JavaScript for impatient programmers

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1. noname120Mar 2024
   My go-to JavaScript book will always remain “JavaScript for impatient programmers”[1], a 639-page book written by Dr. Axel, PhD.

   It's quite complete and detailed. But as if it wasn't enough the author wrote a second (smaller book) named “Deep JavaScript: Theory and techniques”[2].

   Both are free to read online!

   [1] https://exploringjs.com/impatient-js/

   [2] https://exploringjs.com/deep-js/index.html

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2. auggieroseNov 2022
   I can recommend this book: https://exploringjs.com/impatient-js/
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3. threatofrainFeb 2022
   This content is associated with a $75 web course. The pricing page was a little hard to find for some reason.

   https://learnjavascript.online/pay.html

   For a brief overview of modern JS I would suggest Dr. Axel Rauschmayer's JavaScript for impatient programmers (ES2022):

   https://exploringjs.com/impatient-js/toc.html

   Just about all chapters are free.

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4. zersiaxJan 2022
   It's honestly a bit hard to say I think. Rails, maligned by many, loved by loads, is doing some pretty ambitious things that I can see appeal to a lot of smaller eams in the future, particularly because of hotwiring: https://rubyonrails.org/2021/12/15/Rails-7-fulfilling-a-visi... JavaScript is a given, getting really good at that makes picking up the tool of the week easier: https://exploringjs.com/impatient-js/ Golang, like someone said, possibly .net core? PHP is doing a lot as well but in my experience the amount of jobs in that space are declining pretty rapidly and the ones that are out there may very well land you in serious technical debt, but if that's not an issue I'd say look at the TALL stack as well.
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5. flakinessJun 2021
   +1 as a non-JS programmer.

   His "Exloring ES6" saved me when I was lost as knowing only about good old ES5 (or maybe ES3? I don't even remember.)

   "JavaScript for impatient programmers" [2] also looks promising. Just purchased one. The PDF looks great although the cover is meh :-)

   [1] https://exploringjs.com/es6.html [2] https://exploringjs.com/impatient-js/

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6. andrewl-hnJun 2021
   I you are just learning the language, I'd suggest skipping this particular book altogether for now.

   I'd start with a "Re-introduction" tutorial on MDN [1] followed by another Axel's book - "JavaScript for impatient programmers" [2]. Don't read the whole book at first, focus on specific chapters: parts on Modularity, Collections and Asynchronicity.

   As for TypeScript, the official Handbook [3] is great. Don't dwell much on intricacies of TS type system. Use it here and there to aid your editor or IDE in highlighting mistakes in your code, and get deeper into it once you get a good grip with JavaScript in general.

   [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/A_re... [2] https://exploringjs.com/impatient-js/toc.html [3] https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/intro.html

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