The Book of JavaScript (2nd edition) by "thau!" (Dave Thau, according to the book's companion website) is a new and comprehensive introduction to the JavaScript language presented in an entertaining, practical format. I was provided a review copy by the publisher, No Starch Press. I have significant practical experience with JavaScript, so I do not consider myself in the target audience for this book; however, I still found much of it useful so it will remain as a valuable reference on my bookshelf.
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Member since:2005-04-01
We post reviews of commercial Operating Systems.
We post reviews of commercial applications.
We post reviews of peripherals, often provided by third party sites with whom we have a relationship.
We post reviews of handhelds and phones.
These things all cost money, so do books. By this silly logic, all articles about Windows and OS X are advertisements. Seriously, people.
Member since:2006-01-16
Well, osnews gets money from Amazon for every sale done after clicking the link from osnews.
So it's a little bit dishonest to compare this with reviews about OSes etc.
Anyway I believe in that the reviewer was trying to be objective and doesn't has this profit in mind, from which he presumably doesn't see anything.
Member since:2006-07-14
Well I wasn't aware that `the last great book about you favourite programming language' was part of the editorial line. Thank you for the clarification.
> We post reviews of commercial Operating Systems.
> We post reviews of commercial applications.
> We post reviews of peripherals, often provided
> by third party sites with whom we have a relationship.
> We post reviews of handhelds and phones.
And I really thank you for giving this insight on technology but I can't remember having read such a review with a direct link to buy the feature.
Edited 2007-02-21 16:34
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2005-06-29
> How is a book review advertising?
Because in the URL there is "osnews" maybe to get commissions on sales, but this is ok, I'm just assuming here.