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Book:   Learning JavaScript
Subject:   Flawed but useful.
Date:   2007-01-08 06:46:53
From:   Anonymous Reader
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

There are so many errors in this book that I started thinking it was a strategic decision on the part of the author, to force the reader into *learning* Javascript properly. Some of the errors are very basic, school-kid stuff. One of the answers to excercise 2.4, which purports to convert into an octal value, actually has the function parseInt() being passed a base of 2, for octal. This is what happens when books are rushed to print.


On the whole, though, I think the book is a very good idea. Javascript is suited to a slim volume. As an intermittent user of Javascript, I need a compact reference for refamiliarising myself with it's idiosyncracies. This book seems to fit that requirement. If only it had been proof read a little more before hitting the shelves.

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