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You Don't Know JS Yet@YDKJS
11 Mar 2023
Did you know? The 2nd-ed titles "Objects & Classes" (book 3) and "Types & Grammar" (book 4) are both draft stable and can be read for free online? * objects.youdontknowjs.com * types.youdontknowjs.com "Get Started" (book 1) and "Scope & Closures" (book 2) prev published Jan 2020.

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You Don't Know JS Yet@YDKJS
7 Sep 2021
Replying to @alexandereardon
That book has a newer second edition (complete re-write), and I strongly recommend reading/referencing it instead of the first edition: github.com/getify/You-Dont-K…

You-Dont-Know-JS/scope-closures/ch2.md at 2nd-ed · getify/You-Dont-Know-JS

A book series (2 published editions) on the JS language. - getify/You-Dont-Know-JS

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Lea Verou, PhD
@LeaVerou
31 Aug 2021
I've always recommended Kyle Simpson’s YDKJS books as the JS counterpart to my @CSSSecretsBook. Now he’s raising funds to finish out the remaining 4 books in his second edition book series. Take a look and back his effort, it’s worth it! kickstarter.com/projects/get…

"You Don't Know JS Yet" second edition books

Writing and publishing the four remaining 2nd-edition books in the "You Don't Know JS Yet" series

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Alex Reardon
@alexandereardon
29 Aug 2021
The "You Don't Know JS" series by Kyle Simpson helped me to embrace the depths of the JavaScript language with clarity. I cannot overstate it's impact on me I *try* to read @YDKJS annually Kyle is currently raising funding for the second edition: kickstarter.com/projects/get…

"You Don't Know JS Yet" second edition books

Writing and publishing the four remaining 2nd-edition books in the "You Don't Know JS Yet" series

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Brian Holt
@holtbt
30 Aug 2021
I was pretty lucky to get to write the foreword to the first book, Get Started. I still think this is the new, best "let's teach you JS" book on the market and it's worth sponsoring its completion, particularly because it's free to everyone who wants it kickstarter.com/projects/get…

"You Don't Know JS Yet" second edition books

Writing and publishing the four remaining 2nd-edition books in the "You Don't Know JS Yet" series

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Just added several FAQs to the kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/get… Please help me keep spreading the word to friends, co-workers, grandmas, kids, and anyone else you can think of! :)

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David Neal 🥓🥑
@reverentgeek
26 Aug 2021
Regardless of where you are on the JavaScript love/hate spectrum, knowledge === power. A better understanding of this quirky language can make *you* more powerful, productive, and less frustrated. kickstarter.com/projects/get…

"You Don't Know JS Yet" second edition books

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It's time!!! The kickstarter has launched and is live! kickstarter.com/projects/get… Please consider supporting these efforts to get the 2nd edition complete, but even more please spread the word as far and wide as possible! Thanks for your help!

"You Don't Know JS Yet" second edition books

Writing and publishing the four remaining 2nd-edition books in the "You Don't Know JS Yet" series

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OK, the response to the poll (and on linked-in) was great, much better than expected. Let's see how this goes! Here's the pre-launch page for the @Kickstarter campaign, which will go live very soon: kickstarter.com/projects/get… Please sign up there to be notified, and also RT/share!

"You Don't Know JS Yet" second edition books

Writing and publishing the four remaining 2nd-edition books in the "You Don't Know JS Yet" series

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You Don't Know JS Yet@YDKJS
18 Aug 2021
If we ran a crowd-funding campaign to get the rest of the 4 second-edition books written, this is what it would look like:
A crowd-funding campaign, divided into 4 levels (first level, plus 3 stretch goals). * $25k: If we hit this minimum funding level, I'd write a quick/rough draft of the remaining 4 books in the series (on github) * $50k (stretch goal #1): edit all 4 rough drafts into quality finished "books" * $75k (stretch goal #2): produce fully packaged ebooks (pdf, epub, etc) with graphics, typesetting, etc * $100k (stretch goal #3): produce print books (cover-design, paper selection, etc) --- Contribution levels: * $25 gets you thanked on github * (locked until #1) $40 gets you thanked in the 4 ebooks * (locked until #2) $60 gets you the 4 ebooks * (locked until #3) $100 gets you the 4 ebooks print books * (locked until #3) $150 gets you all 6 ebooks print books

