JavaScript & JQuery, by Jon Duckett, is perhaps the most elegant, visually engaging book you can learn JavaScript from. This is part of Lifehacker’s book review series.

Forget dry references and cheesy examples. This beautifully designed visual guide takes you from the basics to sophisticated JavaScript techniques for making websites interactive and engaging in a ...

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It covers JavaScript along with the more advanced AJAX. This book starts with the basics and provides practical examples that can be tried with most Web browsers and servers.