Object-Oriented JavaScript

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1. LordarminiusJul 2017
   Eloquent Javascript is outdated; it does not cover ES6. The book is well written and it has nice problem sets but a reader will end up frustrated by the obsolete information.

   Object Oriented Javascript by Antani and Stephanov is more current

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2. radmuzomSep 2015
   I did not enjoy the article as much as I like the author's (Nicholas C. Zakas) other articles or books [1]. However, he has also written some more "useful" interview related articles earlier -

   On interviewing front-end engineers (2013)

   Interviewing the front-end engineer (2010)

   Surviving an interview with me (2007)

   [1] http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Object-Oriented-JavaScript-... - one of the best JavaScript books ever written

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3. usablecodeJan 2014
   To understand Crockford's language, you need to know javascript basics well. I'd suggest to grab a copy of " Object-Oriented JavaScript" by Stoyan Stefanov. http://www.packtpub.com/object-oriented-javascript/book

   and also follow MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript

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4. cshenoySep 2012
   I'd highly recommend Object-Oriented JavaScript by Stoyan Stefanov. Really any JS book by Stoyan is pretty high quality.

   http://www.amazon.com/Object-Oriented-JavaScript-high-qualit...

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5. firefoxman1Dec 2011
   Before I even read the article, I was pretty sure that with a title like that there is going to be lots of debate from the CS people. They do raise some good points, but here's my 2 cents.

   Besides a little bit of VB in highschool, JavaScript was my first language. I mainly learned through two books: "The Good Parts" which was a nice overview, and "Object-Oriented JavaScript" a really underrated book that covered every little piece of the language, even those weird parts like block scoping and falsy types.

   Having never learned anything about classes or inheritance, prototypal inheritance was kinda hard to grasp, but I eventually found it pretty amazing. I think a loosely typed language is much better to learn on too. That way you can learn the big pieces of the language then later get into the little things like typing. That's just my experience, but I'm really glad JS was my first language.

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6. sradnidgeApr 2011
   I wouldnt be put off reading The Good Parts by that post, although it does raise some valid points IMHO. The point is, the author of that blog post probably wouldn't have even known about those things had they not read the book. Whether something is 'good' or 'bad' is somewhat subjective. Check out Crockford's YUI Theatre lectures (http://yuiblog.com/crockford/) to get a taste of what you'll be in store for in that book.

   At some point in those videos he mentions a book called The Little Schemer - I haven't read that but the reviews on Amazon look decent and if Crockford calls it out as useful you should probably not ignore it.

   I found a really good book to be Object Oriented JavaScript from Packt (http://www.packtpub.com/object-oriented-javascript/book). Unlike most other js books, it spends a good few hundred pages without mentioning browsers. I seem to recommend their books a fair bit, no I do not have anything to gain from doing so :)

   Finally, once you start getting stuck into things go hang out in the #node.js IRC channel. IRC is still probably the best technical resource out there as far as I'm concerned, especially when the community is as friendly as the #node.js regulars are.

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