Comments on: Simply JavaScript

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:18:25 +0000

I have a quick suggestion to make it even better. Some of your examples (even in the first chapter) still assume basic understanding of Javascript. My suggestion would be…
1) When using a figure (diagram) to explain a piece of code, put the line of code beside the element of the diagram that it pertains to.
2) Whenever possible use a “Real Life” event to demonstrate the code. (such as, If you hit the snooze button on the alarm in the morning, you are creating a “Loop” until you either shut off the alarm or get up.)
3)Give a website location that uses the element of code you are discussing, let the reader see the code in action and it will make a lot more sense then just reading something on the page.

By: Ben Tremblay

Ben Tremblay — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:50:28 +0000

SideBar: tech_docs spec

Hey Kevin … I was going to Dtweet you something like “Living in Oz, working for SitePoint; gotta luv being Canadian! *grin*” but couldn’t … you aren’t following me … HeyHo.

Anyhow, you said something about “to space or not to space before version number” and I was wondering if you’re assembling a spec. I had to do one … I mean a real one … I mean a MIL-SPEC avionics R&D one … and would love to hoe in on something for this day and age.

hope to connect with you

–bentrem

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:33:20 +0000

This has to be the best introduction to JavaScript I’ve ever read – and I’ve read a lot them! I won’t use this space to compare to other titles are expound at length – I’ll save that for MY blog – but I will say, if you have not read a JS title yet, this is an excellent one to start with.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:33:34 +0000

Hello! I have read your book about PHP and Mysql (Badly traslated in Italian) and I would like to thank you because your book was very easy to read and now I’m making a dinamic website. Thanks a lot! You’re great! By Chris from Tuscany!

By: Nate Klaiber

Nate Klaiber — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:07:34 +0000

@Rob
You won’t be disappointed.

This book was a pure joy to read. Excellent code, wonderful writing styles, and beautiful illustrations to boot.

I especially appreciated the coverage of the libraries (and their shortcomings) and the quality of the code throughout the book. You stuck to a standard and refused to take shortcuts (such as innerHTML). I know that this is a discussion for another time, and that there may be legitimate uses – but I enjoyed the cleanliness of your code.

Nice work Kevin and Cameron!

By: Rob Bassi

Rob Bassi — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:26:34 +0000

I hope this book is as good as it sounds…because I ordered a copy from SitePoint the other day lol.

By: Gary Barber

Gary Barber — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:16:27 +0000

Funny – does this mean you and Cameron are starting a career on the Melbourne comedy circuit?