Most programming languages contain good and bad parts, but JavaScript has more than its share of the bad, having been developed and released in a hurry before it could be refined. This authoritative book scrapes away these bad features to reveal a subset of JavaScript that's more reliable, readable, and maintainable than the language as a whole-a s[Read More]

Get past all the hype about PHP and dig into the real power of the language. PHP: The Good Parts gives you a look at the most useful features of PHP, and explains how you can speed up the web development process with them. You'll learn why the most commonly used PHP features are often misused or misapplied, and which features add strength to object[Read More]