Programming Books

The Best Javascript Books

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   6 Rankings

   JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

   by David Flanagan

   Provides a rapid and thorough exposition of the JavaScript programming language, as well as an in-depth reference section covering each JavaScript function, object, method, and even handler. Experienced programmers will quickly find the information they need to start writing JavaScript programs.
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   2 Rankings

   DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model

   by Jeremy Keith

   Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model gives you everything you need to start using JavaScript and the Document Object Model to enhance your web pages with client-side dynamic effects. Jeremy starts off by giving you a basic crash course in JavaScript and the DOM, then move on to provide you with several real world examples bui...
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   1 Ranking

   Pro JavaScript Techniques

   by John Resig

   Pro JavaScript Techniques is the ultimate JavaScript book for the modern web developer. It provides everything you need to know about modern JavaScript, and shows what JavaScript can do for your web sites. This book doesn't waste any time looking at things you already know, like basic syntax and structures.
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   1 Ranking

   Inside JavaScript

   by Steven Holzner, Steve Holzner
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   1 Ranking

   ppk on JavaScript, 1/e

   by Peter-Paul Koch

   Whether you're an old-school scripter who needs to modernize your JavaScripting skills or a standards-aware Web developer who needs best practices and code examples, you'll welcome this guide from a JavaScript master.

   Other JavaScript books use example scripts that have little bearing on real-world Web development and are useful only in the c...
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   1 Ranking

   Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

   by Danny Goodman
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   1 Ranking

   JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook

   by Danny Goodman
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   1 Ranking

   The Book of JavaScript: A Practical Guide to Interactive Web Pages

   by Dave Thau

   The Book of JavaScript teaches readers how to add interactivity, animation, and other tricks to their web sites with JavaScript. Rather than provide a series of cut-and-paste scripts, thau! takes the reader through a series of real world JavaScript code with an emphasis on understanding. Each chapter focuses on a few important JavaScript feature...
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   1 Ranking

   The JavaScript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks

   by Cameron Adams, James Edwards

   Included in this book is extensive coverage of DHTML and Ajax, including how-to create and customize advanced effects such as draggable elements, dynamically sorting data in a Web Browser, advanced menu systems, retrieving data from a Web Server using XMLHttpRequest and more.

   The JavaScript Anthology also includes extensive coverage of objec...