JavaScript修炼之道

by Christophe Porteneuve, 波顿纽威, 巩朋 (Translator)

《JavaScript修炼之道》是JavaScript的实战秘籍。作者将自己多年的编程经验融入其中，不仅可以作为学习之用，更是日常JavaScript开发中不可多得的参考手册，使读者少走很多弯路。《JavaScript修炼之道》的内容涵盖了当今流行的JavaScript库的运行机制，也提供了许多应用案例。《JavaScript修炼之道》针对各任务采取对页式编排，在对各任务的讲解中，左页解释了任务的实现原理，而右页则举出了该任务的代码片段以及可供对照参考的相关任务，便于读者阅读和理解。《JavaScript修炼之道》的读者既包括JavaScript编程的新手，也包括已有不少Web应用编程经验的开发者。

Genres: Programming, Web, Computers

18 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 28, 2010

Reviews

[Ben Love · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recently a startup called CodeAcademy launched with its first set of three courses covering the basics of Javascript – the language of the client-side internet. I did those short courses for kicks and giggles and finished them thinking that it’s been a while since I read any formal work on Javascript. A long while – 2002 was the last time.
To solve that, I picked this up from my favorite source of programing books and tore my way through it in two hours.
This is a wonderful, quick, easy to read and understand deep dive into Javascript. While Javascript isn’t exactly complex, there are numerous quirks and catches (I’m looking at you “falsy” and “truthiness”) that you need to be aware of. The book is also quite gentle on non-programmers too, or – like me – long time programmers who haven’t programmed in a long time.
If it’s Javascript you need to know quickly, this is the book to read.

[Dave Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a really good book conceptually, intended to provide working examples of ways to approach common functions in front-end design. The issue that I experienced is that the author uses Prototype as his framework, and, while he sometimes does an excellent job of comparing this with the other frameworks (I'm a jQuery user), he often leaves you to figure it out on your own. Perhaps if I ever have the time to dive into Prototype and learn its nuances, this book will raise a couple of stars in my estimation.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent, if short, entry into the JavaScript cookbook market. Broken into a number of sections with a few recipes each, it starts with plain JavaScript and the DOM and quickly moves into tips for UI, forms, and AJAX. The tips are good, and I'm sure I'll reference it again, but anyone above the beginner level won't find much to learn here.

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Learn at the root, not the abstraction. For that reason, this book is not so good as it focuses on libraries.