I've been out of touch with Javascript for about 5 years. Before that I used to do a little bit of frontend programming. I first learned javascript from "Javascript the good parts", a book by Douglas Crockford. I want to learn it again now. Is there a modern day alternative to the same book. An online resource will also work. The real requirement is that it should be concise and engaging.
Ask HN: A modern day alternative to “JavaScript the good parts”?
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Re: Ask HN: A modern day alternative to “JavaScript the good parts”?
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#3I think JavaScript: The Good Parts is still relevant, you'll just want to supplement it with other resources on ES6, async, etc.
I recommend Kyle Simpson's series You Don't Know JS for understanding in depth.
Eloquent JavaScript by Marijn Haverbeke is a great interactive resource covering the basics: https://eloquentjavascript.net.
For more practical guidance on specific topics I recommend https://egghead.io if you're okay learning from videos.
Re: Ask HN: A modern day alternative to “JavaScript the good parts”?
#4Last week I found an interesting JS book on Amazon: Simplifying JavaScript: Writing Modern JavaScript with ES5, ES6, and Beyond
Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1680502883/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_...
Re: Ask HN: A modern day alternative to “JavaScript the good parts”?
#5Without doubt Kyle Simpson’s You Don’t Know JS. I am going to say not only is this the best book on any programming language, but that it completely changed my understanding of what a teacher and a good intellectual is.
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#6https://watchandcode.com/
Watch and code is from an exgoogler. I wouldn't say its a "Javascript the good parts".
Its closer to Uncle Bobs "Clean Code" with a todomvc tutorial mixed in, with some overlap of YDKJS.
I wrote a short review here. http://vincentmtang.com/2018/05/23/my-review-on-watch-and-co...
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#7I loved Eloquent Javascript [1] by Marijn Haverbeke (who also authored CodeMirror, among other projects) and the in-browser code execution was really inspiring for making a book into a code playground. I read it after years of dipping my toes into programming over and over and found the introduction of fundamentals really concise and refreshing.
Re: Ask HN: A modern day alternative to “JavaScript the good parts”?
#8https://javascript.info is a good free resource.
Re: Ask HN: A modern day alternative to “JavaScript the good parts”?
#9Without doubt Kyle Simpson’s You Don’t Know JS. I am going to say not only is this the best book on any programming language, but that it completely changed my understanding of what a teacher and a good intellectual is.
Just took a look at the ES6 portion of that. I did not realise how much I didn't know! Great stuff :-) Thanks for the recommendation.
Re: Ask HN: A modern day alternative to “JavaScript the good parts”?
#10I think JavaScript: The Good Parts is still relevant, you'll just want to supplement it with other resources on ES6, async, etc. I recommend Kyle Simpson's series You Don't Know JS for understanding in depth. Eloquent JavaScript by Marijn Haverbeke is a great interactive resource covering the basics: https://eloquentjavascript.net . For more practical guidance on specific topics I recommend https://egghead.io if you'…
I wasn't a newcomer to JS when I started working with ES6, but it had been a while so I picked up The Good Parts as a primer. It was still quite useful and I was able to (I think) pick up all the new ES6+ syntax more easily because of it.