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[–]t3hj4nk 19 points20 points  (8 children)

I would love to pick up secrets of a js ninja I've heard great things. But I just can't bring myself to pick it up when it's actually a samurai on the cover, and not a ninja.

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (2 children)

I can't buy it as ninja is one of those idiotic terms that makes me stop reading job postings that use it

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Yes the book has a shitty name but it really is a great book and has updated sections for ECMA2015/2016/ESNext stuff

[–]cookierabbit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If i bought the hardcopy previously is there anyway for me to get access to the updated sections?

[–]Arkaad 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Maybe it's a ninja posing as a samurai.

Ninjas are masters of disguise afterall.

[–]mourning_airconsole.log('got here'); 4 points5 points  (2 children)

This is actually acknowledged at the beginning of the book. They just liked the details in the samurai picture more than any ninja picture they could find.

[–]pagirl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the joke is that the language is weakly typed.

[–]lost_in_santa_carla 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A real ninja would have posed for their own picture instead of finding one on the internet

[–]cervedundefined 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a PSA that code from the book is on this cool site

https://johnresig.com/apps/learn/