Beginning JavaScript (4th edition) [Repost]

Step-by-step guidance to creating powerful web apps with JavaScript
JavaScript allows you to enhance your web pages and web applications by providing dynamic, personalized, and interactive content. Serving as a great introduction to JavaScript, this book offers all you need to start using JavaScript on your web pages right away. It's fully updated and covers utilizing JavaScript with the latest versions of the Internet Explorer®, Firefox®, and Safari® browsers.
Walks you through the basics of JavaScript: what it is, how it works, and what you can do with it
Covers the various tools needed to create JavaScript web applications
Escorts you through selecting a single character from a string, converting character codes to a string, and copying string parts
Shows you how to join arrays, copy parts of an array, sort arrays, and reverse an array's order
Explains how using a JavaScript framework (such as jQuery, Prototype, and MooTools) makes JavaScript programming faster and more efficient
Offers an in-depth look at Ajax
Reviews common mistakes, debugging, and error handling