+1 for Professional Javascript for Web Developers 2nd Ed. -Regards *Amit Agarwal <http:///www.amitagrwal.com>* +91-779-822-8765
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Miller Medeiros <[email protected] > wrote: > +1 to Zackas' Professional JavaScript, specially the chapters 4 (variable, > scope and memory), 6 (OOP), 18 (advanced techniques)... - the chapters about > DOM and Events are also helpful if you don't have experience with front-end > dev and browsers discrepancies. > > one thing to keep in mind is that it isn't a book for complete beginners > developers or "very experienced" javascript developers, but I think it is an > excellent book for someone who is coming from another language (even without > any JS knowledge) or someone who want to take his JS skills to the next > level, since it's pretty theoretical and explain how things work and not > just how to use it. > > prototypical inheritance only became clear in my mind after reading chapter > 6, I knew what it was but I didn't knew how to use it in my favor.. - I came > from a classical-inheritance background (AS3/PHP5) so the prototype concept > was a little awkward to me. - having the diagrams and multiple different > patterns helped a lot to understand how it works and how to solve some > problems related with the prototype chain... > > based on the table of contents, Stoyan's JavaScript Patterns seems pretty > good (it's on my wish list..) but it's only focused on the language itself > and not on browser-related APIs, both books have different purposes, try to > decide what is more important for you right now... > > cheers. > > -- > Miller Medeiros | blog.millermedeiros.com > > -- > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<jsmentors%[email protected]> > -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
