Modern, accessible, unobtrusive JavaScript explained by means of eight real-world example scripts.

That’s what the cover says about ppk on JavaScript. I have got this book on my bookshelf for a while, but a few days ago I had to do some JavaScript work so this book was a nice tool working on that project.

The cover is quite right about the content of this nice book. Peter-Paul organized the book in the same way as his web site, QuirksMode. Good explanation of the browser support (e.g. the warning ‘Browser incompatibilities ahead’), very useful but this information will be out-dated in a year.

What I like about this book is the structure: just scripts you could write yourself, but with all the explanation about how it works, what to do and better: what not to do. All essential JavaScript ‘basics’ are explained using these scripts as example.

But I also have some points of criticism… what I disliked about the book is mostly the usage of colors. The only color used is the blue on the cover, but that’s it. Source of the scripts is printed in an unreadable gray color and headers would be much better recognizable when a different color was used.
I think this book better for people who know some JavaScript already. In my opinion it’s pretty good, so read to check out yourself…