Reddit Reddit reviews jQuery in Action, Second Edition

We found 3 Reddit comments about jQuery in Action, Second Edition. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

Computers & Technology
Books
Networking & Cloud Computing
Internet & Telecommunications
jQuery in Action, Second Edition
Used Book in Good Condition
Check price on Amazon

3 Reddit comments about jQuery in Action, Second Edition:

u/aromas · 2 pointsr/jquery

I have at least a half dozen jQuery books...jQuery in Action is by far the best in my opinion. jQuery Enlightenment was quite good ... and I thought I read that Cody was giving it away for free.

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/programming

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML is pretty good for the absolute basics, DOM Scripting for beginning JavaScript, and CSS: The Missing Manual for CSS.

By the time you finish working through those, the 2nd edtion of jQuery in Action should be out. I have the pre-release version through the publisher, and it's coming along well. You can make do with the 1st edition or even the online documentation is pretty good if you want to dive in before that.

If you're in the US at least, all these books should be available through your local library, or inter-library loan at the worst. Also, I think most if not all of them are in O'Reilly Safari, which is the best value in ongoing education out there at the moment.

u/magenta_placenta · 1 pointr/web_design

Not tutorials, but I highly recommend the following JavaScript books:

JavaScript The Definitive Guide (6th Edition, Flanagan)

http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Definitive-Guide-Activate-Guides/dp/0596805527/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310948024&sr=1-1

Pro JavaScript Design Patterns (Harmes/Diaz)

http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Design-Patterns-Recipes-Problem-Solution/dp/159059908X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1310948075&sr=1-1

JavaScript Patterns (Stefanov)

http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Patterns-Stoyan-Stefanov/dp/0596806752/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310948115&sr=1-1

Object-Oriented JavaScript (Stefanov)

http://www.amazon.com/Object-Oriented-JavaScript-high-quality-applications-libraries/dp/1847194141/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310948145&sr=1-1

Most people swing from Douglas Crockford's nuts and recommend JavaScript: The Good Parts (http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310948183&sr=1-1).

I received a free copy while at Yahoo in 2008 and honestly, I didn't find this book that good of a read. I felt it was definitely geared more towards those with formal CS backgrounds. Keep in mind, I definitely need to re-read it (to see if I feel the same way), but I read it a couple times back in '08 and tossed it on the shelf. The books I mentioned above I've read several times as well and can only say buy them. I'm on my 2nd read of Flanagan's book now.

jQuery in Action is a decent book, but the copy I have is for 1.3, I think. I think I have the first edition and it looks like there is a second.

http://www.amazon.com/jQuery-Action-Second-Bear-Bibeault/dp/1935182323/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310948303&sr=1-1

jQuery Reference Guide 1.4 is also good, but it's for 1.4 and jQuery is at 1.6 now so it's tough for the books to keep up! I think it's pretty much the online/official reference guide as well

http://www.amazon.com/jQuery-Reference-Guide-Jonathan-Chaffer/dp/1849510040/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310948347&sr=1-2