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Ask HN: What's a good, intermediate-level JS book?

10 points by mkaziz 13y ago

atom-morgan 13y ago
I'd recommend Eloquent JavaScript. There's also a discussion here on a few books: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7434720 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7434720
quarterwave 13y ago
+1 for the Eloquent book. Has a very nice section on functional programming. Plus, in my opinion, some of the best typesetting I've seen in a technical book. I also learnt a good deal from Stoyan Stefanov's book "Objected-Oriented Javascript", for example closures. I don't know why the book had to have that title, maybe to attract Java/C# developers. Prototypical inheritance is covered in both Eloquent and OOJ. Here is a nice article on the topic: http://beej.us/blog/data/javascript-prototypes-inheritance/ http://beej.us/blog/data/javascript-prototypes-inheritance/ Read more such articles, easier than starting a book.
chewxy 13y ago
As the author of Underhanded JavaScript, I must definitely recommend Eloquent JavaScript and JavaScript Design Patterns. The latter is quite important because the design patterns that Addy talks about actually does patch up a lot of rough spots of JS. And of course, JavaScript the Good Parts is a must. Trust me, go back and re-read JS:TGP, see how much you missed. I re-read it from time to time and always find new stuff. Axel's Speaking JavaScript is pretty good too, and I read his blog, so quality is quite high. But hey, gotta plug my book, so buy Underhanded JavaScript! Why buy it? Because I list some of the most common pitfalls people fall into when writing JavaScript code, as well as the nastier parts of JavaScript, for when you're in a bad mood and feel like thrashing the production server. I'll even show you how you can enable simple DoS via RegExp. EDIT: here's the link with HN coupon. Price was randomly generated between $12.25 and $19.77 http://leanpub.com/underhandedjavascript/c/NackerHews http://leanpub.com/underhandedjavascript/c/NackerHews
lastofus 13y ago
I enjoyed the depth that "Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja" went into. It was written by John Resig, the author of JQuery.

10 points by mkaziz 13y ago

I'd recommend Eloquent JavaScript. There's also a discussion here on a few books: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7434720 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7434720

quarterwave 13y ago

+1 for the Eloquent book. Has a very nice section on functional programming. Plus, in my opinion, some of the best typesetting I've seen in a technical book. I also learnt a good deal from Stoyan Stefanov's book "Objected-Oriented Javascript", for example closures. I don't know why the book had to have that title, maybe to attract Java/C# developers. Prototypical inheritance is covered in both Eloquent and OOJ. Here is a nice article on the topic: http://beej.us/blog/data/javascript-prototypes-inheritance/ http://beej.us/blog/data/javascript-prototypes-inheritance/ Read more such articles, easier than starting a book.

chewxy 13y ago

As the author of Underhanded JavaScript, I must definitely recommend Eloquent JavaScript and JavaScript Design Patterns. The latter is quite important because the design patterns that Addy talks about actually does patch up a lot of rough spots of JS. And of course, JavaScript the Good Parts is a must. Trust me, go back and re-read JS:TGP, see how much you missed. I re-read it from time to time and always find new stuff. Axel's Speaking JavaScript is pretty good too, and I read his blog, so quality is quite high. But hey, gotta plug my book, so buy Underhanded JavaScript! Why buy it? Because I list some of the most common pitfalls people fall into when writing JavaScript code, as well as the nastier parts of JavaScript, for when you're in a bad mood and feel like thrashing the production server. I'll even show you how you can enable simple DoS via RegExp. EDIT: here's the link with HN coupon. Price was randomly generated between $12.25 and $19.77 http://leanpub.com/underhandedjavascript/c/NackerHews http://leanpub.com/underhandedjavascript/c/NackerHews

lastofus 13y ago

I enjoyed the depth that "Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja" went into. It was written by John Resig, the author of JQuery.