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I wish I had owned this book when I first started out doing JavaScript! Pragmatic Guide to JavaScript will take you a big step ahead in programming real-world JavaScript by showing you what is going on behind the scenes in popular JavaScript libraries and giving you no-nonsense advice and background information on how to do the right thing. With the condensed years of experience of one of the best JavaScript developers around, it’s a must-read with great reference to everyday JavaScript tasks.
—Thomas FuchsCreator of the script.aculo.us framework
An impressive collection of very practical tips and tricks for getting the most out of JavaScript in today’s browsers, with topics ranging from fundamentals such as form validation and JSON handling to application examples such as mashups and geolocation. I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to be more productive with JavaScript in their web applications.
—Dylan SchiemannCEO at SitePencofounder of the Dojo Toolkit
There are a number of JavaScript books on the market today, but most of them tend to focus on the new or inexperienced JavaScript programmer. Porteneuve does no such thing, and this Pragmatic Guide is a better book for it. If you’re a novice, go elsewhere first, and then when you have some scripting under your belt, come back; if you’ve worked with JavaScript before, then Pragmatic Guide to JavaScript takes a set of techniques that you may have heard about or seen and makes them useful to you. Recommended.