Need best Javascript books suggestion
Seriously I don't want to depend on Jquery magics most of the time to do awesome UI stuffs on web page. I need some best Javascript books to learn in deeper level. JSON, AJAX, string manipulation etcs..
I need best javascript books/URLs suggestion to learn javascript. Thanks people.
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"Javascript: The Good Parts" worked wonders for me. I understand the language and I use JQuery for dom manipulation. I understand ground-level DOM and can use it when required. Do you think "Javascript: The Definitive Guide" adds something good which "Javascript: The Good Parts" skips? There are many things but I am talking things which make you a better Javascripter.
I can tell you Definitive Guide also sat next to my desk to serve as a reference for a long time, though most of the same material can be found on https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp and many other websites.
Absolutely, it is really the 101 of JavaScript and helps you avoid a lot of the pitfalls that gave the language a bad name for so many years.
JavaScript: the definitive guide, is also a good book.
Object-Oriented JavaScript: Create scalable, reusable high-quality JavaScript applications and libraries.
As well most all of John Resig books are good.
On the other hand it was one of the shortest book I ever read in which I had to reread and go back more times. JavaScript can be a bit confusing at times and the book only says things once and in a succinct way.
Everything was going fine until Prototypes and Constructors and the very bad 'new' operator, that somewhat surprisingly was used in the good function which achieved Prototype Inheritance (example in here: http://javascript.crockford.com/prototypal.html), but after a while I got it. ;)
It's the only book I've read about JavaScript yet. I consider it very good if you already are proficient in other programming languages, but it doesn't really show you what to do with it (and it wasn't supposed to), so I'm now planing to buy JavaScript the Definitive Guide.
Crockford also has some interesting articles at: http://javascript.crockford.com/
Also, John Resig (of jQuery fame) wrote an excellent book called Pro JavaScript Techniques. I read it every year. It is a very detailed exploration of the language fundamentals and beyond.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/74884/good-javascript-boo...
But personally, I like Crockford's book the good parts. The Oreilly definitive guide isn't bad either.
Really all you need
http://www.amazon.com/Test-Driven-JavaScript-Development-Dev...
Not out yet, though.