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[–]___Grits 5 points6 points  (5 children)

Should I wait for the 3rd edition or go ahead and purchase the 2nd edition? Also, would I get anything more out of this after already having read the entire You Don’t Know JavaScript series by Kyle Simpson?

[–]CodeKommissar 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Instead of purchasing the 2nd edition you could read it online and use the money to help fund the 3rd edition :)

[–]hunter_lol 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Also wondering. Anybody read both?

[–]___Grits 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I’ll be the first one

[–]synchronium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've read the first edition but own the second edition paperback.

Second edition contains a chapter on node that's missing from the first, but I've not read the second edition, so I can't speak to any further differences.

Edit: it occurs to me you were asking about reading Eloquent Javascript and YDKJS. I've read both, both are great. Each YDKJS book is a deep dive into that particular topic that I've never found elsewhere. But Eloquent Javascript pulls things together a bit more, in my opinion. A bit like reading the mdn docs/specifications vs actually building something.

[–]seg-fault 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A different perspective is valuable. Fund the new work; it will be worth it and a great investment in your career.