 2009-01-06 - 50 good pages
Not worth the price. The good part of "The Good Parts" was only about 50 pages.
 2008-12-19 - A good book on an inadequate topic
This is a short, well-written book that covers its topic, JavaScript, beautifully. Sadly, JavaScript is not a topic worthy of its own book.
With such limited built-in libraries and a major browser maker hostile to improving them, JavaScript exists only as a tool for manipulating web browsers. The challenges faced by JS programmers do not include language issues such as dynamic scoping or functions-as-objects, but the nonsensical, incompatible, browser document object models (DOMs).
As a book about the good parts of JavaScript, the DOM is not covered. Sadly, its not the good parts we need a book on.
 2008-12-09 - Brilliant book
If you already know that you need to escape a for each with hasOwnProperties, this book is not for you.
If, on the other hand, you're an experienced programmer who's just realizing that you need to get serious about JavaScript, this is a book you should have on your shelf next to the Rhino book by Flanagan. I've probably read mine about as much as the K&R book when I started on C.
2008-12-02 - Underwhelming
There just isn't enough unique content in this book for it to stand alone and be sold at the book's cover price. To be fair, there's some good content in the book (some), but just not enough to be worthwhile. This entire book could've been a series of blog entries, or perhaps a section in an updated edition of the Rhino book.
I wouldn't recommend buying this book. However, if you're intent on getting a copy, look for used copies or copies at bargain prices (less than $10).
 2008-11-24 - A good book
It is easy to write bad code in javascript. This book helps you to avoid potential pitfalls and write clean and structured code.
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