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JavaScript Web Apps by O'Reilly

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Re: JavaScript Web Apps by O'Reilly

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Post by dugmartin »

smoody wrote: post #5

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 so…

The coupon does work for both - you save $2 over the bundled price.

Re: JavaScript Web Apps by O'Reilly

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Post by danso »

Since you're one of the few published experts on this specific, evolving area :), what are your thoughts on the tradeoffs between the current popular frameworks (i.e. are they so different - yet mature - that each one could conceivably be a best fit for a certain type of applications?). And which framework do you currently prefer?

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Post by steve_b »

raptrex wrote: post #25
maccman wrote: post #3

I've just released the final version in paperback - also available on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/144930351X/

Do you guys know of anything that is $3 I can buy to qualify for free shipping?

Confessions of an English Opium Eater - Thomas De Quincey

Good quick read.

http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-English-Opium-Eater-Pengui...

For an extra $5 you can pick up this which is fantastic: http://www.amazon.com/Geometry-Relativity-Fourth-Dimension-R...

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Post by tomdale »

foobarbazoo wrote: post #24

Wow, a JavaScript MVC application book with no SproutCore coverage whatsoever. If anyone needed proof that SproutCore has failed to launch, this is it.

To be fair, this book is about libraries that are strictly MVC implemented in JavaScript, and no more. At the time Alex was writing the book, SproutCore 1.4 was the current version, and is obviously a "full-stack" framework, including a UI library.

SproutCore 2.0 alpha was released on May 25th of this year, so Alex didn't have time to cover it. My hope is that a second edition would hopefully at least mention it, now that it is much more competitive with things like Backbone and Knockout, et al. :)

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Post by rachelj »

fatalerrorx3 wrote: post #23
ajayka wrote: post #7

Just ordered it!

I was just about to order it, but their registration system is messed up...makes me iffy on the idea of buying it now -- if they can't get a simple checkout process right =D

Hey, sorry registration wasn't good. What was the problem? Did you run into an error, or was it just that setting up an account was a hassle?
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