No comments about JavaScript and Ajax for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (7th Edition) (Visual QuickStart Guide).

4 comments about Mastering JavaScript: Part 2 One-Day Course.

1. This is a very good book for the people who wish to make fancy personal web pages. This book grooms your Java Script concepts and also touches some nerves of advanced scripting techniques. It is a good start for the beginners and a good reference book for the advanced users. In short, it is wrth the price !



2. I really liked this book because it picked up where the first book left off. It taught me every thing that the last book didn't.



3. This book is Easy to read being how it only 145 pages. As far as Mastering Java Script you won't do it with this book. The big flaw in this book it THE EXAMPLE CODE DOES NOT WORK. If you are new to JavaScript and you don't yet have the knowledge to start debugging don't buy this book. If you want to buy a GOOD Book with examples that work thats tells you what browser they will work on buy the JavaSript Bible. You will be writing script from the first day with the JavaScript Bible, an Excellent Book and its 900-pages of knowledge. If you buy Mastering JavaSript Part I or II you will be asking for you money back .. I PROMISE!



4. This book is easy to read that is the only good thing about it. You won't master JavaScript with this book.

   If you are looking to use the examples in this book you will be sadly mistaken. The mirely don't work. In short a disappointment. If you buy this book don't be suprised if you want your money back. Part II is just as bad.

   In you want a book that is easy to understand for all levels and scripting from the first day buy JavaScript Bible, It's excellent.

5 comments about Mastering JavaScript: Part 1 One-Day Course.

1. This book builds nicely through the basics. It's good enough that I'm going to buy the next course. One of the big problems, though, was that there are quite a few errors in their example code, but hey, I guess that's a good way to learn.



2. This book is Easy to read being how it only 145 pages. As far as Mastering Java Script you won't do it with this book. The big flaw in this book it THE EXAMPLE CODE DOES NOT WORK. If you are new to JavaScript and you don't yet have the knowledge to start debugging don't buy this book. If you want to buy a GOOD Book with examples that work thats tells you what browser they will work on buy the JavaSript Bible. You will be writing script from the first day with the JavaScript Bible, an Excellent Book and its 1000 pages of knowledge. If you buy Mastering JavaSript Part I or II you will be asking for you money back .. I PROMISE!



3. This book is easy to read that is the only good thing about it.

   If you are looking to use the examples in this book you will be sadly mistaken. The mirely don't work. In short a disappointment. If you buy this book don't be suprised if you want your money back. Part II is just as bad.

   In you want a book that is easy to understand for all levels and scripting from the first day buy JavaScript Bible, It's excellent.




4. I found this book very useful. I did not have the same difficulties as other reviewers.(I found no mistakes in the book,perhaps the earlier reviews alluded to problems that have since been corrected by the publisher)I loved the fact that there was no B.S, just what I needed to know.I was not an expert in Java but this book allowed me to get the training I needed without wasting my time. I would recommend it to users who do not have alot of time on their hands but need quick, competent training. I do not need the 'Java Bible' as another reviewer mentioned. I need to be able to do my job and quickly, this book helped me do that plain and simple- Samara Alman



5. "This is a very good book for the people who wish to make fancy personal web pages. This book grooms your Java Script concepts and also touches some nerves of of advanced scripting techniques. It is a good start for beginners and a very good refence book for the advanced users.In short, It's worth the price !" -B. Kataria, NY

5 comments about AJAX: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Bruce Perens' Open Source Series).

1. with the reviewer that mentioned the fact that this book is filled with an unbelievable amount of nonsense. If you were to take the good parts of this primer and remove all the other tree pulp waste, it would be a 30-35 page book. The parts that are informative are so, but fall short in depth and sometimes the author just goes on another of his drivel rampages in media res and confuses the bjeezus out of the reader.
   
   One of those computer books that makes you be glad there are lenient return policies for books.



2. I found the book to be an easy read because the author wrote in a conversational, and often humorous manner. However, what I found disturbing and difficult to learn from was that, even though the author included a lot of code in the book, there were almost no screen shots of what should be expected of the code. It made understanding what was being explained difficult because there was no visual side to the code. Also, he talked about the ability to hide pages and using a method to unhide those pages for debugging purposes, but, again, should have included screen shots to demonstrate his techniques. Unfortunately, I will have to find another source to help me learn this topic.



