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I needed to refresh myself on JavaScript since I hadn't looked at it for a year or two and really haven't gotten into programming it much. I have read the first 100 pages, word for word and it is just like having a college professor with you only is speaks to you so you can understand it and JavaScript syntax easily.

Also, his examples are excellent. He will start off with a small piece of code and build on it section through section while incorporating new items each time such as arrays, objects, etc. so that you are basically like I said, being taught.

Experience programmers can still use it as a reference because his writing style is to the point so therefore you can find syntax quickly.

He explains items to look out for and common mistakes also that only an experience programmer would go through saving you a lot of hard aches with syntax pointers.

This book would be excellent for a college student in CIS or CS, I wish I had this one while I was in CIS, it would have gone well along with my course book.

If you are a beginner, you better read it like a book or you will keep jumping around confused if you don't know the basics of programming, syntax, functions, and interactions with forms and ASP. Patience to all beginners, don't try to skim this book quickly unless you are using it as a reference.

This is a great book to jumpstart anyone into the world of JavaScript. This book gives the reader most of the fundamentals they will need to begin professionally writing code, assuming they will supplement this reading with more advanced resources. While it doesn't talk much about using .js files or go into detail about creating your own custom objects, it gets you where you need to be to implement those advanced topics. Theories on OO programming and writing reusable code are best gotten from a book specifically on the subject. So, it is just what it says it is...a beginner's book in JavaScript. Appreciated the fact that the book covered client and server side scripting, as well. It's very clear and easy to read. As for errors and for it not being as thorough as some people would like...hell, I didn't say it was perfect...just a step above the rest.

Instead of defining all the attributes of say "Request.QueryString" into differenct contexts like Javascript <var> and HTML <input value=>, he muddles around with <Server-Side Scripting with ASP> probably the lamest web application environment around.