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Hi all
I've read and enjoyed both "JavaScript: The Good Parts" and "High Performance JavaScript", and I'd like to take my reading to the next level. I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about "The Definitive Guide" - the latest edition's pretty old too (although I hear at some point there's going to be a new edition).
a very educating book. although the first half won't teach you a lot of new things about JS, it is going to teach you how to be a better js programmer.
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Nick Morgan <skilldr...@gmail.com> wrote: > [I sent this message to the old list - don't know whether it got through > and nobody answered, whether it got through and people answered but I didn't > get the answers, or if it just didn't get through. Let's try again...]
> Hi all
> I've read and enjoyed both "JavaScript: The Good Parts" and "High > Performance JavaScript", and I'd like to take my reading to the next level. > I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about "The Definitive Guide" - the latest > edition's pretty old too (although I hear at some point there's going to be > a new edition).
Professional JavaScript for Web Developers by Nicholas Zakas (I heard there's a new version in the making) Object Oriented JavaScript by Stoyan Stefanov (I heard a new version is coming up) Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja by John Resig (still in the making, available as MEAP on Manning site)
Lastly, Christophe Porteneuve who happens to be one of our mentors and a Prototype team member just released Pragmatic Guide to JavaScript<http://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Guide-JavaScript-Guides/dp/1934356670...>. I've not read it yet but I trust his skills and feel like it will be a good book.
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Nick Morgan <skilldr...@gmail.com> wrote: > [I sent this message to the old list - don't know whether it got through > and nobody answered, whether it got through and people answered but I didn't > get the answers, or if it just didn't get through. Let's try again...]
> Hi all
> I've read and enjoyed both "JavaScript: The Good Parts" and "High > Performance JavaScript", and I'd like to take my reading to the next level. > I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about "The Definitive Guide" - the latest > edition's pretty old too (although I hear at some point there's going to be > a new edition).
+1 to Zackas' Professional JavaScript, specially the chapters 4 (variable, scope and memory), 6 (OOP), 18 (advanced techniques)... - the chapters about DOM and Events are also helpful if you don't have experience with front-end dev and browsers discrepancies.
one thing to keep in mind is that it isn't a book for complete beginners developers or "very experienced" javascript developers, but I think it is an excellent book for someone who is coming from another language (even without any JS knowledge) or someone who want to take his JS skills to the next level, since it's pretty theoretical and explain how things work and not just how to use it.
prototypical inheritance only became clear in my mind after reading chapter 6, I knew what it was but I didn't knew how to use it in my favor.. - I came from a classical-inheritance background (AS3/PHP5) so the prototype concept was a little awkward to me. - having the diagrams and multiple different patterns helped a lot to understand how it works and how to solve some problems related with the prototype chain...
based on the table of contents, Stoyan's JavaScript Patterns seems pretty good (it's on my wish list..) but it's only focused on the language itself and not on browser-related APIs, both books have different purposes, try to decide what is more important for you right now...
> wrote: > +1 to Zackas' Professional JavaScript, specially the chapters 4 (variable, > scope and memory), 6 (OOP), 18 (advanced techniques)... - the chapters about > DOM and Events are also helpful if you don't have experience with front-end > dev and browsers discrepancies.
> one thing to keep in mind is that it isn't a book for complete beginners > developers or "very experienced" javascript developers, but I think it is an > excellent book for someone who is coming from another language (even without > any JS knowledge) or someone who want to take his JS skills to the next > level, since it's pretty theoretical and explain how things work and not > just how to use it.
> prototypical inheritance only became clear in my mind after reading chapter > 6, I knew what it was but I didn't knew how to use it in my favor.. - I came > from a classical-inheritance background (AS3/PHP5) so the prototype concept > was a little awkward to me. - having the diagrams and multiple different > patterns helped a lot to understand how it works and how to solve some > problems related with the prototype chain...
> based on the table of contents, Stoyan's JavaScript Patterns seems pretty > good (it's on my wish list..) but it's only focused on the language itself > and not on browser-related APIs, both books have different purposes, try to > decide what is more important for you right now...
> cheers.
> -- > Miller Medeiros | blog.millermedeiros.com
> -- > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jsment...@jsmentors.com/
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:01 AM, Nick Morgan <skilldr...@gmail.com> wrote: > [I sent this message to the old list - don't know whether it got through > and nobody answered, whether it got through and people answered but I didn't > get the answers, or if it just didn't get through. Let's try again...]
> Hi all
> I've read and enjoyed both "JavaScript: The Good Parts" and "High > Performance JavaScript", and I'd like to take my reading to the next level. > I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about "The Definitive Guide" - the latest > edition's pretty old too (although I hear at some point there's going to be > a new edition).
