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As per O'Reilly, Head First JavaScript by Michael Morrison , is your ticket to going beyond copying and pasting the code from someone else's web site, and writing your own interactive web pages.
With Head First JavaScript , you learn:
* The basics of programming, from variables to types to looping
* How the web browser runs your code, and how you can talk to the browser with your code
* Why you'll never have to worry about casting, overloading, or polymorphism when you're writing JavaScript code
* How to use the Document Object Model to change your web pages without making your users click buttons
You can find additional details about this book here:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527747/index.html
Head First Software Development by Dan Pilone and Russ Miles , as per O'Reilly guides you through the best practices of software development. Before you know it, those failed projects will be a thing of the past.
With its unique visually rich format, this book pulls together the hard lessons learned by expert software developers over the years. You'll gain essential information about each step of the software development lifecycle-requirements, design, coding, testing, implementing, and maintenance-and understand why and how different development processes work.
More details about this book can be found here:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527358/
P.S: Russell Miles , has reviewed several books for Javalobby.
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Re: New Books : Head First JavaScript and Head First Software Development
I love these series of books, but what I am waiting for is Head First Web Services or Head First SOA.Re: New Books : Head First JavaScript and Head First Software Development
I agree, with all the confusion around SOA, this book sure will be a hit.Re: New Books : Head First JavaScript and Head First Software Development
Some time in the near future, we might have the following 2 books also in the Head First Series as per Head First Labs.1. Head First XML with XQuery and XSLT
2. Head First EJB (version 3.0)
Here is the link:
http://www.headfirstlabs.com/
Re: New Books : Head First JavaScript and Head First Software Development
I have readed the head first java2.It's really a good book.
Re: New Books : Head First JavaScript and Head First Software Development
> 2. Head First EJB (version 3.0)I read the Web Component Developer Exam book and it got me 92% on the exam. A very nice way of learning some very boring stuff...
I would *love* it if an EJB 3.0 book was produced. However, it would be good if the earlier version of the book was available in PDF format for those doing the EJB Exam (which covers legacy EJB).
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Oh yes, and +1 for a Web Services book too!Re: New Books : Head First JavaScript and Head First Software Development
I have used both Head First Servlets and JSP and Head First EJB to clear the exams. It's so fun.I am reviewing the Head First Software Development book, I am so eager to read and review the same.
Re: New Books : Head First JavaScript and Head First Software Development
I must admit that i was one of the fans of Head First series when i wanted to give those Certification Exams, But more recently i have come to appreciate other books like "in Action" or Core Oreilly Books ( like EJB 3.0, or Java Generics and Collections book etc etc to count a few ) more than Head First series. In my most humble opinion, Head First series only covers initial hurdles of learning curve with some additional details to get you started ( I'll make two exceptions to this Head First Servlets which i think is pretty comprehensive and good quality book, and EJB 2.x book for SCBCD ) but the biggest disadvantage of using Head First series is their examples, Especially the kinds they used in books like Design Patterns, ( Ducks? a Pizza Factory ? ) sorry those examples dont ring a bell to me. For such topics i think professional and serious examples are a little more helpful than your plain Dextor's Lab Cartoon show examples ...Its a personal opinion though. I still love their books, but they would have made it much better by knowing when to draw a line between seriousness and non seriousness. Education is all fun, but it can be exciting and fun with good hard core examples. ( This is wrt Programming mostly ... well almost, Jon Bentley's Programming Pearls comes to mind )
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Vyas, Anirudh