Jeanne reviewed Pro JavaScript Design Patterns by Ross Harmes and Dustin Diaz and gave it 9 out of 10 horseshoes.

All patterns were described clearly and succinctly. There were some real examples as well. At times, it is a bit code heavy -- one example had 1.5 pages of implementation details that had nothing to do with the topic at end. Overall, I think the book was great. If you have a significant amount of JavaScript code, the concepts in this book are critical.

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Jeanne reviewed Ant in Action by Steve Loughran and Erik Hatcher and gave it 8 out of 10 horseshoes.

For those new to Ant, features are clearly described with good examples and good descriptions of "what happens if _____." The flow diagrams helped visualize concepts nicely. ... For those who have been using Ant, there are margin notes about what was added in 1.6/1.7 along with coverage of Ivy. ... I've been using Ant for complex builds for three years and still had a page of take away points from this book. I recommend it for the valuable information and techniques.

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