A question on JScript book buying.

[-iNsOmNiAc-]

Can anyone recommend a good INEXPENSIVE Javascript book for a beginner? I currently have Tom Negrino's Javascript for the World Wide Web: 4th Edition. It's OK, but I've noticed a lot of errors and typos that can cause the entire script to mess up! Can't you create your own Javascript? Or do you have to follow what the books give you? Or is that Java? Basically I'm looking for a JScript book where I'll get a REAL grasp of Javascript and how it works, not a book where I'll just be sitting down in front of my computer copying down scripts with a limited amount of knowledge on how it REALLY works, and how I can create my own scripts in the near future (if it's possible to make altercations)

Got english right now so got to run,
open to all ***cheap*** (as in price :P ) suggestions!

[cpradio]

Here are a few good ones for learning:
http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=1AO04WB9UF&mscssid=FBW4VBRD19158HF22HFQT3N2EAC48RRD&isbn=1886411360
http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=1AO04WB9UF&mscssid=FBW4VBRD19158HF22HFQT3N2EAC48RRD&isbn=0072131403

-Matt

[Dr. Web]

and why not just learn online for free?

www.trainingtools.com


javascript is a client side scripting language, but can also be used as a server side language in ASP. It is an interpreted language.... which is to say that the browser reads each line of code, interprets it, then executes it. Javascript is the default client side scripting language for the web, and is supported on most browsers (unlike microsofts vbscript which only runs in IE).

Java is an object oriented language. It is a compiled language that is interpreted by a compiler, then reduced to something like binary format for final use. Java is a lot harder to learn than javascript, and is generally used in application/ software development. On the web, java usually appears in the form of Applets, which use the JVM (java virtual machine) to run the java application. Java applets tend to be cumbersome to download, and execute slowly (because the browser must locate, start, and use the JVM to run tyhe applet).