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Hey Guys,

I find myself using JS more and more but i find it difficult to find
any better ways to do things or at least ways to do stuff that i havent
thought of. Esp now with this AJAX milarky.

So can anyone recommend a good JS book, assume that i have a good
grounding in the language so not really looking for a idiots guide.
More of an intermediate with references and maybe some tutorials or
something.

There are so many on amazon i wouldnt know where to begin, there is a
dom and JS book which i am thinking of getting too
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/DOM-Scriptin...e=UTF8&s=books)
anyone have much to say about it?

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Cheers

Andy

Oct 24 '06 #1
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daveyand said the following on 10/24/2006 8:55 AM:
Hey Guys,

I find myself using JS more and more but i find it difficult to find
any better ways to do things or at least ways to do stuff that i havent
thought of. Esp now with this AJAX milarky.

So can anyone recommend a good JS book, assume that i have a good
grounding in the language so not really looking for a idiots guide.
More of an intermediate with references and maybe some tutorials or
something.
Did you try the group FAQ? It only recommends one book.

<URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ3_1>

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javas cript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq
Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/
Oct 24 '06 #2
daveyand wrote:
Hey Guys,

I find myself using JS more and more but i find it difficult to find
any better ways to do things or at least ways to do stuff that i havent
thought of. Esp now with this AJAX milarky.

So can anyone recommend a good JS book, assume that i have a good
grounding in the language so not really looking for a idiots guide.
More of an intermediate with references and maybe some tutorials or
something.

There are so many on amazon i wouldnt know where to begin, there is a
dom and JS book which i am thinking of getting too
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/DOM-Scriptin...e=UTF8&s=books)
anyone have much to say about it?

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Cheers

Andy

Hi,

Get "JavaScript , the Definitive Guide" By O'Reilly.
5th edition if possible.

It is the best book I know of to learn JavaScript.
Some people in here used to comment on it slightly different with: "The
least bad book" on JavaScript. ;-)

Regards,
Erwin Moller
Oct 24 '06 #3

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