DOM Scripting comments: A new Ajax book http://domscripting.com/blog/display/75 Sitepoint have published a book on Ajax. en Milena http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment582 Beginners better start from easy languages, such like VB. It was my favourite, when I was young and silly

]]> Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:35:55 GMT Paul http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment580 Jeremy, I’d buy it. Pretty please?

]]> Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:17:13 GMT Tony http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment562 Please, Please, Please! DOM Scripting is one of those rare books that is easy for a designer that has only ever gotten yay far into coding javascript get a grasp on some really powerful ideas. If your AJAX book is half as good it will be better than most books currently out there.

]]> Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:37:02 GMT erik http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment558 Yep if you would write such an ajax I would definitely buy it! Please do! I love your DOM book!

]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:53:26 GMT Nora Brown http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment553 Reading your book on DOM Scripting really gave me a lot more confidence in writing small javascripts to enhance pages, without interfering with accessibility. So yes, a Jeremy Keith book which goes into AJAX and covers more complex DOM scripting would be a godsend! Maybe I’d finally learn why I would want to add AJAX to my websites.

]]> Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:39:04 GMT Al http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment552 I’d suggest to include some cool Greasemonkey examples in your next book. It’s an amazing tool, and let’s you explore the beauty and power of DOM on anybody’s web site.

http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/

]]> Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:17:46 GMT Robert Meineke http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment551 As pointed out earlier, DOM Scripting and Head Rush AJAX complement each other quite nicely for getting started…but I’d still buy anything by Jeremy. DOM Scripting is a great book.

]]> Sun, 25 Jun 2006 05:41:51 GMT Jeremy Keith http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment550 Wow. What a response. Thank you all very much for your feedback. It looks like there certainly is a market for a beginner’s Ajax book.

]]> Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:05:00 GMT Kurt http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment549 Hi, I read you DOM book, I would definitly appreciate a AJAX-book from Jeremy Keith

]]> Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:15:05 GMT Kevin Fukawa http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment548 I can only assume you are referring to "Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax" by fellow DOM Scripting Task Force member Christian Heilmann. Did you do some technical editing or contribute in some way to the book? I’ve had my copy on pre-order with Amazon for weeks. If it’s even remotely as good as either your book or Christian’s "Unobtrusive Javascript" article, it’ll be a welcome addition to my "best practices" library!

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:52:30 GMT Elaine Nelson http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment547 I’ve thought about getting the Head Rush Ajax book, because it seemed to me to be targeted at that sweet spot of people who are not super-knowledgable about Javascript, but have some other web expertise. (And yes, if you are considering an Ajax book in the same vein as DOM Scripting, PLEASE go for it!)

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:48:43 GMT David http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment546 I’m with Colin: I’d buy a Jeremy Keith authored book on Ajax in a heartbeat! DOM Scripting was without question the best programming book I’ve ever read. I’ve been very interested in AJAX, but feel like the available books and tutorials are mostly above my starting level (I’m a front-end guy with a beginner’s knowledge of JS/DOM Scripting).

If you write about AJAX as well as you wrote about DOM Scripting, that book would be a dream come true.

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:35:24 GMT Charlie http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment545 Do it Jeremy, you know you want to. DOM Scripting was a brilliant book that left me thirsty for more, quench my thirst.

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:17:56 GMT Tom http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment544 Yes. Yes. Yes. I had my library purchase your book and have had it checked out for the past 6 months. I make my student employees read chapter 5 before doing any javascript programming. I probably won’t be programming the next big web 2.0 app but there are a few basic items I’d like to be able to do. Knowing how to build a basic asynchronous request would be a good start.

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:59:58 GMT Alex Lemanski http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment542 I with Ian Lloyd on needing an understanding of Javascript first and then moving to Ajax.

I think your writing style is great and it is very understandable. I had looked at other books and tutorials online, and I think you have done the best job of breaking things down. I do hope to see an Hijax book from you in the future.

I am also on board with the name some one mentioned earlier.

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:53:10 GMT Ian Lloyd http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment541 Well, it looks like most people would like to see you do that book, but what with all your conference attendences and so on I do wonder - when would you find time to do some work for Clearleft? ;-)

I think there is a market for such a book, but I’m not sure of the definition of ‘complete novice’. When I wrote my book (plug, plug) for SitePoint it was absolutely for the complete beginner (to the extent that the reader may not know what a text editor or web browser is - they just ‘use the internet and email’). What would you class as beginner? Has some HTML knowledge but not touched scripts at all? Not been sullied by bad methods yet?

