The layout of this book absolutely blew me away. The whitespace and pictures that I had originally been skeptical about really made a huge difference in the readability of Morrison's work. Many technical manuals are densely packed with a lot of information, generally too much for beginners. This book is very beginner friendly. I'd even recommend this book to my techie friends who want to learn Javascript.
The only fault I could find in this manual was that it was not as densely packed with information as I'm used to in a technical book. When I finished, I felt like I was missing some things. But this is a minor complaint, and I doubt anyone who didn't already know Javascript would even notice. The missing material, by the way, was all optional material that I've rarely, if ever, used in an actual program.
If you are new to Javascript and want a gentle introduction to the language, I couldn't recommend this book more highly. If you need a Javascript reference manual, however, then this is not the book for you. Head First Javascript is a marvelous introduction to programming in Javascript for anyone who wants to learn the language.
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