3. The book is an unfortunate failure, given the popularity and importance of the topic. It is filled with geeky humor, but far too much so, such that this fluff adds almost a third to the length of the book. There is plenty of code, but much of it is detached and not useful at all to someone trying to learn these concepts from scratch. The book is of little use to either the expert or the complete beginner. The expert will be puzzled by extremely repetitive explanations of the absolute basics of XML and Javascript, while the beginner will be bewildered by the fact that it contains such introductory passages even as they are overwhelmed by pages of PHP, C#, advanced XML, and countless short-cuts in the code which feel like unnecessary showing off when you are trying to teach users how to use AJAX.



4. This book was far more informative than I imagined it would be, and I very highly recommend this to anyone who wants to get into Ajax.
   
   Also lots of good humor throughout the book.
   
   Great!



5. I tried to read this book, but gave up after the first few chapters.
   There MAY be actual useful and relevant information in later chapters, but judging by the amount of text devoted to opinionated rants and tiresome attempts at humor, and the otherwise belabored discussion of precursor or peripheral technologies, I decided that the book was too short to ALSO cover much useful information on the actual subject, and also that life is too short to spend it panning through these layers of distraction to maybe find a few useful points. At this point, I would have to view any points made with skepticism, having witnessed the author/editor's apparent poor judgment if not outright disrespect for the readers.
   
   The book reads like a blog that thinks it's too big for just the web.

No comments about Professional JavaScript Frameworks: Prototype, jQuery, YUI, ExtJS, Dojo and MooTools.

1 comments about Adobe Photoshop CS2 Official JavaScript Reference (Visual Quickstart Guides).

1. This is basically a printed version of the PDF which is on your installer disc. If you lost your installer disc, you can also download it free of charge. Why anyone would pay money for it is beyond me.

2 comments about Javascript Primer Plus: Enhancing Web Pages With the Javascript Programming Language.

1. I found this to be a useful book for my web-site development. The material is comprehensive, the examples are good, and the information I was looking for was easy to find.

   The coverage is thorough and professionally written.




2. I began using this book knowing nothing of JavaScript. I had never programmed either. The examples are thorough and well presented. Now that I have a better understanding of programming, it has precisely the information I need. Extremely useful for intermediate programmers.

4 comments about ZK: Ajax without the Javascript Framework.

1. I'm a fan of Java-based frameworks (such as Echo 2) and was looking forward to this book on ZK as a nice introduction to the framework.
   
   The book is slim but delivers on exactly the kind of content I was hoping for. It starts with a great overview, and then has a few real world examples.
   
   I would have loved to see more information on working in pure Java (richlets), but otherwise found the content to be great for the size.
   
   The only oddity is that my copy appears to have been printed off a screen-resolution PDF - all of the text, images, etc. look worse than if I ran it off on my home laser printer. I'm going to chalk this up to an oddity of how this particular edition was run off, but I would hope that this is a rare QC issue that would be quickly fixed.



2. It's a very begining book for ZK, with examples and easy to read for non english people like me. A good introduction to this amazing project.



3. I bought this book in hopes it would be full and complete reference. I was mistaken. As far as OpenSouce projects go ZK has a great amount of information available on their website and it was a great resource as I got started using ZK. However, I quickly ran into areas where things were not documented fully or were explained from an angle that I was not coming from.
   
   I turned to this book in hopes that it would be more complete than the website documentation. I found this not to be the case. There are some good exaples in the book, but it is already far too outdated. If you need a good starting text it is OK, but until a new book is released (no info here, just a wish) I would suggest sticking with the web resources.



4. The ZK framework is very much a moving target, it s in a constant development. There is a lot of documentation to be found on the internet, which renders the book somewhat less useful. The examples are sometimes not correct and generate confusion.
   ZK is a framework that needs other frameworks and products to construct working applications. I expected the book to provide some best practices and guidance on how to do things the easy way, but I was disappointed in that.

5 comments about Mastering JavaScript Premium Edition.

1. I'm about half way through the book and I find that is very informative, easy to follow. The one think I don't like is that it is focused on older browser development for Navigator 3. But I would definetly recomend this book to others.



2. This book does not cover the details of most of the Javascript objects. The examples are good enough for beginners who are just getting to know javascript.



