Book Review: Javascript for Programmers
I was happy to see a Javascript book from Deitels. Deitel and Deitel’s C++ How to Program was a great reference book for me when in school.
The title got me interested since Javascript is only getting popular and most seasoned programmers, who at one point shunned javascript as ugly and lowly language, are taking a look at it again because of its popularity with Ajax and web 2.0 stuff.
I was disappointed when I looked at the TOC. It starts with history of internet, then CSS and then a few chapters that cover the basics of Javascript. These may be good if you’ve never done javascript before but wasn’t the book meant for programmers?! It only touches on the latest web2.0 and Ajax stuff in the last 2 chapters. There is mention of just one great javascript toolkit: Dojo. What about Prototype, jQuery, and lots of others…
I would re-title this book: Javascript Essentials for non-Web Programmers. The javascript contents in the book is just basics that you can pickup from google search and don’t need a book for. Most non-Javascript stuff is again fundamentals of web programming which would be of use only to programmers who have never done web programming.
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