I like the approach you took with your first book (proof? Google for ‘review dom scripting’ - am I not good to you?) so I can see it working again, but there is an overlap between the two. Personally I think one needs to understand JavaScript in its traditional form before doing Ajax - it’s like another layer of behaviour in my opinion. And I know you like to seperate them!

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:01:32 GMT Arthur Case http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment540 Please please write a great AJAX book :)

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:35:02 GMT Bob http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment539 Yes please Jeremy, I’m sure we’d all love to see that. I wish chapter 12 of DOM Scripting had gone on for ever.

I’d also like to see you write about using Javascript/Ajax libraries such as prototype, no-one writes as clearly as you on these subjects. Put me down as another pre-orderer.

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:21:15 GMT Pierre Bourgeois http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment538 An AJAX book with the same approach as "DOM Scripting" ? You bet !!

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:25:20 GMT Matthijs http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment537 Seems like we will not hear a lot from Jeremy the coming months, with him locking himself up in his basement to write :)

Can I pre order yet?

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:13:38 GMT Olly http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment536 Just write the damn thing :-)

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:57:12 GMT Danny http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment534 I’m with Colin on that title! I am about to finish "DOM Scripting" right now and would like a follow up that goes deeper into Hijax. There are quite a number of Ajax books out there, but not so many on "unobtrusive AJAX". I’d like to see a book that was build up the same way as "DOM Scripting" i.e. first build a functional page/app, then enhance it further with Hijax. And lot’s of pratical examples!

I’d also like the book to be in colour, if that’s at all possible. Dan Cederholm’s colorful "Bulletproof Web Design" was a lot more fun to read than the previous B/W book "Web Standards Solutions".

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:38:48 GMT Michael Hessling http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment533 Go for it, man. I can’t tell you how many times I dip into my copy of DOM Scripting.

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:31:35 GMT Mark McDonnell http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment532 "I wouldn’t say I’m a novice to JavaScript, but certainly someone who’s been doing the the wrong way for too many years."

This is so true! I’ve been doing JavaScript for about 4yrs and since reading "DOM Scripting" realised how horribly wrong I’ve been. At the same time I’m not an advanced programmer (I’ve never had any need to be), but I’m interested in seeing what cool stuff I can do with Ajax but all the books out there at the moment assume you’ve built these huge applications or that you are a guru with JavaScript, which frustrates me because I would love to learn Ajax but feel like its a little out of my reach at the moment?

Jeremy: If you decide to release a beginners book on Ajax I would be a very happy person!!

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:21:35 GMT Colin http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment531 I’d buy a Jeremy Keith authored book on Ajax in a heartbeat. I’m loving "Dom Scripting." I wouldn’t say I’m a novice to JavaScript, but certainly someone who’s been doing the the wrong way for too many years. I’ve tried Head Rush: Ajax, but the style works completely opposite from my brain. It’s got way too many stupid jokes, and spends the first part just explaining itself. You have to learn how to use the book before your learn Ajax.

I’ve been working with Ajax, but again, I’d love your "fresh start" style to build a foundation in the technology. You could title it, "Hijax: Unobtrusive Ajax with DOM Scripting."

]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:19:34 GMT Scott http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment530 I am just about done with "Head Rush Ajax" which is a pure beginners book. I read it as a follow-up to your book so I felt like an advanced reader. The book assumes some ultra basic knowledge of js, but it pretty well targeted toward someone just starting out with javascript.

One note about the book is that it is written in a workbook style, with lots of repition, pictures and other things to stimulate the mind. Some readers may find it a bit childish, but I found it to be a very effective teaching technique. I would highly recommend the book.

PS I would be very interested in a follow up to DOM scripting. You can go deeper into the DOM, cover a few chapters on ajax, and finish up with object oriented js. You might also consider expanding on some of the libraries that are currently in use.

]]> Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:09:19 GMT Scott http://domscripting.com/blog/display.php/75#comment529 I’m a programmer, but not a Javascript programmer. I know enough to make small modifications to existing code, but have trouble trying to do anything complex. I haven’t gotten your book yet, but I plan to. However, I’m not sure I’d be ready to jump into something much more advanced after reading it, so a novice book on AJAX sounds like a good idea to me.

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