Javascript code help - Eloquent JS book
How important is it to understand the examples in Eloquent JS
I'm reading through the examples and they appear complicated.
That's because they are. Wildly unnecessarily so.
Unpopular opinion: that book is actually really bad, because teaching books should be easy, and people recommend it because finishing it made them feel smart.
Take a look through the history of the sub. People find this book challenging quite often, and apparently not the others, even the ones which outsell it.
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Eloquent JavaScript (Annotated Version)
This is an annotated version of the second edition of http://eloquentjavascript.net/.
There are two objectives for this project:
Add comments to make the text easier to understand.
Allow you to ask me questions using comments so you don't get stuck.
The big idea is that you’ll be able to get through the book without any issues and understand everything on a very deep level. I’ve heard from too many people that the first few chapters have been smooth and then the middle to later chapters have been a struggle (which is a big shame). I want the entire book to be a smooth experience so that you can feel confident about JavaScript and can move on to bigger things.
My goal is to create a really useful and lasting resource that helps a ton of people. Please let me know what you think!
If you've struggled through parts of the book before, I'd love to hear about it so that I can spend more energy on the parts where you need it most.
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