I don't consider myself a web guru but I've made quite a few sites, some professional, some for my work, and some for friends/non-profit conferences. I purchased the first edition way back and it was a major help. It goes through many of the important concepts and essentials in web development with these technologies and is a very complete reference book.
Every section is very clearly layed out and the index is very easy to use. Each language (html, DOM, Javascript, CSS) has its own section with cross refernce. It is weak in that it lacks examples for each function/functionality but as a refernce it is great and is not too clunky or heavy to carry around.
About two years ago I looked up the second edition. The second edition is basically the first edition with a minor additions. It was more up to date but the 4 languages in general have not made such great strides. In that regard the second edition is not a good buy for those with the first edition, but I would definitely recommend it those who need a reference book or even those who do not have a good reference book.
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