Comments on: Book Review - Learning jQuery http://blue-anvil.com/archives/book-review-learning-jquery Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:37:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Deborah http://blue-anvil.com/archives/book-review-learning-jquery#comment-1455 Deborah Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:22:42 +0000 http://82.110.105.91/blue-anvil.co.uk/?p=54#comment-1455 While I enjoyed the beginning of Learning jQuery, I found the book difficult, if not impossible, to follow after chapter 6. If you have not had any JavaScript, or any programming experience, it's likely you will get lost in the code. A quick run through of regular expressions, no explanation of NaN or bubble sorting, and lack of errata on the site will leave the XHTML/CSS coder confused and wondering what happened to the easy learning experiences in the first chapters. The accompanying website has not been updated with references to deprecated code, which causes many of the book examples to no longer work. The initial chapters of the book are easy to follow, and the code examples are very helpful, when they work. While I enjoyed the beginning of Learning jQuery, I found the book difficult, if not impossible, to follow after chapter 6.

If you have not had any JavaScript, or any programming experience, it’s likely you will get lost in the code. A quick run through of regular expressions, no explanation of NaN or bubble sorting, and lack of errata on the site will leave the XHTML/CSS coder confused and wondering what happened to the easy learning experiences in the first chapters.

The accompanying website has not been updated with references to deprecated code, which causes many of the book examples to no longer work.

The initial chapters of the book are easy to follow, and the code examples are very helpful, when they work.

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