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For the JavaScript Coder on Your Holiday List

By Scott Gilbertson December 6, 2006 Categories: Other

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San Francisco tech book publisher No Starch Press has released the second edition of Thau’s book, The Book of JavaScript. Thau is a Wired Digital alum, and I bought his first book a few years ago expecting it to be a novelty of sorts — "Hey I know this guy and he wrote a book" — that I’d maybe use if the need struck.

But holy cow — this book is amazingly comprehensive. Thau walks you through a piece of JavaScript code, telling you how it works and suggesting creative hacks along the way. The book also has a number of quick reference syntax guides that have proven to be life savers whenever I’m working on web programming projects.

The book has been updated to include Ajax events, and the new edition covers recent developments in browser behaviors and web standards. Check out a sample chapter of the second edition at the No Starch Press site. The book, complete with the hepcat cover, is shipping today. It should be available at your favorite online store shortly.

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