Book Review: Head First JavaScript

An addition to the Head First series, the present book does an admirable job of describing the basics of JavaScript in twelve chapters. With imaginative examples and people as well as JavaScript components talking to the reader, the work of learning is made simple and easy.

One of the most impressive chapters in this book is the eleventh chapter dedicated to debugging. One can almost sense "bugs" getting killed as the author goes about the discussions. One of the most complicated topics is the discussion on JavaScript objects. The reader is requested to keep thoroughly with the author in carrying out the examples and other hints. A reading without practicing the examples can leave one very confused.

The discussions throughout the book are in a very friendly format. They make the difficult job of learning JavaScript seem very simple for the reader compared to going through some of the wordy textbooks. By no means is this however an advanced level book . At the end of reading and going through the book, the reader should feel enthused to take up the more abstract or reference books on JavaScript even without the prodding of a very persuasive Computer Languages Professor.