Add YDKJS. It's a really good series.

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Add YDKJS. It's a really good series. #1

Closed jhare closed 9 years ago

jhare commented 9 years ago

@getify is a serious authority on Javascript and I think that after having introduction to all of the functional/OO concepts in Javascript covering it deeply is a good idea.

Are you all familiar with Kyle Simpson's work?

jhare commented 9 years ago

https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS/blob/master/README.md#you-dont-know-js-book-series

jhare commented 9 years ago

I marked it as free because you can read it on Github in full, but it is available through O'Reilly as well.

As an aside, I have no commercial affiliation with Kyle Simpson. (edit) or with O'Reilly

radosavljevic commented 9 years ago

:+1:

nilssolanki commented 9 years ago

Definitely a worthwhile addition.

gBusato commented 9 years ago

I agree too, YDKJS is a brillant serie, as well as "Secret of the JavaScript Ninja" which isn't free but worth it !

lukefrake commented 9 years ago

:+1: x 100!

ericdouglas commented 9 years ago

@jhare it is indeed a great series of books, but all the topics that he covers are covered by other books here.

I know, there are several excellent books outside this list, but the point here is to be as concise as possible.

Maybe we can create a system to suggest complementary books. :bulb:

What I think is:

open an issue with the name of the book
put a label representing which section that the book fits
who that want to recommend the same book should comment in this issue describing why he/she thinks that is valid invest time to read this book. OBS: should be at least a short commentary, not just a :+1:

What do you guys think about it?

@GatoBlabla "Secret of the JavaScript Ninja" is a great book too, but they're doing a second version of this book.

raganwald commented 9 years ago

I'm a big fan of YDKJS, but don't agree that it should be placed under Advanced JavaScript. That term is a little broad, and might be mistaken to imply that none of the other books are advanced. My suggestion is JavaScript Semantics, which really captures what the book series teaches: Understanding how the language actually behaves.

But I agree it is advanced. And in depth. And a deep dive.

jhare commented 9 years ago

I struggled with finding the right term and agree with your "semantics" one much more.

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Reg Braithwaite notifications@github.com wrote:

I'm a big fan of YDKJS, but don't agree that it should be placed under Advanced JavaScript. That term is a little broad, and might be mistaken to imply that none of the other books are advanced. My suggestion is JavaScript Semantics, which really captures what the book series is actually about: Understanding how the language actually behaves.

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jhare commented 9 years ago

I'll take some time this evening to craft an issue the way @ericdouglas specified and we can go from there. Thanks!

YulongW commented 9 years ago

Agreed 100%.

arturparkhisenko commented 9 years ago

@jhare :+1: :100:

josescasanova commented 9 years ago

ericdouglas commented 9 years ago

@jhare now we have an Additional resources section, and the "You Don't Know JS" series was included. :smile: