+ Saved my *** + It filled a niche I didn't know existed!
I've been a fan of Frank Zammetti's writing since the first book I read of his. I was browsing through a local bookstore one day, taking a look at the Javascript and AJAX-related books available, and ran into another book by Frank Zammetti on a similar topic. One of the things I like to do when ...
I have been going through a lot of javascript books to find that all of them want to teach you the trivial things javascript can do. Not only are the examples trivial, they teach the reader horrible habits. This book doesn't have any "Hello World" examples. It gets into what javascript SHOULD be ...
Good coverage of Dojo, but suffers a little bit from writing.
As a developer who works with Dojo, I am happy that there are finally some books out there that cover the toolkit. This one does a good job of covering the toolkit in depth. Chapters 2 and 3 are remarkable for their coverage of core and dijit. These chapters alone are worth the price of the book.
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+ great next step book + Required reading to advance the skill level of experienced programmers + Valuable if you do non-trivial work with JavaScript + Great book, highly recommend
I have been going through a lot of javascript books to find that all of them want to teach you the trivial things javascript can do. Not only are the examples trivial, they teach the reader horrible habits. This book doesn't have any "Hello World" examples. It gets into what javascript SHOULD be ...
Good coverage of Dojo, but suffers a little bit from writing.
As a developer who works with Dojo, I am happy that there are finally some books out there that cover the toolkit. This one does a good job of covering the toolkit in depth. Chapters 2 and 3 are remarkable for their coverage of core and dijit. These chapters alone are worth the price of the book.
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+ Saved my *** + It filled a niche I didn't know existed!
I've been a fan of Frank Zammetti's writing since the first book I read of his. I was browsing through a local bookstore one day, taking a look at the Javascript and AJAX-related books available, and ran into another book by Frank Zammetti on a similar topic. One of the things I like to do when ...
+ great next step book + Required reading to advance the skill level of experienced programmers + Valuable if you do non-trivial work with JavaScript + Great book, highly recommend