FYI this is a pretty technical book. I think that it takes a few days for a Java programmer to be reasonably fluent in Javascript, the really interesting stuff is not so much the language minutia but becoming familiar with the ecosystem (very similar to Java in that respect). My suggestions:
- Skip the books for now. Read a few tutorials on the language (the most confusing thing is learning what "new" means in Javascript, but even that is really not a requirement to become proficient). - Learn to use the the debugger and the REPL in either Chrome or Firefox. Breakpoint, inspection, etc... it's really as powerful as Eclipse or IDEA. - Learn a DOM framework (I recommend jQuery). - Learn an MVC framework (I recommend Angular). - Learn a few utility libraries (e.g. underscore.js). - Build an end-to-end application that communicates with a Java back end over JSON (this will familiarize you with Ajax) and which will bring all these technologies together. After this, you will know a lot more than a lot of Javascript developers, and maybe then you can consider digging into a book if you want to go deeper. -- Cédric -- Cédric On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Karsten Silz <karsten.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday, April 5, 2013 1:24:14 PM UTC-4, Lenny P wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Can anyone recommend a good book that explains JavaScript assuming >> someone knows Java? >> > > "JavaScript: The Good > Parts<http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742> > ". > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
