April 05, 2014

Book Review: Head First JavaScript Programming

Head First JavaScript Programming
By: Eric T. Freeman, Elisabeth Robson
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Print: March, 2014
 
 The fun way to learn how to program

Pros : Helpful examples, Fun Style, Easy to understand

An excellent gateway for learning to program. The introduction clearly spells out who this book is designed for, why the concepts are presenting the way they are and how the reader can best use the book for learning JavaScript. On top of that, this book is just fun.

For the more experienced, you can select the chapters where you need to sharpen your skills and be adequately challenged.

You can browse through this blog and lots of others for tips and tricks related to JavaScript, all little bits and pieces thrown about on the web.  Sure, there are good pointers in of all of that, but do you get to really know how to effectively program in JavaScript? Now there is this book to get you the rest of the way there!