JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Master the World’s Most-Used Programming Language
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JavaScript is the programming language of the web and is used by more software developers today than any other programming language. For nearly 25 years this best seller has been the go-to guide for JavaScript programmers. The seventh edition is fully updated to cover the 2020 version of JavaScript, and new chapters cover classes, modules, iterators, generators, Promises, async/await, and metaprogramming. You’ll find illuminating and engaging example code throughout.
This book is for programmers who want to learn JavaScript and for web developers who want to take their understanding and mastery to the next level. It begins by explaining the JavaScript language itself, in detail, from the bottom up. It then builds on that foundation to cover the web platform and Node.js.
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Publisher : O’Reilly Media
Publication date : June 23, 2020
Edition : 7th
Language : English
Print length : 706 pages
ISBN-10 : 1491952024
ISBN-13 : 978-1491952023
Item Weight : 7.4 ounces
Dimensions : 6.93 x 1.5 x 8.9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #59,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in JavaScript Programming (Books) #6 in Object-Oriented Design #8 in Cloud Computing (Books)
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10_01 –
Climb this Mt. Everest of books – the view is amazing!
I’ve read hundreds of computer books as a hobbyist and self-learner. This is by far the most concise and well written I’ve ever read. I’m beginning my JavaScript journey in order to learn Typescript in order to learn Deno and I had to get a handle on the various levels of JavaScript ‘archaeology’ so I can make sense of the massive ecosystem of tools and documentation. JavaScript has undergone massive changes and growth in its lifetime and it’s hard to know what’s useful and what’s outdated leftovers as you peruse the net looking for resources. Just get this book – it’s incredibly well crafted, the writing style stays consistent from start to finish (a lot of books turn to utter crap at about two thirds) and there are incredibly useful nuggets of information that explain complicated topics in a paragraph. I will be re-reading this book in about a year. I look forward to it immensely because the author has created an absolute masterpiece in technical writing. Hat’s off, Flanagan!
P. Todd Decker –
What changed from the sixth edition?
Oh, wow, another edition of this classic book. Is it worth “upgrading” that old copy on your bookshelf?First, if you have any edition prior to the 6th edition the answer is a definitive, “Yes!” There is no question that so much has changed since 2006 which is when the 5th edition was published. JavaScript feels like a whole new language since then (not really, but significant changes in the last 14 years have happened).But, what if you have the 6th edition? What did David Flanagan change? Overall, the 7th edition comes in at 40% smaller than the 6th edition. Do you keep both? Nope. The 7th edition is much better thought through and eliminates much of the old and adds in important new things.Seven chapters on “client-side” JavaScript are condensed into one “JavaScript in Web Browsers” chapter. The topics within that chapter are a much tighter presentation of the material you need to know. If you really need to know more about JavaScript and CSS or JQuery, go look to references on these topics. Flanagan was right to trim that fat from this book.In the 6th edition, there were barely 20 pages focused on server-side JavaScript. Now there is a good chapter dedicated to “Server-Side JavaScript with Node”. Finally, he has added a whole new chapter on tools and extensions. In other words, Flanagan has caught up with how JavaScript is really used.The remaining changes are around the fundamentals. He has added information on symbols and has greatly reworked chapters on object and classes as one would expect. Modules have been split out into their own chapter. And, he has added a good “summary” section to each chapter.Overall, I think the book has been “refactored” in a good way. It is much tighter. And, certainly more relevant to modern JavaScript programming. Of course, JavaScript will continue to evolve so I expect future editions will continue. But, this edition feels like a checkpoint one should mark. I have done so and my 6th edition is being duly donated.
Kam –
The best book about Javascript I’ve read so far
I’m a professional software engineer that uses several different languages on a regular basis including C++, C#, Python and Javascript. This book is without doubt the best one I have in my collection that focuses on Javascript.Being a busy programmer I appreciate the fact that each paragraph is loaded with useful information so I don’t have to skip over useless conversational, waste of time text.The book can certainly be read from cover to cover. It’s writing style is engaging enough. However, the immaculate organization and presentation of the chapters makes this book really shine as a reference. This is the book I go to when I need to look something up. It even replaces my previous favorite Nicholas C. Zakas excellent ‘Understanding Ecmascript 6’.I also love the short and easy to understand code samples. Again being a busy programmer I loathe having to waste time trying to decipher a weighty chunk of example code just to learn a simple feature. There’s nothing wrong with toy code examples if they get the point across.David Flanagan leaves nothing out and reaches right up to the ES2020 standard. It truly is a definitive guide to Javascript. If you buy only one Javascript book I highly recommend you get this one!
Matt O. –
Complicated Review
The book covers a lot of topics. Make sure to read his explanation on how the examples are laid out in the book. This is probably a good book to get after 6+ months of coding unless you have experience coding in other languages. I would say it’s geared more towards intermediate, advanced, and expert level JavaScript. A lot of the examples are math heavy, so they may leave you scratching your head if you haven’t taken a math class in a bit which will overcomplicate things for you if you are a beginner. If you are new and looking for a book to read, I highly recommend “Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Javascript by Kirupa Chinnathambi”. I purchased the third edition of that book along with this book when I was first getting started. I read them both in a week but this one was much harder to understand once the code got a bit more complicated.Overall it’s a great book, just not for a coder starting out.
Arnte –
Snabb leverans.
Amazon カスタマー –
2回読み通しました。読んでると勝手に頭の中が整理されていく感じがしました。それにしても英文による論理ってのはスゴイですね。
Amazon Customer –
I wouldn,t understand a word of this without chat gpt explaining everything. I couldnt put the sentences into context without chat gpt. I didnt know: phrases like: statement,expression,literal,runtime ect…But it makes me happy that when i open this it doesnt use ‘var’ everywhere but let. Also its thinner than previous version.
Pat –
Excellent livre sur le JavaScript. Plutôt livre de référence que pédagogique. A lire quand on a déjà quelques bases. J’ai eu un souci avec le livre (pages qui se détachent). J’ai contacté O’Reilly qui me l’a changé immédiatement. Excellent service client. J’ai aussi le livre Fluent Python du même éditeur qui est lui aussi très bien écrit et un ouvrage de référence.
Computational Scientist –
This is a really comprehensive resource on JavaScript. It gives just about everything you need to know in almost any scenario you can imagine. The one thing this book does not do is provide playing examples/tutorials. If you pair this book with something like JavaScript in 24 hours, between the two you can learn the basics and go in depth.