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Re: Eloquent JavaScript, Second Edition

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This book needs some serious editing. There is clunky English which native speakers can figure out the gist of it but English as a second or later language would have a problem with. There are parts where I wonder why certain terminology is not explained before using it and other areas where terminology is explained that I assume the reader needed to know before reading this material. Good technical books have a sect…

Could you be more specific about the problems you found? The first few chapters of the book have been edited by three professional editors at this point.

(Clarification: actually, that goes for the first 4 real chapters. The intro chapter might still be a little rough.)

Re: Eloquent JavaScript, Second Edition

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I've been following this book for a while now and I'm pretty thrilled to see its reception here on HN. This book is an excellent introduction to front-end development (and even a little backend since it does include a chapter on Node.js) It has an excellent balance of design patterns and introductory knowledge to attract the new and also seasoned developers who are beginning to look at javascript more seriously. (Thi…

Any idea if this book would be a waste of time if the good parts sunk in easily?
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