Your second paragraph is nonsense. Any JS expert should be able to understand every point made in that book, by the very definition of expert. Your third parag

Your second paragraph is nonsense. Any JS expert should be able to understand every point made in that book, by the very definition of expert. Your third paragraph is completely sensible however. The Good Parts is horrible if you're a beginner programmer, and I'd definitely recommend against it. But if you have a CS degree or years of programming experience, it should not cause you trouble - it's a great, terse intro to JS that'll get you up and running in no time. The worst book to learn from is JavaScript: The Definitive Guide [1]. It's unnecessarily lengthy (1000+ pages!) and attempting to learn from that has dissuaded more colleagues from JS than I care to remember. [1] http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596805531.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596805531.do