ALT A crowd-funding campaign, divided into 4 levels (first level, plus 3 stretch goals). * $25k: If we hit this minimum funding level, I'd write a quick/rough draft of the remaining 4 books in the series (on github) * $50k (stretch goal #1): edit all 4 rough drafts into quality finished "books" * $75k (stretch goal #2): produce fully packaged ebooks (pdf, epub, etc) with graphics, typesetting, etc * $100k (stretch goal #3): produce print books (cover-design, paper selection, etc) --- Contribution levels: * $25 gets you thanked on github * (locked until #1) $40 gets you thanked in the 4 ebooks * (locked until #2) $60 gets you the 4 ebooks * (locked until #3) $100 gets you the 4 ebooks print books * (locked until #3) $150 gets you all 6 ebooks print books
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If we ran a crowd-funding campaign to get the rest of the 4 second-edition books written, this is what it would look like:
A crowd-funding campaign, divided into 4 levels (first level, plus 3 stretch goals). * $25k: If we hit this minimum funding level, I'd write a quick/rough draft of the remaining 4 books in the series (on github) * $50k (stretch goal #1): edit all 4 rough drafts into quality finished "books" * $75k (stretch goal #2): produce fully packaged ebooks (pdf, epub, etc) with graphics, typesetting, etc * $100k (stretch goal #3): produce print books (cover-design, paper selection, etc) --- Contribution levels: * $25 gets you thanked on github * (locked until #1) $40 gets you thanked in the 4 ebooks * (locked until #2) $60 gets you the 4 ebooks * (locked until #3) $100 gets you the 4 ebooks print books * (locked until #3) $150 gets you all 6 ebooks print books

ALT A crowd-funding campaign, divided into 4 levels (first level, plus 3 stretch goals). * $25k: If we hit this minimum funding level, I'd write a quick/rough draft of the remaining 4 books in the series (on github) * $50k (stretch goal #1): edit all 4 rough drafts into quality finished "books" * $75k (stretch goal #2): produce fully packaged ebooks (pdf, epub, etc) with graphics, typesetting, etc * $100k (stretch goal #3): produce print books (cover-design, paper selection, etc) --- Contribution levels: * $25 gets you thanked on github * (locked until #1) $40 gets you thanked in the 4 ebooks * (locked until #2) $60 gets you the 4 ebooks * (locked until #3) $100 gets you the 4 ebooks print books * (locked until #3) $150 gets you all 6 ebooks print books

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(poll) so... would you back a crowd-funding campaign structured this way?
31% yes, at the minimum $25
54% yes, up to the stretches
15% nah, JS books are out
101 votes • Final results
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"Functional-Light JavaScript" Book@FLJSbook
3 Jun 2021
transducers bring performance and declarative readability (including point-free) together. you don't have to choose.
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"Functional-Light JavaScript" Book@FLJSbook
3 Jun 2021
transducers! const inactive = not(prop("active")); const idName = u=>({[u.id]:https://t.co/LYIe0vC9DG}); users.reduce( compose( t.filter(inactive), t.map(idName) )( binary(Object.assign) ), {} )

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Eddy Vinck@EddyVinckk
29 May 2021
Replying to @rachelnabors
FREE #JavaScript resources for anyone looking to get started: - developer.mozilla.org/en-US/… docs - @freeCodeCamp tutorials & challenges - @YDKJS books - javascript30.com course - eloquentjavascript.net book - javascript.info tutorials - YouTube

JavaScript | MDN

JavaScript (JS) is a lightweight interpreted (or just-in-time compiled) programming language with first-class functions. While it is most well-known as the scripting language for Web pages, many...

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Brock 👨‍💻☕️
@BrockHerion
20 May 2021
I finished the first book of @YDKJS and I learned more from that ~120 page book than I did in a semester of JavaScript in college. Can’t wait to jump into the other books!
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Viktar Silayeu
@Silayeu
17 May 2021
You Don’t Know JS (@YDKJS). One of the best books teaching JavaScript I’ve ever read. The first edition is available for free on the author’s GitHub.
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Wow, this comment is disturbing: reddit.com/r/javascript/comm… I'm amazed and dismayed at how this mindset continues to influence some portion of the developer population. It needs to be rooted out.

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Absurd and dangerous, mostly because there's a frustratingly high number of people in our industry who still think like this. I urge you to remember that code is first and foremost about communication with other human beings. We are not slaves to, or extensions of, the compiler.
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Don't think or act like that person. Your fellow humans (and even your future self) will thank you when you use the language's capabilities to tell a story with your code that communicates your ideas.
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