As the title of this post said, you should choose one of these JavaScript ebooks, or some ebooks to start learning if you are JavaScript (or Progamming) beginners. So if you are an expert? Then I hope we'll meet again in the next post soon, Best JavaScript/AJAX eBooks that Experts should practice .
If you was wondering why I write this post, because of the reasons I met from many people, forums:
- I'm a newbie, and I'd love to develop the website/webpage but I don't know where to start. I heard about HTML, JavaScript, PHP; what are they?
- I'm an e-commerce bussiness manager, I have to work with my web developers, but I don't know what is JavaScript; can everybody explain to me and recommend some simple JavaScript ebooks I should learn to work with my developers easily.
- I'm a blogger, I don't know anything about web development but I have some JavaScript problems; can you fix it for me?
... from a lot of reasons I think you need to learn JavaScript (plus HTML) if you still want to work in the web environment. Because JavaScript is the indispensable factor in the world of web.
List of these JavaScript ebooks sorted by difficulty, easy to hard, so you should learn JavaScript from this order, to master the concepts of JavaScript language and its techniques for manipulating effectively.
1. JavaScript Step by Step
Yes, this is the first JavaScript ebook that I think you should begin; you do not need to have programming experience to learn this ebook. Throughout its content, you will be taught about the JavaScript programming language step by step with easy-to-follow exercises, examples, codes, ...
2. Beginning JavaScript, 3rd Edition
by Paul Wilton & Jeremy McPeak
This ebook released the 3rd edition; and you're able to learn how to take advantage of native JavaScript objects, manipulate objects and everything else to develop the interactive, robust, and personalized pages using JavaScript. This is also one of step-by-step JavaScript ebooks you should learn.
3. JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition
by John Pollock
The Third Edition of this ebook is just released recently. From this ebook, you're able to learn the lastest JavaScript features, how to add interactivity and special effects to Web sites, and work with XHTML Transitional ... along with John Pollock through step-by-step tutorials.
4. Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours
by Michael Moncur
JavaScript is one of the easiest, most straightforward ways to enhance a Web site with interactivity. And Sams shall teach you all everything about the JavaScript programming language by easy-to-understand tutorials. This book includes material on the latest developments in JavaScript and Web scripting.
5. How To Do Everything With JavaScript
by Scott Duffy
Scott Duffy shall show you how to write basic to advanced JavaScript applications by step-by-step live demos/examples. This JavaScript ebook includes three parts, 15 chapters; give you one fully, friendly, solutions-oriented guide for JavaScript problems.
6. JavaScript Goodies
by Joe Burns & Andree Growney
This JavaScript ebook written from the live demos, step-by-step tutorials and quick examples in www.htmlgoodies.com, to help you to start JavaScript with basics, such as: syntax, variables, events, functions, common errors ...
7. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition
by David Flanagan
This ebook is divided into three part. You will know about the theory and syntax of JavaScript in the first part, this part includes 22 chapters and covers everything about the JavaScript programming language from statements, functions, objects to arrays, windows and frames. The part two of this book is the Core JavaScript reference. The third part gives you the overview about Server-side JavaScripts, along with W3C DOM properties and functions that will be of interest to both client and server-side coders.
8. JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook, 2nd edition
by Danny Goodman
In the world of Web 2.0, JavaScript (along with AJAX) and DHTML are the indispensable factors to build an interactive website quickly. And by the support of this JavaScript ebook, you have many solutions to solve the problems on the client side scripting that web developers commonly face. This ebook contains 15 chapters and 3 appendices, includes more than 150 examples for subjects.
9. Beginning JavaScript and CSS Development with jQuery
by Richard York
jQuery - the best solution (this is my personal only) to reduce the amount of JavaScript code you need to write. In this book, the author shows you how to quickly get started utilizing the JavaScript jQuery framework, through code syntax highlighting system. And from its content, you will learn many basic, interesting concepts about jQuery such as: installation, testing code, handle the array, show, hide, slide, and fade elements with smooth animations and transitions, ...
10. JavaScript Programmer's Reference
by Alexei White
This is last one I want to recommend you, that's the completed book for the full reference about JavaScript programming language. This is the combination of tutorial book and a reference guide, so you can learn everything about utilizing the JavaScript programming language such as the core features of JavaScript, including types, objects, operators, syntax, and regular expressions, work with function and object, ... Besides, you're able to master methods to use JavaScript with different platforms like Microsoft's Silverlight, Ajax, Flex, Flash and AIR.
Lastly
You can buy these JavaScript ebooks from Amazon.com or the website of publishers for the copies of paper easily and quickly, because they're very popular books about the JavaScript programming language. Otherwise, you may query Google.com for the copies of ebook, or go to my site for the full list of download links at here.
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Hope you like this post and are going to be good at JavaScript soon, leave me any comment/thought if you want.
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