by Paul Wilton
Practical, example-led introduction that walks through JavaScript syntax, DOM interaction, and basic browser APIs with short, runnable snippets you can paste and test. Strongest moments are bite-sized code samples and clear explanations that produce quick wins while you code. The book keeps a narrow scope, favoring compact examples over long projects, so readers wanting full app builds or modern-library recipes may feel constrained. It reads like a hands-on primer for core tasks rather than an exhaustive project guide.
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The perennial bestseller returns with new details for using the latest tools and techniques available with JavaScriptJavaScript is the definitive language for making the Web a dynamic, rich, interactive medium. This guide to JavaScript builds on the success of previous editions and introduces you to many new advances in JavaScript development. The ...
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“Starts as a vivid inventory of inventors, projects, and lab culture at Xerox PARC, written in reporterly detail that foregrounds anecdotes and corporate memos. Main value is a textured sense of how early GUI, networking, and printing research happened and how personalities and management decisions shaped outcomes. Limitation: the narrative can dwell on minutiae and internal politics, slowing forward momentum and offering few clear takeaways for readers seeking practical lessons or modern startup playbooks. It reads like sustained magazine reporting, so detail-oriented readers are rewarded while those after a brisk how-to may be frustrated.”
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