this, is the detail needed to actually call the many object methods. Most are not covered by this book. Look at Dan Flanagan's pocket reference. So, only 4 stars instead of 5, and the hope that the author adds a guide to method parameters in the next edition!
Rating:  - Understanding Javascript
Despite attempting a number of so-called "easy start" books, Tom Negrino and Dori Smith's excellent "JavaScript for the World Wide Web" is the first which has held my interest long enough for me to understand something.
Can I pin down why? It's probably a combination of an easy writing style, the order in which topics have been tackled and the clearly-explained worked examples.
All of which has moved my own Javascripting from the haphazard to the logical in a very short space of time.
Rating: - Highly Disappointed
I don't believe I've ever used a Visual Quickstart guide but I had always heard very positive comments about the series from friends so when the time came for me to get an intro book for JavaScript, I gave this one a try. After 2 weeks, I returned the book because it was virtually useless to me. I had more useful information about JavaScript in my HTML Blackbook than in this book and I've been using my HTML Blackbook as a reference until I find a JavaScript book that I like.
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