The original version is one of the readings that I suggest for experienced engineers on our team who are new to working with JavaScript.
Eloquent JavaScript, Second Edition
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Re: Eloquent JavaScript, Second Edition
#12Mobi or epub version anyone?
CLick on the link to purchase, you can buy a mobi or epub version, or a bundle with the printed book (not ready yet)
Re: Eloquent JavaScript, Second Edition
#13This is the best Javascript tutorial out there, and I was eagerly looking forward to this update. From glancing at the text, however, it seems that it doesn't cover the very significant upgrades introduced by ECMAScript 6 "Harmony".
Seeing that the standard is already being finalized towards a release in 4 months[1], this seems like an unfortunate omission in an otherwise top-notch text.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript#ECMAScript_Harmony_....
Re: Eloquent JavaScript, Second Edition
#14In regards to the book's online version, I like how it has code examples that one can edit and run inline among the book's text. I often find myself, while reading a book on a particular language, opening up a new project in an IDE or a REPL in order to fiddle around with what the book it trying to teach. This makes it much more fluid. It was a pleasant surprise. It is a nice concept I have not previously seen done.…
If you like Python, check out How To Think Like A Computer Scientist (http://interactivepython.org). It's aimed at introductory CS classes, but the inline interactivity is pretty cool! (Shameless plug: a couple of my professors developed this, and I spent last summer contributing to it).
Re: Eloquent JavaScript, Second Edition
#15I've been wanting to read this. Sweet: https://gist.github.com/g-P/cbdfd4a4b982ba8fa04b
Re: Eloquent JavaScript, Second Edition
#16Mobi or epub version anyone?
The sources (https://github.com/marijnh/Eloquent-JavaScript) are written in ASCIIdoc which has an epub export. So it should be easy to build one yourself.
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#17I thoroughly enjoyed the first edition, looking forward to this.
Re: Eloquent JavaScript, Second Edition
#18In regards to the book's online version, I like how it has code examples that one can edit and run inline among the book's text. I often find myself, while reading a book on a particular language, opening up a new project in an IDE or a REPL in order to fiddle around with what the book it trying to teach. This makes it much more fluid. It was a pleasant surprise. It is a nice concept I have not previously seen done.…
If you like Python, check out How To Think Like A Computer Scientist ( http://interactivepython.org ). It's aimed at introductory CS classes, but the inline interactivity is pretty cool! (Shameless plug: a couple of my professors developed this, and I spent last summer contributing to it).
For those who don't like Python, and want to think like a real computer scientist check out Interactive SICP (http://xuanji.appspot.com/isicp/)
It is also aimed at introductory CS classes.
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#19"These ideas were initially worked out in the 1970s and 80s, and, in the 90s, were carried up by a huge wave of hype—the object-oriented programming revolution. Suddenly, there was a large tribe of people declaring that objects were the right way to program, and that anything that did not involve objects was outdated nonsense.
That kind of zealotry always produces a lot of impractical silliness, and there has been a sort of counter-revolution since then. In some circles, objects have a rather bad reputation nowadays."
Eloquent JS, maybe, eloquent writing. Not in this book.
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