"Javascript Patterns" by Stoyan Stefanov is also good. It explains various common Javascript Patterns in depth.
Gaurav On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Amit Agarwal <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 to "Professional Javascript for Web Developer". It is excellent read. > Also, once you finish that - it is worth reading "High Performance > Javascript", by Zakas again. > > > -Amit > > > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Patrick Horgan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 11/03/2011 07:31 AM, Anatoly Geyfman wrote: >> > what do you mean by "advanced level JS"? I think building applications >> > is the best way to learn javascript, and while you're building these >> > apps, read up on best practices and follow what JS experts recommend >> > (twitter is great for this). I'd also recommend you pick up >> > Javascript: the best parts, it's a great primer on what works in >> > javascript and some basic building blocks of valid, maintainable JS >> code. >> I didn't care much for it. Crockford is brilliant, but he's not a good >> explicator. I think he understands this, in the beginning of the >> document he talks about it's terseness and encourages readers to reread >> until they get it. It's definitely got some valuable stuff in it, but >> it's a lot harder to wade through than it needed to be. That said >> though, he agrees completely with me on style and substance so he must >> be wonderful;) I recommend you have it if you're going to be in the >> field, but I'd get the book I talk about in the next paragraph if you >> could only buy one. >> >> I strongly recommend Zakas' "Professional Javascript For Web >> Developers". He covers much of Crockford's stuff, giving credit where >> credit is due, but does a much better job of describing it. And of >> course the scope of the book is much grander, covering cross-browser >> issues dealing with web stuff and just about everything you'd need to be >> a grand master of the browser end of web development;) >> >> Patrick >> >> -- >> To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> > > -- > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
