Javascript - A Beginner's Guide Support

The best javascript book for beginners!

I commend John Pollock for the tremendous job he did with this book. Indeed this is a magnificant book on Javascript. He covers the Javascript language thoroughly taking you from a-z.

If you know nothing about Javascript and want to learn it in a clear cut efficient manner, this is the book to buy! It isn't a book of javascript goodies and silly examples. It teaches you basically all aspects of the language through clear explanations and precise examples so that you will be able to recognize and write your own script. There is an example presented to the reader for almost every detail discussed. John Pollock explains to his readers what javascript is and how to implement their own scripts.

One of the great things I think he does for his readers is that he introduces "Functions" very early in the book and dedicates an entire chapter on just Functions and how to create them. Functions are essential to this language and he doesn't make the mistake of skimming over this important topic. He also saves the discussion of Arrays, Math and Date objects in the latter sections, unlike many other books that just mix and throw all the advanced & basic syntax in the first chapter and move on to advanced examples of code in next chapters before you truly grasp and are comfortable with implementation of the syntax.

This methodology is part of what makes the book so powerful and effective to the javascript learner, especially the beginner! You will be able to really write the script projects at the end of each chapter yourself. He also has a section for advanced topics for folks who want to delve in some more.

Expect great coverage of the language and concise explanations. The author really does his job with this book in that he doesn't simply present bits and pieces to you. He will truly teach you how to write Javascript.