Eloquent JavaScript, Second Edition

In terms of credentials, just wanted to point out that Marijn is also the author of CodeMirror,[1] which is a wonderful in-browser code editor used by Light Table, Bitbucket, and lots of others.[2]<p>[1] <a href="http://codemirror.net/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;codemirror.net&#x2F;</a><p>[2] <a href="http://codemirror.net/doc/realworld.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;codemirror.net&#x2F;doc&#x2F;realworld.html</a>

I just came here to say thank you. I tried dozens of methods to learn how to program (I&#x27;m a marketer) and all of them start with &quot;ok just type this and see what happens.&quot; I love the approach of breaking everything down to the essentials and helping me understand the fundamentals. I don&#x27;t have much cash, but I&#x27;ll contribute what I can.

&quot;Consider the final product to be your perk.&quot;<p>That&#x27;s how crowd-funding needs to be done, in my opinion. I don&#x27;t care about little knick knacks - I want my monetary support to actually better the product, not be spent on useless items.

I want to start learning Javascript (total beginner with few months experience with PHP), can you guys recommend me some good books suggestions as to what frameworks I should get in to?

To those who&#x27;ve read both, I wonder how [the first edition of] Eloquent JavaScript compares with JavaScript: The Good Parts.

The bugs in the background are fun to watch. They actually eat each other from time to time. Though it does seem to require some CPU power and got my fans to spin up a bit.

I really liked this book the first time around and I&#x27;m glad to see it&#x27;s (possibly) getting a second edition.<p>But I had to remove the background to finish the page, it really creeped me out.

This will be a very interesting experiment. We&#x27;re certainly keen to release the second edition of Eloquent JavaScript and excited to see Marijn hard at work.<p>Who knows. Perhaps this will become some sort of interesting blended model for other authors.<p>-- Bill Pollock, No Starch Press

Is it worth reading the first edition or should I wait until this is finished? I&#x27;m quite experienced in JS but glancing the first edition it seems like it explain some abstract things I still can&#x27;t wrap my head around in a good way.

&quot;they will help with professional editing (which is sorely needed when a non-native speaker like me tries to write an English book&quot;<p>Wow, I had absolutely no idea that Marijn wasn&#x27;t a native speaker. I&#x27;ve always considered Eloquent Javascript one of the best written technical books I&#x27;ve read.

I do have to say that I think perks for donations would be better than nothing, even if it&#x27;s as simple as drop-shipping a copy of the book to each person who pre-buys it (or something)...<p>something like donate $25, get one of the first copies of the books.<p>Or even have it be a digital version, or something...

I like the layout of the book. For a self publish book how did you get the layout and typesetting to look that good?

Are there any plans for a chapter on the new major stuff in ECMAScript 6? I believe the target date for the finalization of the spec is still around December? Which is not that far away... time to start shopping for xmas gifts :S

I absolutely loved the first edition, and I will be chipping in. Great work Marijn.

I bought the first edition six months ago and thought it was still quite useful.<p>I look forward to the new version, especially for onboarding experienced devs that don&#x27;t have all the nuances of Javascript mastered.

I&#x27;ve just donated 20 euros to this =).<p>Hopefully he&#x27;ll reach his target.

&quot;from Kashmir to Louisiana to Minas Gerais&quot;<p>Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state that I live, what a coincidence. I wonder if the author choose randomly...

Javascript isn&#x27;t the best language to &quot;learn to program&quot;. Syntax wise it&#x27;s decent, but for at least us web developers, we shouldn&#x27;t preach that to newly interested folk. You see how bad websites are today, and it&#x27;s mostly due to abusing JavaScript. When people learn something they want to use it, and if they know JavaScript better then a good back end server lang, they create...a mess. Stop abusing my CPU!

Cool thanks for this. Is there something similar to this for python 2.7?

That&#x27;s a lot of money to ask. Chuck Palahniuk&#x27;s Fight Club got bought for $6000. Just sayin&#x27;.

This website is in the top 5 list of the worst website designs I have ever seen.