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“You Don't Know JS” Book Series

173 points by AllThingsSmitty 12y ago

grandalf 12y ago
pdf?
- leddt 12y ago
  Right here: Scope & Closures: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920026327.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920026327.do this & Object Prototypes: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033738.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033738.do Types & Grammar: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033745.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033745.do Async & Performance: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033752.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033752.do
codecondo 12y ago
(Free) JavaScript Books: http://codecondo.com/free-javascript-books/ http://codecondo.com/free-javascript-books/
- AllThingsSmitty 12y ago
  Great resource.
acdanger 12y ago
Scope and Closures was very instrumental for me in capturing some JavaScript's slippery concepts. Recommended.
- louhike 12y ago
  I was going to post the same thing. It is a great book if you have already some basic knowledge of Javascript but want to really understand the language and how to use it.
marknutter 12y ago
Nice double entendre
- _getify 12y ago
  glad you caught the joke. :)
- dalek_cannes 12y ago
  Could it also be rephrased, "You know nothing, JS"?
ksmithbaylor 12y ago
I attended a conference and took an all-day workshop from the author of this series. He covered a lot of the content from his books in the workshop, and it was phenomenal. Highly recommended!
als365 12y ago
I've taken a training class from this guy before in San Francisco. He's pretty cool but he tries to push his own APIs pretty heavily which I found to be pretty annoying. Other than that it was good.
serve_yay 12y ago
Ooh, yes!! I've actually been writing a little something like this myself, but way more incomplete and so on. If you think either function or array is a type in Javascript, you have more to learn. (For example.)
wldcordeiro 12y ago
Is there a bundle pack on the O'Reilly site? Like some kind of discounted buy all together deal?
- _getify 12y ago
  There will be once I get the book series finished (five titles expected). :)
  - wldcordeiro 12y ago
    Ah, well a preorder bundle would be great! Get the two finished ones and the in-progress ones with the fifth pre-ordered!
    - _getify 12y ago
      Thanks for the idea. I'll pass that along to my editors at O'Reilly. :)
canadev 12y ago
Can anyone compare/contrast this with the book Secrets of the Javascript Ninja, by John Resig and Bear Bibeault? I've got a copy of that around that I've been meaning to read for a while.
abhididdigi 12y ago
I read this book a little when it was in its infancy. The author does a good job of explaining the closures
nawitus 12y ago
Ah, I didn't know that JavaScript has labeled statements.
fuzzywalrus 12y ago
Very cool, I remember this was a kickstarter project. Glad to see it in completion. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/getify/you-dont-know-js-book-series https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/getify/you-dont-know-js...
billmalarky 12y ago
Well the comments in here convinced me. Just purchased Scope/Closures and This/Prototypes. Looking forward to taking my understanding of jack shit to the next level. Thanks for making this Kyle.
- _getify 12y ago
  I'm honored to see people are finding it useful! The truth is, we all don't really fully know JS, and we all need to work on knowing it better. The books are my way of learning it, and hoping that others can learn along with me. :)

grandalf 12y ago

pdf?

leddt 12y ago
Right here: Scope & Closures: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920026327.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920026327.do this & Object Prototypes: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033738.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033738.do Types & Grammar: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033745.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033745.do Async & Performance: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033752.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033752.do

codecondo 12y ago

(Free) JavaScript Books: http://codecondo.com/free-javascript-books/ http://codecondo.com/free-javascript-books/

AllThingsSmitty 12y ago
Great resource.

acdanger 12y ago

Scope and Closures was very instrumental for me in capturing some JavaScript's slippery concepts. Recommended.

louhike 12y ago
I was going to post the same thing. It is a great book if you have already some basic knowledge of Javascript but want to really understand the language and how to use it.

marknutter 12y ago

Nice double entendre

_getify 12y ago
glad you caught the joke. :)
dalek_cannes 12y ago
Could it also be rephrased, "You know nothing, JS"?

ksmithbaylor 12y ago

I attended a conference and took an all-day workshop from the author of this series. He covered a lot of the content from his books in the workshop, and it was phenomenal. Highly recommended!

als365 12y ago

I've taken a training class from this guy before in San Francisco. He's pretty cool but he tries to push his own APIs pretty heavily which I found to be pretty annoying. Other than that it was good.

serve_yay 12y ago

Ooh, yes!! I've actually been writing a little something like this myself, but way more incomplete and so on. If you think either function or array is a type in Javascript, you have more to learn. (For example.)

wldcordeiro 12y ago

Is there a bundle pack on the O'Reilly site? Like some kind of discounted buy all together deal?

_getify 12y ago
There will be once I get the book series finished (five titles expected). :)
- wldcordeiro 12y ago
  Ah, well a preorder bundle would be great! Get the two finished ones and the in-progress ones with the fifth pre-ordered!
  - _getify 12y ago
    Thanks for the idea. I'll pass that along to my editors at O'Reilly. :)

canadev 12y ago

Can anyone compare/contrast this with the book Secrets of the Javascript Ninja, by John Resig and Bear Bibeault? I've got a copy of that around that I've been meaning to read for a while.

abhididdigi 12y ago

I read this book a little when it was in its infancy. The author does a good job of explaining the closures

nawitus 12y ago

Ah, I didn't know that JavaScript has labeled statements.

fuzzywalrus 12y ago

Very cool, I remember this was a kickstarter project. Glad to see it in completion. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/getify/you-dont-know-js-book-series https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/getify/you-dont-know-js...

billmalarky 12y ago

Well the comments in here convinced me. Just purchased Scope/Closures and This/Prototypes. Looking forward to taking my understanding of jack shit to the next level. Thanks for making this Kyle.

_getify 12y ago
I'm honored to see people are finding it useful! The truth is, we all don't really fully know JS, and we all need to work on knowing it better. The books are my way of learning it, and hoping that others can learn along with me. :)