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| yosrasheen 2002-05-13, 1:51 pm |
| Hi Everybody
I am looking for a good book to teach Javascript for Beginners who knows nothing about web matters but HTML  Can anybody help me ?! Thanks in advance  | |
| wildscribe 2002-05-13, 9:31 pm |
| My favorite book Javascript book is "The Book of Javascript" by thau! ISBN 1886411360
It's not the biggest JavaScript book (just under 400 pages, short for a programming book), but it covers everything you need to know - variables, arrays, loops, etc. And unlike many "learn-to-javascript" books, it teaches using examples that you can really use. You won't find a lot of "Hello World!" stuff here.
Dave Thau is also an excellent writer. He wrote a series of Javascript tutorials for www.webmonkey.com and that was how he started. If want want to get a feel for the book check out thau! JavaScript tutorials at www.webmonkey.com
Good Luck!
- Wild | |
| yosrasheen 2002-05-16, 2:33 pm |
| Hi wildscribe,
Thanks alot for your replay . I tried to get the book from a local bookstore but I couldn't find it I think I have to get it online. but I find a book that's called "Javascript for dummies" Author "Emily A. Vander Veer" ISBN "0-7645-0633-1" . What do you think about it? I need a book with plain English as you know I am not a native speaker. And at the same time I need a book for Javascript that can get into it and make me do things like validating form fields and with many examples that really work.. So what do you think? Thanks | |
| wildscribe 2002-05-16, 8:46 pm |
| Hi yosrasheen,
I have looked through the "Javascript for Dummies" book that you mentioned and although it is not the best Dummies book I have read, it is not bad either. It is very basic, but the english is clear and you might find it easy to read. So try it out.
The other books that you might try to get are "Designing with JavaScript" by Nick Heinle, Bill Pena. ISBN 156592360X This is an excellent book. It teaches you programming while showing you how to build
applications, including form validation. It is a short book too. You could probably finish it off in a weekend.
Other books are "Visual Quickstart Guide JavaScript for the World Wide Web" 4th edition. ISBN 0201735172. This is a thin book with lots of code examples, including a chapter on form validation.
Another book that I just read in the bookstore is "JavaScript Weekend Crash Course" ISBN 0764548042. No examples on coding form validation, but the author does a great job explaining Functions, Arrays, Statement, Operators, etc. All the basics that you need to know to be a good javascript coder. If you can work through this book you should have no problems passing the CIW JavaScript exam (which I have heard isn't too difficult).
Also, keep in mind that there are many sites on the web to learn JavaScript. My favorite is the tutorials at www.webmonkey.com You can find many form validation code examples at sites like www.javascript.com and www.javascriptsource.com . Just do a search on JavaScript tutorials on Google and you'll find a lot of material.
Good Luck with your JavaScripting.
- Wild | |
| Hacker 2002-05-17, 1:55 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by yosrasheen
Hi Everybody
I am looking for a good book to teach Javascript for Beginners who knows nothing about web matters but HTML Can anybody help me ?! Thanks in advance
The one at Wrox is really good. They have both the Beginner and Professional series.
www.wrox.com | |
| yosrasheen 2002-09-02, 6:35 pm |
| Hi,
Thanks everybody for helping me in the javascript books. I got an amazing book of Javascript for the world wide web ..
Now I need a book for VBScript for beginners also who knows nothing but HTML.. So can anybody help me?
Thanks for you all | |
| namrak 2002-09-03, 1:17 pm |
| I have to second Wildscribe's opinion on the Book of JavaScript by thau! That is an awesome book to read and learn through. The defunct training center I used to work at used this book as the textbook for the Javascript class.
We switched over from the Visual QuickStart Guide to JavaScript by Peachpit Press because of the many complaints we received as to the lack of depth in the book.
I would also recommend the JavaScript Bible (Hungry Minds) and Beginning JavaScript (Wrox Press) as they also have plenty of examples to work through and excellent explanations. |
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