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Pros

Mark myers takes you through javascript in baby steps. Myers' approach uses varied repetition to let lessons sink in. Mark myers is a genius! I hope that mark myers will come out with books on html 5, css3, php, mysql and ajax.

This is not the only resource, but a valuable resource that i would recommend to those who don't have any experience in cs like myself. The book and exercises are explicitly designed not to overwhelm a beginner and to build up confidence by drilling b...  Read More

Many people disregard the material by stating how unclear it is. There are passages where i would get more than 50% of the questions wrong, but being honest with whether or not i got the question right and taking the challenge of redoing it on a secon...  Read More



Cons

Not being able to code on mobile smacks of either carelessness or deception. The input fields for code lines is small and has overflow, which makes it difficult to spot spacing or punctuation discrepancies. His variable naming convention pops out in t...  Read More

The exercises themselves are the kind of busy work that has gutted most of the u. They all follow the same pattern and it gets tedious and each question is mentally exhausting. Just concepts after concepts, without having much logical connections.

This is not the book to get if you really want to learn and understand javascript. Most of the lessons focus on elementary programming that is virtually identical to c! While a smarter way to learn html/css is packed witk link to html/ css at everybac...  Read More

This book has a nice approach, but misses the mark in what it's trying to convey. My main gripe with the book is the quizzes. This book is a 1-trick pony.

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Quality


Every bitesized chapter comes with 20 online interactive exercises to work with the syntax methods and concepts introduced


I am only three chapters into this book and i am finding it easy to understand practical with the free computer exercises and m...  Read More


This book provides beginners with the building blocks e


I am simply a beyond satisfied customer

Shipping


The instructor was going way too fast and i just could not keep up

Competitiveness


Ive only been through the first three chapters hence the 4star rating


However and this is a big problemthe material is too basic for anyone who wants to actually learn javascript


The actual coding with instant feedback is a gamechanger


I would suggest this book to begginers

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  • This product had a total of 2,649 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 16 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I was looking for a better way to understand the constructor function and how they associate with methods in javascript


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I was having problems retaining everything ive learned


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I saw a bad review when i went to purchase it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It stated how he did nothing wrong in his code but got the answer wrong during the exercises provided in this book


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    After that he suggests you get up and take a walk before going back


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you are on the verge to buy this book just do it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you are starting to code and want to enter web development and know almost nothing about it this book is for you


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I would expect he writes something about standards and maybe also extend last chapters with intro to some library ie

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