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Given the publication date of May 2008, isn't "JavaScript The good parts" deeply outdated at this point? Would you still give it to a beginner?
by mxschumacher 6y ago
Given the publication date of May 2008, isn't "JavaScript The good parts" deeply outdated at this point? Would you still give it to a beginner?
- nogabebop23 6y agoI would not give it to a beginner, but definitely to an intermediate-plus developer from a non-JS background. The best parts are the reasonable but strong opinions and the admittance of very bad parts. The code is less valuable today but as mentioned above, still runs fine. Today this book makes a good companion but not a great single source reference.
- hajile 6y agoIt's a subset of modern JS, but a subset you cannot escape from as all modern features are layered on top of it.