This & object prototypes

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• ksmithbaylor · Mar 29, 2015 · Recommends

  …level. I had the immense pleasure of taking a workshop with Kyle Simpson, the author, at a conference last year and it covered much of the material from his books. In particular I found the book on 'this' and object prototypes to be fantastic.

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• ciw1973 · Jun 9, 2017 · Recommends

  "Eloquent Javascript" (http://eloquentjavascript.net/) definitely gets my vote, as it starts with concepts that someone new to programming would need to understand before diving into the specifics of the language. Available to read online for free, although well worth spending money on a physical copy to thumb through, but it may be a little too slow to get going for someone who already has experi

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• sentientforest · Dec 18, 2019 · Mentions

  Data Intensive Applications This and Object Prototypes (You Don't Know JS Series) Fall: Or Dodge in Hell Fortress Marin Count Zero Become What You Are (Alan Watts) Swords and Circuitry Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth The High Sierra of California…

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• _getify · Mar 30, 2014 · Mentions

  Huge fan of this article. Makes some really great points! Wish I could share and vote it up a thousand times. :) I have been writing about exactly this topic, of why classes don't make sense (specifically for JS), in my second title of the "You Don't Know JS" book series, "this & Object Prototypes". In particular, Chapter 6 makes the case for an alternate pattern to class-orientation design, whi

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• Silhouette · Feb 16, 2015 · Mentions

  Just curious what parts you looked at? Did you glance at the table of contents, or did you read full chapters? I skimmed through pretty much all of "Scope & Closures". I also looked through the first few chapters of "this & Object Prototypes" to see whether they were any better. If you had any specific feedback on what I could have done better to live up to the title, tone, and mission of the bo

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