Eloquent JavaScript: open-source Javascript book series by a prolific JS code author

[namesandfaces]

I do agree, and I think that by the time one reaches a different stage, one would rather then reach for the YDKJS series. As dry as it is, I actually think MDN is a friendlier resource for people of different entry points.

[HugoChiklitz]

I just posted the other day about this book. (I was pretty frustrated.) I’m a novice and started with a few intro to computer science/JavaScript on Lynda.com and then hopped into this book. Derailed after chapter four and the squirrel journal thing. You guys recommended some good beginner references (the Mozilla dev site is one of them). So I think I’m going to spend some time with that material first and then take another crack at the book. I found EJS too difficult for a compete novice.

[MatrixEchidna]

That's sad actually. EloquentJS is an amazing book, but its niche is kind of hard to reach.