Comments about oreilly Head First JavaScript:

kinda confusing. which line is important and which is not. but i must admit, i stop read from chapter 3. i don't really understand this chapter and earlier, and i don't feel will understand next chapter. feels like kinda blended mix fruit juice, not really get what original taste like.

Comments about oreilly Head First JavaScript:

Especially well-written. This book brought me from that simple, bad, W3Schools JavaScript knowledge to knowing how to traverse a DOM tree with ease and write Ajax with my back turned to the computer.

The cool thing about the Head First series (I've read HTML w/ CSS & XHTML, JavaScript, PHP & MySQL, and Java) is that they don't only give you the code, they show you how it works. Why it works.

"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime."

I think that the writers of Head First really took this to heart.

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I pre-ordered this book on the strong reputation this line of books has. I like the Head First Java, 2nd Edition book, and still believe their Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML book is the best book there is for learning "smart" XHTML and CSS at the same time--whereas many books have NOT handled that balance well.

I sponsor a high school computer programming club and my students had me pre-order this book for them, as they loved the Head First HTML book and felt this would be their best bet at really understanding JavaScript.

JavaScript is a strange language to teach. Although you want to teach the basics of programming, you also want to have early exciting examples that show its possibilities when embedded in a web page. This book does about as well as can be done in one book, with sections on loops, decision making, de-bugging, functions and objects for those new to programming. Then there are also chapters on the most common uses of JavaScript, including, of course, forms and validation.

If you're familiar with the Head First approach, you will find this book to fit in perfectly with their other titles. This is the kind of book you buy, highlight, and write in. Active learning. This is not a reference book.

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I found this book to be well written for a scripting/programming book. It has a lot of entertaining images, humor and matter of fact information that almost makes you feel as though you are in an actual classroom. Your Instructor is always nearby ready to assist and answer any questions you never thought to ask.

I have read through this book once completely. 6 weeks, 100 pages a week) I am now going back through it again, (currently on Chapter 2) to complete every example and make sure that they work and that I understand all the concepts.

Interactive websites using Javascript will be soon be Mine ! : )

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This is the first computer book since the K&R C book that I've read cover to cover. Why? Because it's edutainment. It filled in a lot of holes in my Javascript knowledge and it didn't feel painful like the typical language book that punishes me with fifty pages of syntax before I get to write one line of code. From the beginning, there's programs that actually work and are easy to modify if you want to experiment. It's very nonlinear and that kept me reading.

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I admit I'm only on chapter 3. but so far the book uses the alert function (which creates a sort of pop up) a lot. That function is annoying, it would be nice if he used document.write and html input fields more. Other than that it's good like all the head first books.