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The book seems to capture them well, and i prefer the writing in the second part to the first one. I love the spirit and the deep rooted insights that this book and the entire series bring.
Kyle simpson dives into incredible detail about many javascript object related things that you've likely never even considered inside your own head, if you're a novice (or non-expert) in javascript objects. The last three chapters that compare classic... Read More
Once he conveys that, it's now a part of your bag of tricks because you can use the same knowledge to troubleshoot similar problems. It saddens me that finding someone with this kind of teaching talent is as rare as they come today.
This book is a must, whether you are a js newbie or have been in the programming trenches for years. Code samples are very short and to the point, not wasting space with unnecessary filler code (pages of gui code for explaining a simple input/output e... Read More
Kyle understands that in order to truly comprehend something, you have to know it. Kyle does a good job explaining the nuisances of the language, but this book is starting to age.
Cons
The author finishes a chapter on using the keyword this with a statement which suggest forcing your code to use the keywords this, or forever be shamed that you can't understand writing javascript. The book uses language that is not succinct.
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I wrote seemingly basic issues off because javascript has always been presented as a quirky language i felt like i should have ... Read More
I am very happy with what i have learned from this book
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Javascript is a prototype based language and it has some very nice concepts
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Most examples are written in prees6 syntax which feels very outdated at this point
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Es6 feels like an afterthought which explains why kyle is working on version 2
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Kyle does a good job explaining the nuisances of the language but this book is starting to age
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Youve probably been making wrong assumptions in how javascript works
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Ive decided to take a look at this book to only prove to myself that im a great js developer but that was not the case
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My advice if youre beginner stay away from this as you may totally hate js
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In fact they all seemed to follow the same pattern where they merely mimicked stating the result after glancing over their thought process
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And that is one of that failures imo of nonmodern teaching today they do not use mr
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