This might mean that the absolute beginner has to take multiple passes at the reading, but it also means that there plenty of good stuff for the intermediate level programmer to get their teeth into. These see readers build such things as an artificial life simulation and their own programming language (I did say ambitious).Īlthough Eloquent JavaScript starts of slow (looking at variables, functions, basic control flow etc) it soon picks up the pace with topics as recursion, polymorphism and higher-order functions being covered in the first part of the book. It also contains exercises and project chapters (in my opinion a great way of reinforcing the concepts learned). The book is split into three parts - the first concentrates on the language itself, the second concerns using JavaScript in the browser and the third (and smallest) part is devoted to Node.js. One of my favorite things about this book is that it doesn’t just focus on the mechanics of the language, rather it teaches the fundamental concepts of programming and computer science to boot. The author assumes no prior JavaScript knowledge on the part of the reader and does a great job of introducing them to the language in an informative, yet entertaining way.

Eloquent JavaScript by Marijn Haverbeke is a book is aimed at ambitious beginners.

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