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Miller Medeiros < > lis...@millermedeiros.com> wrote:
>> +1 to Zackas' Professional JavaScript, specially the chapters 4 (variable, >> scope and memory), 6 (OOP), 18 (advanced techniques)... - the chapters about >> DOM and Events are also helpful if you don't have experience with front-end >> dev and browsers discrepancies.
>> one thing to keep in mind is that it isn't a book for complete beginners >> developers or "very experienced" javascript developers, but I think it is an >> excellent book for someone who is coming from another language (even without >> any JS knowledge) or someone who want to take his JS skills to the next >> level, since it's pretty theoretical and explain how things work and not >> just how to use it.
>> prototypical inheritance only became clear in my mind after reading >> chapter 6, I knew what it was but I didn't knew how to use it in my favor.. >> - I came from a classical-inheritance background (AS3/PHP5) so the prototype >> concept was a little awkward to me. - having the diagrams and multiple >> different patterns helped a lot to understand how it works and how to solve >> some problems related with the prototype chain...
>> based on the table of contents, Stoyan's JavaScript Patterns seems pretty >> good (it's on my wish list..) but it's only focused on the language itself >> and not on browser-related APIs, both books have different purposes, try to >> decide what is more important for you right now...
>> cheers.
>> -- >> Miller Medeiros | blog.millermedeiros.com
>> -- >> To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/jsment...@jsmentors.com/
> Professional JavaScript for Web Developers by Nicholas Zakas (I heard
> there's a new version in the making)
> Object Oriented JavaScript by Stoyan Stefanov (I heard a new version is
> coming up)
> Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja by John Resig (still in the making,
> available as MEAP on Manning site)
> An excellent book, covers a lot of practices that should be known by > all JavaScript programmers
> On Dec 14, 1:16 pm, Adrian Olaru <agol...@gmail.com> wrote: >> IMO the next book you should read is
>> JavaScript Patterns by Stoyan Stefanov.
>> Other good books are:
>> Professional JavaScript for Web Developers by Nicholas Zakas (I heard >> there's a new version in the making) >> Object Oriented JavaScript by Stoyan Stefanov (I heard a new version is >> coming up) >> Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja by John Resig (still in the making, >> available as MEAP on Manning site)
>> Cheers, >> Adrian
> -- > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/jsment...@jsmentors.com/
For a holistic view, I generally recommend Eloquent JavaScript: http://eloquentjavascript.net/ it dives into many aspects that arent covered by the others.
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Andy Wenk <a...@nms.de> wrote: > Hi,
> I can really recommend JavaScript Patterns by Stoyan Stefanov. One of > the best JS books I read so far.
> Cheers
> Andy
> On 15 December 2010 10:01, MRoderick <mor...@roderick.dk> wrote: > > +1 for JavaScript Patterns
> > An excellent book, covers a lot of practices that should be known by > > all JavaScript programmers
> > On Dec 14, 1:16 pm, Adrian Olaru <agol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> IMO the next book you should read is
> >> JavaScript Patterns by Stoyan Stefanov.
> >> Other good books are:
> >> Professional JavaScript for Web Developers by Nicholas Zakas (I heard > >> there's a new version in the making) > >> Object Oriented JavaScript by Stoyan Stefanov (I heard a new version is > >> coming up) > >> Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja by John Resig (still in the making, > >> available as MEAP on Manning site)
> >> Cheers, > >> Adrian
> > -- > > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jsment...@jsmentors.com/
> Lastly, Christophe Porteneuve who happens to be one of our mentors and a > Prototype team member just released Pragmatic Guide to JavaScript<http://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Guide-JavaScript-Guides/dp/1934356670...>. > I've not read it yet but I trust his skills and feel like it will be a good > book.
> Rey...
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Nick Morgan <skilldr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> [I sent this message to the old list - don't know whether it got through >> and nobody answered, whether it got through and people answered but I didn't >> get the answers, or if it just didn't get through. Let's try again...]
>> Hi all
>> I've read and enjoyed both "JavaScript: The Good Parts" and "High >> Performance JavaScript", and I'd like to take my reading to the next level. >> I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about "The Definitive Guide" - the latest >> edition's pretty old too (although I hear at some point there's going to be >> a new edition).
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:01 AM, Nick Morgan <skilldr...@gmail.com> wrote: > [I sent this message to the old list - don't know whether it got through and > nobody answered, whether it got through and people answered but I didn't get > the answers, or if it just didn't get through. Let's try again...] > Hi all > I've read and enjoyed both "JavaScript: The Good Parts" and "High > Performance JavaScript", and I'd like to take my reading to the next level. > I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about "The Definitive Guide" - the latest > edition's pretty old too (although I hear at some point there's going to be > a new edition). > Any ideas for JavaScript books? > Cheers > -- > Nick Morgan > http://skilldrick.co.uk > @skilldrick
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