(Ebook) jQuery in Action by Bear Bibeault, Yehuda Katz ISBN 9781935182320, 1935182323

(Ebook) jQuery in Action by Bear Bibeault, Yehuda Katz ISBN 9781935182320, 1935182323

Here's why I gave this book a 5-star rating
1. I was new to JQuery, and they did a fantastic job of explaining it in very simple terms, without muddling it with unwanted details (like you try to pick up a new technology and wham! - you're hit with a dozen other related technologies that you don't care about right now)
2. Each chapter builds on the previous one.
3. When you get to Events, they've done a fantastic job of explaining the inner workings of JavaScript in the appendix. This makes understanding JQuery events a lot easier.
4. The examples are great. Where possible, the authors talk about real world situations.
One thing I'd improve on
1. Some topics are discussed too much in detail. For a beginner wanting to get his/her hands dirty with code, there's way too much covered. This is good if someone wants to build a rich client interface application, but an overkill when a majority of us are looking to enhance our website and cut down on javascript code. But again, there's not one book that can satisfy everyone, and I'll take the extra details anytime, than a poorly written book.
My advice: If you are a novice with JQuery, but this book.