Re: Learning Javascript Books

by Lara Fabans <lara(at)flashcom.net>

Date:	Fri, 12 May 2000 11:47:45 -0700
To:	"Gina K. Anderson" <ginakra(at)one.net>, "HWG Languages" <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
In-Reply-To:	c72fbaa7
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At 11:11 AM 5/12/2000 -0400, Gina K. Anderson wrote:
>Hello,
>
>My name is Gina, and I am a JavaScript idiot.

I've taken courses in it, adjusted other people's & read
all sorts of books & I still feel like I have no clue when I'm
doing :-)

But enough about my personal problems.

>learned from that says "If you can't learn JavaScript from
>this book, then you'll never learn it"?

None, really, but the ones I've found that are useful are the
abovementioned o'Reilly books (Definitive Guide,
and the JavaScript Cookbook...I tend to learn better
by seeing other people's examples & then going to
a reference book & reading why they chose to do
what they've done).

Another book I've found very very useful is
Jumping Javascript by Winsor & Freeman, but it's
an old book & probably out of print.  They did a great
job of explaining the various attributes.  If you live
in the Bay Area, I'll loan it to you.

A newer one that I bought & haven't read yet is
Masting JavaScript by Jawarski that seems very
practical (high praise from me).

Lara in Los Gatos

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