Hey Karl, I was interested in this question also and read your great response. As one of the authors your thoughts hold a lot of weight for me. Thanks for the recommendation almost against your older book. This is what I love about this community. It's about the tools and the community users/customers whether it sells books or not. J
Thanks! Matt Penner From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karl Swedberg Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 2:33 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Has anyone used these jQuery books? As one of the authors of jQuery Reference Guide, I'd have to recommend that you not buy it, especially if you already have Learning jQuery 1.3. Some of the information in the reference guide is outdated, and most of it can be found elsewhere. I still haven't gotten my hands on jQuery UI 1.6 (though a photo I took is on its cover), but you should know that a lot changed between 1.6 and 1.7. Also, 1.6 is compatible with jQuery 1.2.x, while 1.7 is compatible with 1.3.x, in case that matters. --Karl ____________ Karl Swedberg www.englishrules.com www.learningjquery.com On Apr 15, 2009, at 5:08 PM, Calvin wrote: Hi everybody, Has anyone here read/ used these books: jQuery UI 1.6 by Dan Wellman jQuery Reference Guide by Chaffer & Swedberg I am wondering which one is better for learning how to make front-end interfaces for applications. p.s- Learning jQuery 1.3 is a awesome book!
