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erichar11
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# Posted on: 03-May-2006 15:55:26   

Looking for javascript book. I finally have to bite the bullet and learn this thing. Any suggestions?

erichar11
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# Posted on: 08-May-2006 07:18:56   

bump!

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netclectic
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# Posted on: 08-May-2006 12:24:20   

Pretty much everything you could ever need to know about javascript is available online. Try these for starters:

http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/programming/javascript/tutorials/jstutorial_index.html

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# Posted on: 17-May-2006 19:28:24   

erichar11 wrote:

Looking for javascript book. I finally have to bite the bullet and learn this thing. Any suggestions?

I have found that Wrox books are usually pretty decent.

See http://www.Wrox.com/ and you will find these books...

Beginning JavaScript, 2nd Edition by Paul Wilton ISBN: 0-7645-5587-1 May 2004 1032 pages

Professional JavaScript for Web Developers by Nicholas C. Zakas ISBN: 0-7645-7908-8 April 2005 672 pages

...both of which look very good to me.

However, I have not read them, only browsed/consulted them a few times.

That said, as another poster said, there really is a lot of good stuff online; so, get it for free if you can.

HTH.

Thank you.

--Mark Kamoski