What Is the Best Book for Learning JavaScript?

JavaScript learning resources recommendation: Help you start your programming journey

Choose the right JavaScript learning book is crucial. This article will recommend several excellent books to help you choose the right learning path according to your own level.

Entry level:

• "Learn to Code with JavaScript": This is an excellent introductory book for JavaScript programming, which comprehensively explains the core concepts and basic knowledge of programming. This book is available for free to all SitePoint account users without subscription. You will learn the basics of programming and gradually master JavaScript. The mastered technologies can be transferred to other programming languages, laying a solid foundation for subsequent learning. It covers important content such as variables, data types, loops, operators, functions and objects, and explains how to operate the document object model (DOM), that is, operate page elements in a web browser. After learning, you will have a solid JavaScript foundation and be able to write your own code.

• Eloquent JavaScript, 2nd Edition: This book is suitable for aspiring beginners. The author assumes that the reader has no JavaScript foundation and introduces JavaScript and programming fundamental concepts in an engaging way. This book not only explains language mechanisms, but also the basic concepts of programming and computer science. This book is divided into three parts: the first part explains the language itself; the second part explains the use of JavaScript in the browser; and the third part (small length) explains Node.js. The book contains exercises and project chapters to help readers consolidate their knowledge, such as building artificial life simulations and their own programming language. Although the book starts slowly (explaining variables, functions, basic control flows, etc.), it will soon speed up the pace, covering topics such as recursion, polymorphism and advanced functions. This may mean that absolute beginners need to read multiple times, but it also means that intermediate programmers can benefit from it too. The only drawback is that this book focuses on ECMAScript 5 and has very little introduction to ES6.

Advanced:

• The You Don’t Know JS series (by Kyle Simpson): This series explores the internal mechanisms of JavaScript in depth. The first book assumes that readers have little knowledge of JavaScript, introduces various programming building blocks, and subsequent books will explore these blocks in more depth. But I don't recommend that beginners read the series directly, because the second book (Scope and Closures) already touches on some very advanced topics, such as exploring closures by implementing their own module loaders.

This series includes the following books:

• "Start" (page 72)
• "Scope and Closure" (page 83)
• "This and Object Prototype" (page 158)
• 《Generics and Grammar》 (page 182)
• 《Asynchronous and Performance》 (page 280)
• "ES6 and beyond" (page 261)

Each book can be purchased separately or can be read online for free.

I recommend this series to readers who already have the basics of JavaScript and want to improve their skills. YDKJS explains the language mechanism in depth and explains each technical detail in detail to help you become a true JavaScript master.

• "Effective JavaScript" (by David Herman): This book is short (about 200 pages) and belongs to the "Effective Software Development Series" series. This book is for existing programmers, whether they are new to JavaScript or programmers who want to deepen their understanding of JavaScript. Therefore, it is not suitable for beginners. This book uses recipe-like methods to explore 68 specific methods to utilize the powerful features of JavaScript. These methods include common questions (such as avoiding using == in mixed types), best practices (such as using recursion for asynchronous loops), and design patterns (there is a whole section about library and API design). This concise, scene-driven approach makes the book particularly easy to read.

Which book you choose depends on your learning goals and level. I hope the above recommendations can help you choose the right learning resources and start your JavaScript programming journey.

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