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JavaScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Learning Professional JavaScript Programming (Rheinwerk Computing)

JavaScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Learning Professional JavaScript Programming (Rheinwerk Computing)

Bottom line: The JavaScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Learning JavaScript Programming: Language-first scope: teaches JavaScript itself rather than a framework that dates fast; main trade-off: comprehensive single-volume scope makes it bulky to carry or hold open.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

  • ✓ Language-first scope: teaches JavaScript itself rather than a framework that dates fast
  • ✓ Single-author book by Philip Ackermann, so terminology stays consistent across chapters
  • ✓ Rheinwerk Computing reference format works for lookup as well as cover-to-cover reading
  • ✓ Print paperback keeps the reference off your monitor while you code alongside it

Cons

  • ✗ Comprehensive single-volume scope makes it bulky to carry or hold open
  • ✗ Listed here as paperback only; no ebook or bundle edition shown
  • ✗ Scoped to core JavaScript, so framework-specific guidance is not promised
  • ✗ Any print JS book ages as ECMAScript adds features each year

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BrandPhilip Ackermann(Author)Format:Paperback

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