Unfortunately Richard Stanley hasn't updated the blog in more than 6 months, but in any case. If you want to sharpen your JS skills I'd highly recommend the site.
I was just about to add that. I don't even know how many comments are in my archive echoing that sentiment. It's a fantastic book for any programmer.
Javascript is honestly a weird language if you're coming from the typical imperative languages (C, Java, Python, etc.), it's also not really functional enough to be in the spirit of Lisp, and it's doesn't have the type system to be familiar to Haskell or Scala devs. It's really a descendant of the Smalltalk/Self lineage, but with some major diversions. I always thought it was a shit language cobbled together with no consistent philosophy. Reading that book proved me wrong. Javascript does in fact have a soul and Reg Braithwaite totally changed how I view the language with Javascript Allongé.
Indeed. It is a great read. I just had to include it on Superhero.js when I finished reading it a couple of days ago. Especially valuable if you already know some JS.
We are thinking about adding a section on the most used libraries or frameworks, such as Backbone, Angular and Ember, but we will focus on the core JavaScript essentials until we feel it's good enough.
Very nice indeed! Douglas Crockford has a series of videos on JS and a book "JavaScript the good parts". An extremely great resource you should consider adding. http://javascript.crockford.com/
This is great. Although books like 'eloquent javascript' or 'JS design patterns' prove themselves as stepping stones for one trying to get hold. However, when it comes to real world issues, blog posts by experienced professionals are ones only companions. Its good to see relevant posts in context, firstly describing problems that developers often face and then suggesting the solutions.
I wrote this a while back to help some people on my team better understand some js quirkiness. Not sure if it's worth mentioning, but it trips a lot of people up.
This explanation seems to obscure more than illuminate. Maybe for a specific sort of person that loves pointers is it useful, but I both understand pointers and JavaScript's specific flavour of closures well and still found it confusing.
The website is so nice, and I thought all the material would be from the Superhero.js team too. Upon further review, they link to other sites, and some of them are not as user friendly and nice looking. The change of UI between each lesson/source is kind of an eye sore and sometimes annoying.
Unfortunately Richard Stanley hasn't updated the blog in more than 6 months, but in any case. If you want to sharpen your JS skills I'd highly recommend the site.