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Four Books to Master JavaScript Engineering

78 points by dannygarcia 13y ago

renownedmedia 13y ago
Should have left those affiliate links in ;)
chadillac 13y ago
CODE is a book I recommend to tons of people, such a great read, can't recommend it enough. From EE starters to CS to the curious observer, tons of great information delivered in an enjoyable way.
- deleted 13y ago
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WillPiner 13y ago
Eloquent JavaScript got me through the basics.
minusSeven 13y ago
Of the 4 books on Javascript 3 are not even on Javascript !
- hamidr 13y ago
  I guess that's why he is calling it js engineering?
platz 13y ago
"it can be daunting because the examples are written in Java." not sure why Java is a problem for teaching algorithms.
raganwald 13y ago
Mastering "engineering" in a language and maximizing your interview "performance" are loosely coupled at best. Also, leave the affiliate links in. Those who care to remove them know how to change the affiliate code to benefit their favourite charity.
shadowcats 13y ago
I would of course add "The good parts" by Crockford to the list. But maybe that is just par for the language course, before one even starts to wants to master Engineering :) JavaScript: The Good Parts - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596517742/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0596517742&linkCode=as2&tag=shadowcats-20 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596517742/ref=as_li_ss_tl?... Here's a few other good ones: Functional JavaScript: Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449360726/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1449360726&linkCode=as2&tag=shadowcats-20 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449360726/ref=as_li_ss_tl?... Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193398869X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=193398869X&linkCode=as2&tag=shadowcats-20 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193398869X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?... Javascript Allongé (free to read online) - https://leanpub.com/javascript-allonge https://leanpub.com/javascript-allonge Javascript Spessore (free to read online, but currently work in progress) - https://leanpub.com/javascript-spessore https://leanpub.com/javascript-spessore Here's a good one about Angular, my favorite framework: Mastering Web Application Development with AngularJS - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1782161821/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1782161821&linkCode=as2&tag=shadowcats-20 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1782161821/ref=as_li_ss_tl?... I would of course also recommend the Egghead videos for any Angular aficionados: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP6DbQBkn9ymGQh2qpk9ImLHdSH5T7yw7 http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP6DbQBkn9ymGQh2qpk9Im... PS. The Amazon links are affiliate links.
- drallison 13y ago
  No one should do anything serious without having read Doug Crockford's Javascript: the good parts. There is a nice OO -language hiding in the closet.
akbar501 13y ago
1. Async JavaScript: Build More Responsive Apps with Less Code http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AKM4RVG/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AKM4RVG/ref=kinw_myk_ro_... Any serious JS dev needs to master async. 2. Functional JavaScript: Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D624AQO/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D624AQO/ref=kinw_myk_ro_... While the book uses Underscore, that's not its focus. A good understanding of functional programming and when it can be useful is a valuable skill.
- adregan 13y ago
  I was just searching this morning for a good resource to read on functional programming in Javascript. I guess I was just lazily searching because that title is spot on. Thanks. Any good functional reactive programming books?
ojr 13y ago
Im taking a free coursera course on Algorithms with Robert Sedgewick, much more better than the CS courses I took at a "good" CS school
hugofirth 13y ago
Does anyone have any thoughts on recommendation No# 4 ("Algorithms (4th Edition) by Robert Sedgewick & Kevin Wayne") vs my personal favourite algorithms reference: CLRS[1]. I love CLRS but am always up for increasing my knowledge base when it comes to algorithms. Has anyone read both? [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Algorithms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Algorithms
vvvVVVvvv 13y ago
"I’ve removed the referral from these Amazon links for your benefit." Hmmm yeah, sure.
- octopus 13y ago
  I see no problem if the guys has referrals on his website. Last time I checked webhosting was not exactly free. But you are free to not click on his Amazon links.
hopfog 13y ago
I can highly recommend "Professional JavaScript for Web Developers" by Nicholas C. Zakas. It's almost a thousand pages but I read it cover to cover. It explains all aspects of JavaScript in a very clear and concise way and contains the best description of the prototype chain and inheritance in JS I've ever read.
wila 13y ago
As we are plugging somebody else's books... I can throw in a book that a friend of mine is a co-author on "Ext JS in action version 2" which I heard has just materialized. Linky below: http://www.manning.com/garcia3/ http://www.manning.com/garcia3/
kabdib 13y ago
Don't read _Design Patterns_ as a novice. It will hurt you. Or, if you have to read it, please realize that everything does not need a factory, and you almost certainly don't want to have nested and indirect factories (I have three letters for you that should be terrifying: COM), and that not every piece of code you write needs to be from The Book of Patterns, and in fact if you do find yourself leafing through TBoP in search of a pattern to use, you're going about things all wrong and your cow-orkers will hate you and string you up for Pattern Abuse and the best thing that can happen is that you'll look at your code six months from now and say to yourself, "Ewwww, this crap has got to go."
- hackerboos 13y ago
  Head First Design Patterns is good for novices.
brickcap 13y ago
It is not really a book but I find resources on mdn very helpful https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/learn/javascript https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/learn/javascript Besides tutorials on mdn they have included links to some of the best javascript resources on the internet and classified them according to the level of the individual. It was very helpful when I was starting out in javascript and I still go back time to time to refresh some concepts
MadMaddie 13y ago
It's quite irritating to see how loosely the term "engineering" is applied nowadays. Please.
illamint 13y ago
Surprised to see no mention of "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide" (http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596805531.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596805531.do). It's a big, heavy book but it's what really pushed me to a higher level of JS understanding.
quarterwave 13y ago
Any recommendations for resources to improve one's Javascript code running on the back-end, for example node.js/V8 or vert.x/JVM. Specifically: (i) how to leverage Javascript to write better networking code (e,g; cluster, websockets, etc), and (ii) for number crunching on the server-side, should the relevant code be written from scratch in functional Javascript, or is it better to fork a process that runs (say) Julia code?

