Category Archives: Book Reviews

Book Review / Overview: “High Performance JavaScript” by Nicholas C. Zakas

Posted on February 13, 2012 by squdgy

Review: I finally got a chance to finish reading “High Performance JavaScript”. This has been on my to do list for almost a year. I bought the book after seeing an online video of Nicholas Zakas speaking about JavaScript performance, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “Using the HTML5 Filesystem API” by Eric Bidelman

Posted on October 27, 2011 by squdgy

Review: “Using the HTML5 Filesystem API” is a good read. It’s small, but concise, and the perfect size (for me). The book covers the evolving specification that is the HTML5 FileSystem API. It isn’t implemented in every browser but does … Continue reading →

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Book Review / Overview: “JavaScript Web Applications” by Alex MacCaw

Posted on September 20, 2011 by squdgy

Review:   Wow. This book covers so much content that it could easily have been split into 2, 3, or maybe even 4 books. It is a book on building applications, not web sites (though many of the techniques would … Continue reading →

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Book Review / Overview: “Java: The Good Parts” by Jim Waldo

Posted on August 19, 2011 by squdgy

Review: I’ve been programming in Java for many years, and I feel that I’m reasonably proficient at it, but I’m always looking to improve my skills and gain deeper understanding of the tools and technologies I depend on. I was … Continue reading →

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Book Review / Overview: “Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps” by Josh Clark

Posted on June 16, 2011 by squdgy

Review: I read Josh Clark’s book earlier this year.  The introduction included the perfect quote to describe what this book was about: “This book teaches you how to “think iPhone.” It isn’t a programming book. It’s not a marketing book. … Continue reading →

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Book Review / Overview: “EXT JS In Action” by Jesus Garcia

Posted on April 26, 2011 by squdgy

Review: Ext JS by Sencha is a terrific JavaScript framework for building Rich Internet Applications (http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/). I’ve been using Ext JS since version 1.x, and do some pretty advanced stuff with it, so this is not a newbie review. To … Continue reading →

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Book Review / Overview: “Azure in Action” by Chris Hay and Brian H. Prince

Posted on February 9, 2011 by squdgy

Review I read “Azure in Action” in November of 2010 (during my travel to/from PDC), but am just going over it again now. I’ve been dipping my toe in Azure for something like 15 months now, but dipping is as … Continue reading →

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Book Review / Overview: “HTML5 and CSS3” by Brian P. Hogan

Posted on January 21, 2011 by squdgy

Review: I’ve just finished reading “HTML5 and CSS3” by Brian P. Hogan (http://www.bphogan.com/) and The Pragmatic Bookshelf. I’m not new to HTML and I’ve even read another book on HTML5, but I really learned a lot from this book, and … Continue reading →

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Book Review / Overview: “HTML5: Up and Running” by Mark Pilgrim

Posted on December 23, 2010 by squdgy

Review: I’ve just finished reading “HTML5: Up and Running” by Mark Pilgrim (http://diveintohtml5.org/). I liked the book, as it’s a good introduction to the new features of HTML5, and even broken down the way I wanted it to be, i.e. … Continue reading →

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