There are very few technical books that I read, or use as an ongoing resource, which allow me to state with confidence that they are worth the money I paid. jQuery in Action would be one such book. Of course, in the interest of full disclosure, I did not pay for the book. I was [...]
My very first programming reference book was the JavaScript Bible. I liked it so much I wore the coating off the cover, eventually the binding ripped, and pages started falling out in chunks. Every reference since has had the unfortunate luck of being judged by that standard. The jQuery Reference Guide is no different, but [...]
One complaint of just about any book that attempts to teach a new language or technology is a presumed level of expertise by the authors. I found it refreshing that in Learning jQuery the book begins… well, at the beginning, and increases in difficulty along with the concepts. It gives designers and entry-level interface developers [...]