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This review has been a long time coming...mainly because I've been having such a good time with this book. That said, the title is a bit misleading. It's not really "The book that should have been in the box" (even if JavaScript came in a box) since a "box of generic JavaScript" wouldn't have come with half of what this book contains. In fact, I'm not really sure the reader will come away with a solid foundation in JavaScript after reading McFarland's book. Let me explain.
I suppose that last statement was somewhat unfair, because a good number of the chapters in "Part One: Getting Started with JavaScript" really do cover the somewhat standard and required fare for learning JavaScript, assuming you've never programmed before. However, the thrust of this book is less about teaching the reader "vanilla" JavaScript and more about teaching the reader how to do some very cool and practical stuff with webpages. As far as a book teaching a neophyte web developer how to use JavaScript to alternately color table rows, validating web forms, creating tooltips, slideshows, and incorporating Google maps into a site, McFarland's efforts are a near-perfect success. However, the way the reader learns to accomplish these tasks isn't usually presented in a beginning JavaScript guide.
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