Rating:  - Wilton, write another book!
You are a natural. Excellent flow, excellent examples and a real feel for getting your point across to script idiots like me. I have given away all my other JavaScript books.
Not only is the book superbly designed and written, it is also edited and proofed in a manner qualitatively superior to most computer books. Let's hope the book is not a fluke and we get other fine products from the team who put this book together.
I join others in saying this is a book not for beginners only. Wilton (unlike other JavaScript authors) deals with the newest W3C DOM standards and techniques with clarity and authority.
Serious Web worker - buy this book!
Rating: - Best Javascript Book Ever Written
This guy is a true genius. I say this because a true genius cannot only do, but he can teach as well unlike some supposed project managers I know. This book takes a popular programming language and simplifies its concepts so much that after reading this book one could teach this language to anybody. Mr. Wilton should give himself a pat on the back for a well-written concise book on JavaScript. This book covers everything from the browser basic client side to the expert server side programming with ASP. This is an exceptional book and I would recommend it to anybody both programmers and beginners a like.
Rating: - Beginning Javascript
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This is the absolute best Javascript book for learning to actually use (i.e build stuff correctly) the language there is!
If you have even a basic knowledge of programming, and a good grasp of html, web design, IT, etc. and you want to learn to program in JavaScript, this is the book to buy!
It covers the kind of stuff most of the guys who write these books just slop over (you know, the old, "if you dont know this, that's your problem Lame-O " well, you wont find that here!!).
Kudos to Paul Wilton ! I hope he writes one on Java soon !
Rating: - "Beginning" is a misnomer
I almost passed this book over in the bookstore because of the "Beginning" in the title. "Beginning" implies basic and based on other Wrox titles I've seen, it usually meant an over view of wizards and the development environment. I had looked at several other JavaScript books and finally selected one although it was not exactly what I wanted. I was on my way to the register when I decided to go back and took another look, even at the "Beginning" book. It wasn't what I expected. This book has not let me down. It has so far anticipated and answered every question that comes to my mind. It has a very good balance between tutorial and reference. Mr. Wilton is a talented writer and I hope he will be doing more books.
Although, I did not purchase this title from Amazon, I felt compelled to write this review so that others can benefit from my experience.
Rating: - Satisfied Customer
I chose this book on JavaScript based upon the reviews which were already posted at Amazon on this and similar books. After having read the first few chapters, I totally agree that this book is both usable by both programmers with experience in other languages as well as by a total novice. The reader must, however, have a least a cusory knowledge of HTML. I found that Mr. Wilton is particularly good in his explanations of the sample code. Although I'm still in the first 100 pages (the book has over 1000), it appearts that the book is very complete. Also, there are references to other sources (mainly on-line) where further formal explanations can be obtained. Finally, all examples of code are on downloadable from the publisher's Web site.
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