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Market_Desc: The reader should be already familiar with basic modern web development including (X)HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Special Features: " JavaScript is a must-know web language and is increasingly the foundation of new web development technologies such as Ajax, and JSON" Books on JavaScript and related technologies continue to sell well in a variety of channels" JavaScript frameworks are increasingly being used by developers to save time and for code reuse" Author team represent some of the best in the business -- all prolific bloggers and well --known in the web development community About The Book: As JavaScript is used increasingly for serious development on the web, the lessons learned and tools invented along the way are being consolidated and shared by developers in the form of libraries and frameworks. However, since JavaScript is such flexible and dynamic language, these frameworks can each present very different approach to the problems of web development - each with their own pros and cons. Wrox's Professional JavaScript Frameworks offers an examination of some of the top JavaScript frameworks available, with practical examples and explanations of what each does best.Inside, the authors have assembled a collection of the most active and most used JavaScript frameworks and have identified the common web development tasks addressed by each, and how each framework approaches that set of tasks. In addition, they show you how to use the unique features of each framework, as well as how to avoid any potential pitfalls through the implementation of practical examples with a heavy dose of code.Complete source code and examples at Wrox.com.