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What if I had to Choose Just 3 Books You selection is good but I can't believe that in the "if I could only get three" section, Crockford's the good parts is n

by kls 16y ago

What if I had to Choose Just 3 Books You selection is good but I can't believe that in the "if I could only get three" section, Crockford's the good parts is not #1. I mean it is the seminal work for JavaScript, it should be the first or second book anyone considering doing serious JavaScript should read.

simonsarris 16y ago
I must echo this sentiment and also mention a few non-books that were instrumental for me. For my new job (first out of college) I have read ~5 javascript books cover to cover and flipped through a few more. Crockford's book was by far the most enlightening and made the most immediate impact on my understanding and methods of coding. Second, for me, was John Resig's blog (http://ejohn.org/blog http://ejohn.org/blog) And third I suppose might be looking through the way people have written things on github: https://github.com/nzakas https://github.com/nzakas https://github.com/jquery/jquery https://github.com/jquery/jquery
- mitjak 16y ago
  I will echo your echo, along with a JavaScript tutorial by Resig which I rate at least as highly as The Good Parts: http://ejohn.org/apps/learn/ http://ejohn.org/apps/learn/
reybango 16y ago
@kls: Thanks. Crockford's book is certainly good which is why it was part of the bigger list. For me personally, I much preferred the 3 books I listed because I've found more value to them. Appreciate the feedback though and thank you for reading the post.
pjscott 16y ago
The thing about Crockford's book is that it's short and direct, and gives you the straight dope on how you program in JavaScript. It would be a terrible book for someone first learning to program, but if you know a few programming languages already -- especially something that supports lexically-scoped anonymous functions -- then JS:tGP is something you can read through in an hour or two, and then just start writing JavaScript.

by kls 16y ago

simonsarris 16y ago

I must echo this sentiment and also mention a few non-books that were instrumental for me. For my new job (first out of college) I have read ~5 javascript books cover to cover and flipped through a few more. Crockford's book was by far the most enlightening and made the most immediate impact on my understanding and methods of coding. Second, for me, was John Resig's blog (http://ejohn.org/blog http://ejohn.org/blog) And third I suppose might be looking through the way people have written things on github: https://github.com/nzakas https://github.com/nzakas https://github.com/jquery/jquery https://github.com/jquery/jquery

mitjak 16y ago
I will echo your echo, along with a JavaScript tutorial by Resig which I rate at least as highly as The Good Parts: http://ejohn.org/apps/learn/ http://ejohn.org/apps/learn/

reybango 16y ago

@kls: Thanks. Crockford's book is certainly good which is why it was part of the bigger list. For me personally, I much preferred the 3 books I listed because I've found more value to them. Appreciate the feedback though and thank you for reading the post.

pjscott 16y ago

The thing about Crockford's book is that it's short and direct, and gives you the straight dope on how you program in JavaScript. It would be a terrible book for someone first learning to program, but if you know a few programming languages already -- especially something that supports lexically-scoped anonymous functions -- then JS:tGP is something you can read through in an hour or two, and then just start writing JavaScript.