Ask YC: Recommend me the best Javascript book/reference

8 pointsby robmnl19 lat temu6 comments

What's the very best Javascript book that you know of?

I'm specifically looking for one that goes into modern Javascript techniques, similar to the prototype crowd.

4 comments

muriithi19 lat temu

O'Reilly's "Javascript: The Definitive Guide 5th Edition" by David Flanagan teaches Javascript really well including Ajax and DOM.

The first half of the book is a Javascript tutorial while the rest is a language reference. Good book.

kirubakaran19 lat temu

And, after reading the Definitive Guide:

http://www.packtpub.com/jquery/book

joshwa19 lat temu

Didn't we just cover this? Yes, yes we did: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=61311

juwo19 lat temu

except that the free download link for the pdf mentioned has since been removed.

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whalesalad19 lat temu

Best book hands down for learning JS is called Simply Javascript from Sitepoint written by Kevin Yank and Cameron Adams.

champion19 lat temu

Take a look at the videos on Yahoo by Douglas Crockford on the Javascript Programming Language, and his "Advanced Javascript". Very well presented.

http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/