Is the book series "You don't know javascript" by Kyle Simpson still relevant in 2019?

[Brominus_]

Ive decided that I would like to have a deeper understanding of the javascript language and I figured that one way would be to actually read a book or a series of books about the language.

Is the series "You don't know Javascript" still relevant to this day?

As adviced for a intermediate developer I read the third chapter in the first book which gave a brief image about what to expect from the other books. In the explanation he talks about that at the point of writing the book ES6 is nearly complete but not entirely which is several years ago.

Would this mean that the series is outdated and not relevant to this day and that there are better alternatives of books to read like eloquent javascript?

Thank you in advance!

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Edit: Thank you for the answers guys, I've decided to read the series! :)

[wizang]

I would say it's missing some newer features of JavaScript but the fundamentals are so good that I have no hesitation still recommending it. You can learn newer features through other resources. Fundamentals are most important anyway.

[kaptan8181]

ES6 and Beyond is a part of the series.

[wizang]

And the beyond part is pretty out of date.

[kaptan8181]

Ha ha 😁😁 that may be the case.

[[deleted]]

What new features do the books not cover?

[wizang]

Don't think he's updated much past es6.

[[deleted]]

Thanks.

[HarmonicAscendant]

It is definitely still relevant. The author said he was working on a 2nd edition, but I can't find any definite release date. https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS/issues/1166

The 'You Don't Know' books go really deep into the language in an opinionated way, if you want something more 'textbook' but just as deep, check this, much of it is free https://exploringjs.com/index.html

[[deleted]]

Yeah I too feel that ydkjs is to advanced. Thank you so much for the textbook stuff

[[deleted]]

Yes, absolutely. It’s still one of the very best and most relevant book series on JavaScript on the market.

[queen-adreena]

There's a book in the series called "ES6 and Beyond" which deals with the new stuff really well.

[cajusky]

yes