Eloquent JavaScript 4th edition (2024)

This is, in my opinion, the book to use to learn JavaScript at more than a surface level. The only other materials I recommend as much (but for a different level of learner) are the “You don’t know JavaScript” in-depth book series. In 2015, I was consulting for a distance learning program, administered by a major California University, that wanted to replace their current textbook (one of those “Head First” O’Reilly books) with something that had a bit more meat…

I'm actually working through this book right now. I've been away from front-end coding for a bit and my weekend/evening project over the next month is to brush up on modern Javascript and ReactJS. This book is very well written and great re-introduction to JS/programming fundamentals. For those interested--Besides this book, my current learning plan includes: Javascript 30 by WesBos Exploring ES6 [http://exploringjs.com/es6/] Learning React-2nd Edition on O'Reilly Learning The Beginners Guide to React on Egghead…

In regards to the book's online version, I like how it has code examples that one can edit and run inline among the book's text. I often find myself, while reading a book on a particular language, opening up a new project in an IDE or a REPL in order to fiddle around with what the book it trying to teach. This makes it much more fluid. It was a pleasant surprise. It is a nice concept I have not…

This is very clever and deserves a lot of points. It doesn't look very interesting on the landing page but once you get into it, it's well written and there are some clever strategies (including a small JavaScript console at the bottom you can use to test bits of code while learning). I haven't got the time now, but I'm going to work my way right through this one day - what I looked through seemed very solid. The only…