Keeto, I went on an Amazon shopping spree last night and saw that pre-orders were available for your new - unfinished - book. Can you provide any insight as to what you're covering in it? If it's anything like your blog posts I'm sure it will be a smash hit. You really get into the meat of the subject of Javascript.
-Chase On Jun 18, 5:57 am, Keeto Obcena <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Stodge, > > First, "Pro JavaScript with MooTools" isn't release yet—I'm still in > the process of finishing it. :) Also, it's more focused on JavaScript, > advanced techniques and MooTools internals, so probably not > recommended as a first MooTools book. > > "MooTools Essentials" by Aaron Newton is terse and no-nonsense, so if > you want a quick start guide on MooTools that contains only the > information you'll need to get started, this is a good book to get. > It's short and easily digestible and more reference-like. > > Another option would be "MooTools 1.2 Beginner's Guide" by Jacob Gube > and Garrick Cheung (2009, Packt). This is a more expanded beginners > guide so it's also a very nice book. It's very web-centric and based > on real-life examples, so it fits your bill. > > - Mark > > On 18 jun, 20:21, Stodge <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Just wondering which book you would recommend between: > > > MooTools Essentials: The Official MooTools Reference for JavaScript™ > > and Ajax Development by Aaron Newton > > > & > > > Pro JavaScript with MooTools by Mark Obcena > > > I'm new to MooTools though I have limited JQuery experience and I'm > > fairly new to Javascript too. I do have something like 15 years of > > professional development experience in numerous other languages > > though. I'm not looking for a book that holds my hand - I need a good > > reference with real world examples that I can use without having to > > read the book. Thanks!
