Novice book?

[Nigel Mercier ®]

I've read the FAQ, but the reviews on Amazon say that the recommended
book isn't for novices. I've done a bit of Java, and I tutor an Open
University course in Smalltalk, but I'm a novice at JavaScript.

Any suggestions?

 

[Charles Banas]

I've read the FAQ, but the reviews on Amazon say that the recommended
book isn't for novices. I've done a bit of Java, and I tutor an Open
University course in Smalltalk, but I'm a novice at JavaScript.

Any suggestions?

the O'reilly Javascript reference is an axcellent book as reference
material.

i've also seen some college textbooks on JavaScript that turned out to be
very good, but i ended up shelving them as soon as i was done with the
first couple chapters. they're not very good reference material. i've
also seen a book titled something like "Introductory JavaScript" that read
very well, though i'm sure that title covers about 6 or 7 books.

i must admit, however, that i learn better from reference material than
from tutorials or a book structured like one.

basically, you can expect JavaScript to code very similarly to Java, as
they share similar syntax rules.

 

[Andy Fish]

in the context of javascript, "novices" generally means web designers with
no programming background whatsoever.

if you're familiar with java and OO, go straight to the "advanced" section.

 

[Chris Lowth]

I've read the FAQ, but the reviews on Amazon say that the recommended
book isn't for novices. I've done a bit of Java, and I tutor an Open
University course in Smalltalk, but I'm a novice at JavaScript.

Any suggestions?

try http://www.lowth.com/books/topic/javascript for a list of Amazon's top
sellers on this subject.