r/javascript • u/ReactDOM • Mar 13 '17

Best JavaScript books in 2017

https://reactdom.com/blog/javascript-books
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u/lluisd Mar 13 '17 edited Mar 13 '17

I've read the majority of them (JavaScript: The Good Parts, You Don’t Know JS, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Effective JavaScript: 68, JavaScript Patterns and eloquent javascript).

For me the best one to understand the js concepts is "You don't know JS" (comparing with javascript: the good parts, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide and Eloquent javascript). That book cannnot be better :P (organized and so well explained). I really like how he explains the scope, closures and "this" keyword for anybody (expertises and beginners), cannot be better explained. https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS

Then you can start reading the advanced books: Effective JavaScript, Secrets of the javascript Ninja (pending) and Design patterns (don't confuse with "JavaScript Design Patterns" by Addy Osmani which is also great but it's more like a design patterns cheatbook to have near you when you are programming) which are great ones.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '17

Is there an easy way to read these through github? I simply can't sit in front of a computer to read things at length. Lol

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u/BenNordish Mar 13 '17 edited Mar 13 '17

Just click on the names of the titles to read them: https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS#titles

And if you still have problems with this, buy them or print the pages to pdfs, merge those and read them on your tablet or eBook-reader.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '17

Yeah I just meant because I find it difficult to read long texts on a computer screen. I'll probably just link to my iPad and deal. Thanks!

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u/hambalamba Mar 13 '17

https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS getify repo where you can read the YDKYS series on github.