Yet this book gave me real hope. I've been frustrated by online tutorials, and other books; but this one did a really good job of explaining the basics. Before making any speculations, I must put it flat: I have never had programmed in ANY way, until reading that book. I have read this book - it took me about 2 weeks - and than I actually wrote my first JavaScript "program"! How's that for a JavaScript book? Because it is an *absolute novice's* book, please retain that, and I took it that way. So, KNOW where you're standing before buying a programming book: advanced, intermediate, novice, or... Thank you for your timeHopelessI found this book one of the worst teach yourself titles I have ever come across. I would not reccomend this book to someone who wants to learn todays javascript.so - so *yawn*I've purchased a couple books to try and gain a firm understanding of javascript.