Reading JavaScript
Image by Edd Dumbill via Flickr I’ve just received two books about JavaScript that will keep me entertained over the weekend. The first one is from the father of JSON, JSLint and JSmin Douglas Crockford, whose series of lectures on JavaScript is really a great video introduction from beginner to intermediate and sometimes even pro level and is called Javascript: The Good Parts. I haven’t even tried to look at it because I’m scared I’ll start reading it and won’t get any sleep.
The other one is from the new kid on the block, the jQuery author and JavaScripter extraordinaire John Resig, called Pro Javascript Techniques. Reading the jQuery code is always one of the most fascinating parts of work, so I just had to order it.
I’ll try to post a review of both of them as soon as possible, but it might be later than I hope since I have a lot to do in these coming weeks.
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August 29th, 2008
by gasper_k
I’m reading The Good Parts, and it’s quite good. Event the parts for beginners are often interesting, because the author explains some stuff very clearly. I’m a bit put off by author’s “this is definitely the best JS resource you’re ever gonna read, and I’m the one who wrote it” attitude, but this doesn’t make the knowledge any less valuable, … and he actually may be right. :)