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Quality
Not for the beginner but the quality examples and the entire demonstrate concept is truly wonderful
I couldnt be happier with the book it lived entirely up to my expectations and was well worth the money i spent on it
I cannot stress enough the quantity of information contained in this book nor can i stress the quality of that information
This is not the case with javascript the definitive guide
Competitiveness
Not surei am not new in javascript
I found it to be an excelent resource and teaching tool
Older editions emphasized netscape over explorer as netscape had more market share
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Javascript is just a piece of the web page puzzle
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The goodman books put all the pieces together while flanagan just covers javascript
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If all you need is javascript get flanagan
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If you need javascript for working with web pages get goodman
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If i had to choose only one book for using javascript on web pages i would choose goodmans cookbook
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The author does a good job of addressing some of the assumptions of the language and how these assumptions may or may not be like other languages such as c or java
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The author also clarifies the different levels of support for certain aspects of the language both within the discussion and with the large javascript reference section
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Now that javascript is more fully supported in modern browsers web developers may want to turn to javascript the definitive guide to enhance or polish existing javascript skills