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I think a really good addition to the blog post would be a link to an article/blog post that explains more in-depth the different topics shown. For instance, wh
by Oculus 13y ago
I think a really good addition to the blog post would be a link to an article/blog post that explains more in-depth the different topics shown. For instance, when you discussed Objects, a link to http://javascriptissexy.com/javascript-objects-in-detail/ http://javascriptissexy.com/javascript-objects-in-detail/ would have been very useful. Javascript has a lot of weird edge cases and peculiarities that newcomers should read about.
Other than that, awesome post. I always love just seeing the code vs. reading about it in a book. I find it's easier to learn that way, especially when the language you're coming from has a lot of similarities.
EDIT: To clarify, I have no affiliation with 'JS is Sexy', I just think the lessons/tutorials Richard Bovell writes are awesome!
- kalid 13y ago(Author here) Thanks for the feedback! I originally wrote this in 2007 when I was diving into Javascript to build instacalc.com. I agree with the examples vs. trying to read in a book. Books often get in their own way, trying to overgeneralize: just show me the code! If I already know how to program, having 5-10 reference examples of every language feature should be enough. You don't need to explain what a conditional is, etc. I'll put in a link to that object deep dive :).