JavaScript Web Apps by O'Reilly

I just ordered direct from O'Reilly (eBook) and, before ordered, located a coupon code that worked for me (on August 31, 2011): 4cast -- it gave me a 50% discount on the eBook ($13.99) and supposedly gives 50% off on the printed version.

The books looks to be useful for people who want to build/understand an MVC library from the ground-up with jQuery as a base. There are also chapters about the various ready-built solutions.

Nicely done maccman.

Re: JavaScript Web Apps by O'Reilly

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Post by jentulman » Wed, Aug 31, 2011, 1:52 PM UTC

Bought (and enjoyed) this back in May while it was still a preview and I'm really pleased to have the finished copy now.

Congratulations Alex, really liked the writing style and it's been very helpful alongside 'The Definitive guide'.

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Post by ajayka » Wed, Aug 31, 2011, 2:24 PM UTC

Just ordered it!

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Post by danso » Wed, Aug 31, 2011, 2:28 PM UTC

I didn't click through to the preview pages:

Does the book talk about some of the existing frameworks, such as backbone.js? Or does it walk you through rolling your own MVC?

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Post by zinssmeister » Wed, Aug 31, 2011, 2:32 PM UTC

danso wrote: post #8

I didn't click through to the preview pages: Does the book talk about some of the existing frameworks, such as backbone.js? Or does it walk you through rolling your own MVC?

Yes it covers backbone.js and other frameworks.

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Post by neovive » Wed, Aug 31, 2011, 2:33 PM UTC

Just ordered the ebook and read through the first chapter. Great work! This is exactly the book I was looking for to take my JS skills to the next level and just the right size. Once a programming book goes beyond 300+ pages, it starts becoming an impediment to progress.