Ask YC: Recommend me the best Javascript book/reference

by robmnl • 19 years ago

8 6 19 years ago

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.

muriithi• 19 years ago

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.

kirubakaran• 19 years ago

And, after reading the Definitive Guide:

joshwa• 19 years ago

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

juwo• 19 years ago

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

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whalesalad• 19 years ago

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

champion• 19 years ago

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

Ask YC: Recommend me *the* best Javascript book/reference