78 points by dannygarcia 13y ago

Should have left those affiliate links in ;)

CODE is a book I recommend to tons of people, such a great read, can't recommend it enough. From EE starters to CS to the curious observer, tons of great information delivered in an enjoyable way.

deleted 13y ago
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WillPiner 13y ago

Eloquent JavaScript got me through the basics.

minusSeven 13y ago

Of the 4 books on Javascript 3 are not even on Javascript !

hamidr 13y ago
I guess that's why he is calling it js engineering?

platz 13y ago

"it can be daunting because the examples are written in Java." not sure why Java is a problem for teaching algorithms.

raganwald 13y ago

Mastering "engineering" in a language and maximizing your interview "performance" are loosely coupled at best. Also, leave the affiliate links in. Those who care to remove them know how to change the affiliate code to benefit their favourite charity.

shadowcats 13y ago

I would of course add "The good parts" by Crockford to the list. But maybe that is just par for the language course, before one even starts to wants to master Engineering :) JavaScript: The Good Parts - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596517742/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0596517742&linkCode=as2&tag=shadowcats-20 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596517742/ref=as_li_ss_tl?... Here's a few other good ones: Functional JavaScript: Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449360726/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1449360726&linkCode=as2&tag=shadowcats-20 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449360726/ref=as_li_ss_tl?... Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193398869X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=193398869X&linkCode=as2&tag=shadowcats-20 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193398869X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?... Javascript Allongé (free to read online) - https://leanpub.com/javascript-allonge https://leanpub.com/javascript-allonge Javascript Spessore (free to read online, but currently work in progress) - https://leanpub.com/javascript-spessore https://leanpub.com/javascript-spessore Here's a good one about Angular, my favorite framework: Mastering Web Application Development with AngularJS - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1782161821/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1782161821&linkCode=as2&tag=shadowcats-20 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1782161821/ref=as_li_ss_tl?... I would of course also recommend the Egghead videos for any Angular aficionados: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP6DbQBkn9ymGQh2qpk9ImLHdSH5T7yw7 http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP6DbQBkn9ymGQh2qpk9Im... PS. The Amazon links are affiliate links.

