RE: JavaScript book recommendation

2001-11-15 Thread Aidan Whitehall
> O'Reilly's JavaScript: The Definitive Reference is by no means a "for > dummies" book - the first half of the book teaches you > JavaScript. It's not > just another book that only teaches you how to validate forms > - it teaches > the language itself. The second half of the book is an invalu

Re: JavaScript book recommendation

2001-11-15 Thread BILLY CRAVENS
O'Reilly's JavaScript: The Definitive Reference is by no means a "for dummies" book - the first half of the book teaches you JavaScript. It's not just another book that only teaches you how to validate forms - it teaches the language itself. The second half of the book is an invaluable reference

Re: JavaScript book recommendation

2001-11-15 Thread tom muck
My mistake. Just checked Amazon and it is saying December 15 for the new edition: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596000480/basicultradev-20 tom "tom muck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > The 4th edition is out, but I haven't seen it

RE: JavaScript book recommendation

2001-11-15 Thread Stephen Hait
O'Reilly's site says 4th edition will be published 11/2001. Amazon lists 12/15/2001. Stephen > > The JavaScript book I recommend most often is the O'Reilly > > one, "JavaScript: > > The Definitive Guide". It really explains JavaScript in a > > coherent, organic > > way - as a language, not ju

Re: JavaScript book recommendation

2001-11-15 Thread tom muck
The 4th edition is out, but I haven't seen it in the stores yet. It was released just this month I believe. tom www.basic-ultradev.com > You know offhand if it's being updated soon? I believe the last version > was the 3rd edition, and that came out in 98, right? (Sure, I know most > if it sti

RE: JavaScript book recommendation

2001-11-15 Thread Dave Watts
> > > What JavaScript books can you recommend? I probably don't > > > need a "dummies" guide, but don't want something that's only > > > useful as a reference. > > > > The JavaScript book I recommend most often is the O'Reilly > > one, "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide". It really explains >

RE: JavaScript book recommendation

2001-11-15 Thread Raymond Camden
> > What JavaScript books can you recommend? I probably don't > > need a "dummies" guide, but don't want something that's only > > useful as a reference. > > The JavaScript book I recommend most often is the O'Reilly > one, "JavaScript: > The Definitive Guide". It really explains JavaScript in

RE: JavaScript book recommendation

2001-11-15 Thread Dave Watts
> What JavaScript books can you recommend? I probably don't > need a "dummies" guide, but don't want something that's only > useful as a reference. The JavaScript book I recommend most often is the O'Reilly one, "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide". It really explains JavaScript in a coherent, or

Re: JavaScript book recommendation

2001-11-15 Thread tom muck
The best reference out there currently is the Wrox Programmer's Reference. If that's what you need, that's the book to get. There are a lot of good JavaScript books out there though, like JavaScript Bible (more of a tutorial/reference) and JavaScript: Definitive Guide (great overall intro to Java