advice for book titles

[Oblomov]

hello,

i learned some javascript from tutorials on the internet.
so my knowledge is not very good.

i want to learn javascript thoroughly (espacialy the basics).
in the bookshops there are a lot of books but i don't know which one to
choose.
i think the most are not very useful.

i am a experienced programmer in php and actionscript, so i am not looking
for something like 'javascript for dummies'.
can someone give me the titles of some books that you must know to really
understand javascript.

thanks,

oblomov

 

[Douglas Crockford]

i learned some javascript from tutorials on the internet.

so my knowledge is not very good.

i want to learn javascript thoroughly (espacialy the basics).
in the bookshops there are a lot of books but i don't know which one to
choose.
i think the most are not very useful.

i am a experienced programmer in php and actionscript, so i am not looking
for something like 'javascript for dummies'.
can someone give me the titles of some books that you must know to really
understand javascript.

Nearly all of the books about JavaScript are quite awful. They contain
errors, poor examples, and promote bad practices. Important features of
the language are often explained poorly, or left out entirely. I have
reviewed dozens of JavaScript books, and I can only recommend two:
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (4th Edition) by David Flanagan and
Dynamic HTML (2nd Edition) by Danny Goodman. Both are from O'Reilly.

http://www.crockford.com/javascript/javascript.html

 

[Dr John Stockton]

JRS: In article <[email protected]>
, dated Tue, 8 Feb 2005 06:11:29, seen in

Nearly all of the books about JavaScript are quite awful. They contain
errors, poor examples, and promote bad practices. Important features of
the language are often explained poorly, or left out entirely. I have
reviewed dozens of JavaScript books, and I can only recommend two:
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (4th Edition) by David Flanagan and
Dynamic HTML (2nd Edition) by Danny Goodman. Both are from O'Reilly.

The OP should have read the newsgroup FAQ.

I also recommend the Flanagan/O'Reilly Javascript Pocket Reference; it
is much smaller, and therefore handier at a congested desk. The full
Flanagan is better read in a comfortable armchair.

 

[g]

Search here: http://giuciao.atspace.org/books/programming.htm

 

[Randy Webb]

Search here: http://giuciao.atspace.org/books/programming.htm

And then forget you ever saw that site.

A search of that page for the word "javascript" returns two hits:

http://ftp.cdut.edu.cn/pub3/uncate_doc/JavaScript and DHTML Cookbook.chm

And:

http://aspasia.mm.di.uoa.gr/~rouvas...avaScript.Second.Edition.2002.Ebook-Elements/

Neither of which is very useful.

--
Randy
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