The JavaScript Way
Learning and science
programming book
SHOW HN2017
545points
110comments
#19of 2,242 in 2017
Top 1%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
11 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 6 critical, out of 43 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 2 for, 3 againstDocs: 3 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, friendly tone and good pacing for beginners
From 3 comments
I love it, very nice. Clean, modern, concise. Are there plans for translating it in other languages? I'd love to have time to translate it to spanish, but almost no free time..
feiss on HNI came here to write this exactly. This looks like a nice resource, the tone is friendly and inviting and the topics are introduced at a nice pace. Then I thought about my cousin…
mstade on HNVery, very nice. I briefly went over some chapters and I especially admire the 'no framework' approach you've taken. I believe there's a real need for a book like this, kudos to…
le-mark on HN
No-framework approach teaches plain JavaScript
From 2 comments
Very, very nice. I briefly went over some chapters and I especially admire the 'no framework' approach you've taken. I believe there's a real need for a book like this, kudos to…
le-mark on HNthis looks promising. I like how it teaches the concepts using plain Javascript without focusing on a tool or library. Kudos.
minademian on HN
Useful tl;dr sections and examples
From 2 comments
I love the tl;dr section. It's basically what I have do when reading books, in order to recall the essential information without having to read the entire chapter again. Well…
leke on HNSaw this on Reddit last night, poked around on a few pages. It's great! Love the movie list example on this page:…
dotnetkow on HN
Objections
Setup and environment instructions are missing or too thin for true beginners
From 3 comments
I just got home from teaching JavaScript to a room full of people who've never written a line of code in their life. This book is missing something critical that most intros to…
ryanmarsh on HNI came here to write this exactly. This looks like a nice resource, the tone is friendly and inviting and the topics are introduced at a nice pace. Then I thought about my cousin…
mstade on HNNice. Thanks for sharing. Bravo for burrito recipe. I'm convinced I became a programmer in 4th grade. Our creative writing assignment was instructions for making a peanut butter…
specialist on HN
Assumes HTTP and web knowledge beginners may lack
From 2 comments
It's a great idea and I think the world does need a new book for pure JS. There was a book released about 10 years ago by the guy who wrote jQuery. It started with basic JS and…
scarcitykillz on HNI definitely wouldn't assume that a JS newbie knows the http fundamentals. That definitely wasn't the case for me when I started learning. You can get a lot done on the web…
matthewvincent on HN
Intro link to appendix reported broken
From 2 comments
Nice. Thanks for sharing. Bravo for burrito recipe. I'm convinced I became a programmer in 4th grade. Our creative writing assignment was instructions for making a peanut butter…
specialist on HN> I think the Intro's link to the local env setup in the appendix is broken. The book is written using Leanpub's markdown syntactic sugar it seems.
samuelthomas on HN
Requests
Translations into other languages
From 3 comments
I love it, very nice. Clean, modern, concise. Are there plans for translating it in other languages? I'd love to have time to translate it to spanish, but almost no free time..
feiss on HNI'd be willing to help with a Spanish translation as well.
axtscz on HNI came here to write this exactly. This looks like a nice resource, the tone is friendly and inviting and the topics are introduced at a nice pace. Then I thought about my cousin…
mstade on HN
Coverage of async/await
From 1 comment
Looks great. I love modern JS, and the faster everyone can move on, the better! I didn't see any async/await stuff though, is there a reason for that? I'd imagine it would make…
scottmf on HN
Better setup guidance or screencast
From 1 comment
As a teacher myself I know this firsthand and I agree with you. Unfortunately, text is not a good medium to describe actions. A text-based environment setup tutorial…
bpesquet on HN
Questions
Should ES2015 be learned before ES5?
From 1 comment
Should one learn ES2015 before learning ES5? Is there any value or need to learn ES5 if you're not maintaining an old codebase?
jchien17 on HN
Is there a way to donate?
From 1 comment
This is great! I am fairly familiar with programming having done both AS, Lingo and PHP I understand code when I see it. I am however not a programmer but more a technically…
ThomPete on HN
Alternatives named
You Don't Know JS
From 2 comments
I think that the best book ever about JS for everyone, especially for those starting from scratch is https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS you simply don't need anything else
sAbakumoff on HNAnother great JS book on github... https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS
internalfx on HN
Pro JavaScript Techniques by John Resig
From 1 comment
Was that John Resig's 'Pro Javascript Techniques'?
photojosh on HN