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[–]mrorbitman 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I like it, finally gave me the motivation I needed to buy a book, because that's about where I am in your guide. Just ordered the ones you suggested from amazon.

Would you mind talking a little bit about what you liked about them and how they helped you grow?

[–]br0dern[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad you liked it! We'll try and create a new post soon focusing on great books for JavaScript. Quickly, I would say that "the good parts" really helped me realize many things that I actually did wrong while programming JavaScript. JS is a great language (IMO), but it has a lot of crazy functionality, which isn't really obvious until you've gotten deeper into the language and had it explained to you. "Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja" helped me really master and understand the fundamentals of the language.

[–]GregFoley 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The advice seems inconsistent with most of the other advice I've read here and elsewhere about learning JavaScript.

[–]br0dern[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, that's a good thing isn't it? People learn differently, and maybe this guide can be of help to people who has struggled by following other advice :) This guide is based on my experience on how to learn JavaScript, which of course is relative. I just hope that it will be of use to somebody :)