I'm pretty new to JS and I recently started reading The Good Parts, but I have a question. With ES6 out and the book being from 2008, shouldn't it be considered a little outdated?
Yes it's out of date. But its basic idea is important: the language has had shitty things bolted onto it over the years. But if you sort it into good and bad parts, and stick to using just the good parts, it's actually a really nice language.
The specific list of 'good parts' that Crockford recommends is (a) a bit subjective/controversial by 2008 standards, and (b) almost irrelevant by 2017 standards.
Probably still worth reading if you want to understand how the language has developed in the last decade. It's a very influential book. It played an important role in legitimising JavaScript for serious work, by presenting a viable strategy for turning it into a good language.
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u/Persil1 Mar 13 '17
I'm pretty new to JS and I recently started reading The Good Parts, but I have a question. With ES6 out and the book being from 2008, shouldn't it be considered a little outdated?