Simply JavaScript

by Kevin Yank, Cameron Adams

Everything you need to learn JavaScript from Scratch! Packed with numerous examples, Simply JavaScript is a step-by-step introduction to programming in JavaScript the right way. Learn how easy it is to use JavaScript to solve real-world problems, build smarter forms, track user events (such as mouse clicks and key strokes), and design eye-catching animations. Then move into more powerful techniques using the DOM and Ajax. Learn JavaScript's built-in functions, methods, and properties. Easily integrate JavaScript in your web site. Use JavaScript to validate form entries and interact with your users. Understand how to respond to user events. Create animations that bring your web site to life. Start programming using the DOM and Ajax. Unlike other JavaScript books, modern best practices such as progressive enhancement, accessibility and unobtrusive scripting are used from the very beginning. All the code in the book is also cross-browser compatible and downloadable for free, so you can get started instantly!

Genres: Programming, Reference, Website Design, Ebooks, Technical, Computers, Technology

424 pages, Paperback

First published June 21, 2007

Reviews

[Cara · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book sucks ass through screen doors. The style is oversimplified and condescending, it doesn't cover anything in depth, and half the shit it says is wrong, dammit!

For example, I wanted to know how to find something in a string, and preferably replace it. Does the book cover any string operations at all? No! It blithers on about different kinds of quotation marks for awhile, then shows how to use the + sign as a concatenation operator. Hint: when I remember more javascript from 1998 than this fucking book spells out, that's a really bad sign! Argh!

[Sancaka · Rating 3 out of 5]

aaaaaaaaaarrrghhh....

[Dan Stewart · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a great read. It had humor. The examples were fun and easy to follow. The book talked about all the popular frameworks such as jQuery, but it asked the reader to download their custom Core.js library. I did not download this library. Instead I used jQuery and was still able to complete the exercises.

[Guilherme · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good introduction to the Javascript language, covering all the important aspects to start programming. It even includes some advanced examples so it's suited to the beginner to intermediate programmer.

However, as with all books of this kind, in less than 2 years some things already are not as up-to-date (but only minor things). The book teaches you to work with objects and unobtrusive scripts from the start, which is very good.

I highly recommend it to everyone starting to learn Javascript.

[Jesse Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

By far one of the easiest to understand intro-to-Javascript books. Kevin Yank starts off with the very basics of variables in Javascript and ends the book with a brief discussion of basic Ajax scripting and Javascript libraries. It's starting to show its age a bit, but still an excellent intro Javascript book.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, I didn't read the whole book and I've now returned it to the library. But it helped me immensely. I don't think the textbook I am using for my Web Programming class explained JavaScript very well. It was much easier after reading the first few chapters of this book.

[Stephen Williamson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good introduction to JavaScript. I read it after I had already learned the basics by way of jQuery, and found a lot that expanded my knowledge of JS. It's a quick read and provides enough depth for a newbie to start adding some fairly complex functionality to their sites.

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recommend this for anyone starting out in JavaScript. Easy to follow and understand, I had some JavaScript experience before I worked through this book, but it made me a lot more comfortable in using it. It's still on my desk for reference now.

[iu65x · Rating 3 out of 5]

the authors are being honest, on their book title. recommended to those with no experience what-so-ever with JS.

[Marc Manley · Rating 2 out of 5]

I dunno. This book has not helped me all that much thus far. In fact, I'm not really finding any books that are of any solid assistance with JS.

[Mel · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's good, easy too read, gets a little "over-your-head" in the middle though

[Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

kevin yank has a nice straightforward style - much easier to understand than the previous stuff I had read/done re javascript. I have several sitepoint books and find them useful.

[Tinh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to understand JS