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I agree. Have you also read "JavaScript: The Good Parts" ?



"JavaScript: The Good Parts" was a great and a very important book back in the day. I am sure it inspired many of the improvements JavaScript has seen since then. But as it has seen these improvements, and as they were many indeed, I am not sure the book is still as relevant as it once was. Or to put it differently: There are many more good parts to JS these days compared to when the book was released :)


As others have stated, The Good Parts is no longer something I'd reccommend. It's more or less the K&R of JavaScript at this point. An interesting historical primer, but it would only serve to confuse a newcomer today, as all of the warts in the language discussed are ancient obsolete history.


nope, looks like a deep cut and will fill in some knowledge gaps i have. thanks for the rec.

another good one for my learning was "secrets of the javascript ninja"


Secrets of the Javascript Ninja is my favorite JS book by far.




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