JavaScript and JQuery_ Interactive Front-End Web Development (2014) – by Jon Duckett

This book clearly explains with beautiful 4-color illustrations and well-stated examples, the jargon of programming, addressing the vocabulary without making it a prerequisite for readers. Duckett speaks directly to readers, making this an invaluable resource.

Duckett ensures you will quickly be writing your own working scripts by applying responsive design techniques, leveraging APIs to save you time and work in coding, and identifying when to use CSS transforms over pure JavaScript. Yet the book doesn’t assume you have experience in either JavaScript or jQuery. By making use of popular jQuery plugins, Duckett illustrates techniques that would require pages upon pages of detailed explanation if you were being taught to create the plugins yourself.

Completely accessible to those who feel intimidated by the subject matter and relevant to all front-end designers and developers who need to understand JavaScript.