A few years ago I posted about the most beautiful primer on HTML and CSS available. I have recommended this book countless times and have given several copies away. I had heard shortly after that the author was working on a followup about JavaScript and jQuery. It’s finally here! I was given a review copy to peruse and post about, and it did not disappoint.
If you want to learn JavaScript and jQuery, this is the book you need.
The book covers everything from basic programming concepts (an ambitious starting point) through JavaScript Syntax, all the way through jQuery, Ajax, JSON, APIs, and some practical examples. It does this all gorgeously and graphically. A very engaging book for a programming primer. I’m impressed.
I’m confident that with this book, a Web browser, a code editor, and Google, you’ll be able to walk yourself through to a working knowledge of JavaScript and jQuery.
The Visuals
Practical advice will help readers to think and code like a programmer.
We explain objects, methods, properties, and events using familiar concepts in chapter one.
All 640 pages are in full-color, packed with code, photography, and illustrations.
Excerpted with permission from the publisher, Wiley, from JavaScript & JQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development by Jon Duckett. Copyright © 2014.
The Giveaway
I am giving away a copy of this book to one lucky winner. Enter via the Punchtab contest below. Thanks!
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