3. I bought this book as a complete reference to the javascript/jscript language. Instead I got a much to broad beginner's guide. The index is lousy, which makes it even worse as a reference, and server side javascript is mostly ignored.
   If you want a javascript beginner's guides, sure you can go for this one, but it is definitely not for advanced programmers, it hasn't helped me solve one single problem.



4. Mastering Javascript is an excellent book for a newcomer to JavaScript, but I find that its value for updating my previous knowledge of JavaScript was much less than I expected. The book is a hefty 1100+ pages, and they avoid providing beginner's information on HTML, thankfully. Yet the language in the book is somewhat dry, even considering normal standards of writing in similar style books.

   The book is good for those who already have a background in programming, and are interested in venturing into JavaScript. There are extended JavaScript examples in the book, and sample code is provided on a companion CD.

   A very appreciated section on XML is included, and this was the section I focused on the most. Yet it doesn't develop it as much as I would have expected it to, considering how much it had already done with previous topics.

   All in all, I would have enjoyed it more if this had been my first introduction to JavaScript. As is, it is still a good ride, though not as satisfying the second time around.




5. If you want to have sophisticated webpages without using Net Framework 2 or 3, then this book is a must. I highly recommend it.

5 comments about Understanding AJAX: Using JavaScript to Create Rich Internet Applications (Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series).

1. Eichorn's narrative teaches Ajax from scratch. But he writes for a reader already well versed in Web programming. This implies familiarity with HTML and how a Web server responds to http requests. XML knowledge is also needed. Along with how XML data is parsed, by a DOM parser or by XSLT. Actually, for the latter, the book correctly points out its sheer complexity. One nice piece of advice it offers is simply to warn you of this. Oh, knowing JavaScript and PHP also helps. Since JavaScript is the main scripting language on most current browsers. So if you want client side functionality beyond HTML, JavaScript is often the way to go, whether or not you use Ajax.
   
   The main thrust of the book is in showing how Ajax works. An ingenious combination of client and server side functionalities. This however has led to the varied requirements described above. The book also warns that Ajax development can bring problems of its own. A useful cautionary note, in light of the recent hype about Ajax. One issue is that using Ajax to alter an existing web site can lead to unexpected changes in usability, and in the very design of the site. Plus, Ajax's production of an application-like feel to the client side on the browser can lead to complex debugging. You don't get those neat extra features at zero cost!



2. Understanding AJAX is a very in-depth look at some of the technologies used in modern web design. In reading this book, you will come to understand the pros and cons of using AJAX in a web site and exactly what happens between the browser and the web server.
   
   You will get a sense of what can and can't be done using AJAX and how to get around the problems caused by the many web browser clients in use at this time. You will also come to understand how to make the user's browser do much of the work that your server used to do. Understanding AJAX also dives into the usage of many open source script libraries to make coding a modern website much easier. From adding DHTML effects to using a single page for your entire site, you will get a feel for what is possible.
   
   This book is not for the beginner. You should have at least a moderate knowledge of HTML and Javascript, and at least a beginning understanding of a server side web scripting language (PHP is the primary language used in the book). This is not a cookbook, but does contain many code examples later in the book, including a login system and an ajax trouble ticket system.
   
   I have been using Joshua's HTML_AJAX php/ajax library for over half a year, but was still able to learn quite a bit from this book.
   
   I would recommend this book to any web developer who wants a thorough understanding of AJAX and how it can be used.



3. This is a great book for someone with a good understanding of HTML and an intermediate understanding of JavaScript. Some of the examples are set up to run on a PHP server as well. Joshua talks about some common pitfalls of AJAX development as well as methods of avoiding them and considerations of real-world applications. He breaks down some of the more complicated concepts very well, and gives straight forward explanations of browser compatibility. A great reference and guide to an exciting technology.



4. In most cases the book provides examples of PHP code. The title of this book is misleading. If you want to learn the AJAX from the javascript perspective do not buy this book. I was upset by the misleading title of this book and feel riped off by the author who claims that he devotes the contents to AJAX and javascript.



5. I am primarily a .NET developer and while this book focuses on the use of AJAX with PHP that was hardly a factor for me. I was able to build my own AJAX library based on the examples within and use it in my current .NET projects. Something I prefer rather than using the AJAX libraries Microsoft provides. This book is of perfect depth and is quite efficient. I recommend this book.