drallison 13y ago
No one should do anything serious without having read Doug Crockford's Javascript: the good parts. There is a nice OO -language hiding in the closet.

akbar501 13y ago

1. Async JavaScript: Build More Responsive Apps with Less Code http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AKM4RVG/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AKM4RVG/ref=kinw_myk_ro_... Any serious JS dev needs to master async. 2. Functional JavaScript: Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D624AQO/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D624AQO/ref=kinw_myk_ro_... While the book uses Underscore, that's not its focus. A good understanding of functional programming and when it can be useful is a valuable skill.

adregan 13y ago
I was just searching this morning for a good resource to read on functional programming in Javascript. I guess I was just lazily searching because that title is spot on. Thanks. Any good functional reactive programming books?

ojr 13y ago

Im taking a free coursera course on Algorithms with Robert Sedgewick, much more better than the CS courses I took at a "good" CS school

hugofirth 13y ago

Does anyone have any thoughts on recommendation No# 4 ("Algorithms (4th Edition) by Robert Sedgewick & Kevin Wayne") vs my personal favourite algorithms reference: CLRS[1]. I love CLRS but am always up for increasing my knowledge base when it comes to algorithms. Has anyone read both? [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Algorithms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Algorithms

vvvVVVvvv 13y ago

"I’ve removed the referral from these Amazon links for your benefit." Hmmm yeah, sure.

octopus 13y ago
I see no problem if the guys has referrals on his website. Last time I checked webhosting was not exactly free. But you are free to not click on his Amazon links.

hopfog 13y ago

I can highly recommend "Professional JavaScript for Web Developers" by Nicholas C. Zakas. It's almost a thousand pages but I read it cover to cover. It explains all aspects of JavaScript in a very clear and concise way and contains the best description of the prototype chain and inheritance in JS I've ever read.

wila 13y ago

As we are plugging somebody else's books... I can throw in a book that a friend of mine is a co-author on "Ext JS in action version 2" which I heard has just materialized. Linky below: http://www.manning.com/garcia3/ http://www.manning.com/garcia3/

kabdib 13y ago

Don't read _Design Patterns_ as a novice. It will hurt you. Or, if you have to read it, please realize that everything does not need a factory, and you almost certainly don't want to have nested and indirect factories (I have three letters for you that should be terrifying: COM), and that not every piece of code you write needs to be from The Book of Patterns, and in fact if you do find yourself leafing through TBoP in search of a pattern to use, you're going about things all wrong and your cow-orkers will hate you and string you up for Pattern Abuse and the best thing that can happen is that you'll look at your code six months from now and say to yourself, "Ewwww, this crap has got to go."

hackerboos 13y ago
Head First Design Patterns is good for novices.

brickcap 13y ago

It is not really a book but I find resources on mdn very helpful https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/learn/javascript https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/learn/javascript Besides tutorials on mdn they have included links to some of the best javascript resources on the internet and classified them according to the level of the individual. It was very helpful when I was starting out in javascript and I still go back time to time to refresh some concepts

MadMaddie 13y ago

It's quite irritating to see how loosely the term "engineering" is applied nowadays. Please.

illamint 13y ago

Surprised to see no mention of "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide" (http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596805531.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596805531.do). It's a big, heavy book but it's what really pushed me to a higher level of JS understanding.

quarterwave 13y ago

Any recommendations for resources to improve one's Javascript code running on the back-end, for example node.js/V8 or vert.x/JVM. Specifically: (i) how to leverage Javascript to write better networking code (e,g; cluster, websockets, etc), and (ii) for number crunching on the server-side, should the relevant code be written from scratch in functional Javascript, or is it better to fork a process that runs (say) Julia code?