5 Responses to “jQuery: Visual QuickStart Guide”

1. Just a person says:

   February 8, 2010 at 9:42 am

   This is an excellent book – gave me all the details I needed. Good assortment of examples.
   Rating: 5 / 5

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2. John D. Cowan says:

   February 8, 2010 at 12:05 pm

   Visual QuickStart books rock! I very much enjoyed this book. I worked through every example in the book in a long weekend. (I’m determined to learn JQuery). It is an easy read. You do not get lost in deep analysis or discussions on the topic being covered. Each page and facing page covers a JQuery method or command with a very simple code example of how to use it.

   I’m a seasoned programmer and I’ve done a little work in JQuery, but mostly it was copy/paste code from some example or following instructions in a plugin for JQuery. I needed a book that would start me at square one and get me to a more comfortable level using JQuery. This book did just that. I learn best when I see an example used in a short and simple bit of example code. Most “beginning” books tend to give you examples of how to use the topic being discussed inside a bit of code that is one or two pages long and hard to interpret. This book used short and sweet examples that only focused on what the topic was for that page. My only criticism would be that it did not explain more about some of the topics covered. i.e.: callback functions could use a bit more explanation. That is okay however, because with the knowledge I have from this book, I feel I will better understand the more advanced jquery books I have. Good job!!
   Rating: 4 / 5

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3. J. Patton says:

   February 8, 2010 at 1:52 pm

   Luckily I got this book from my local library. If I would’ve spent even $5 I would’ve felt ripped-off. This book does not explain anything! It just shows you what a general script looks like with absolutely no explanation for real world use at all. There are so many mistakes it makes me wonder if they just pushed it out the door asap to make some quick cash from the “JQuery” name. Please take my word for it, it’s horrible. [...]. I’ve only read 3 chapters and have already found at least one script in each chapter that does not work at all. [...] I could go on but why waste my time…
   Rating: 1 / 5

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4. TextWanderer says:

   February 8, 2010 at 3:27 pm

   Decent coverage of Jquery’s capabilities, but i have to agree with another reviewer. Looks like the book was thrown together rather quickly, and poorly edited. Some examples are totally incorrect. Next time find an editor who can read code.
   Rating: 3 / 5

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5. tra namloc says:

   February 8, 2010 at 4:44 pm

   I don’t usually trash books but the jQuery Visual QuickStart Guide comes close to a work of fiction. The problem is with the errors in the examples that really interfere with the ability of the reader to quickly and easily learn jQuery.

   However, if you like challenges and puzzles this is an excellent book as it provides real life examples of “What’s wrong with this picture?” (Why won’t the example run.)

   Sorry. Cannot recommend.
   Rating: 1 / 5

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