Book Review: JavaScript Patterns
Yikes! This book, by Stoyan Stefanov, creator of YSlow among other things, is barely 200 pages, but JavaScript Patterns is absolutely packed with JavaScript concepts and patterns that require hours of exercise to fully grasp.
Definitely not for beginners, JavaScript Patterns will challenge and reward your hard work with deep knowledge of this have-to-know language. If I had one criticism of the book, it is very dense: every sentence seems to provide a new (valuable) lesson. Like Crockford's JavaScript: The Good Parts, Stefanov's JavaScript Patterns is the encapsulation of years of experience and learning. I cannot see how any developer would fail to get a great deal from the book. Highly recommended.
Readability: B
Content: A
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I felt just the opposite. I didn't feel the book started getting momentum until chapter 5 (Object creation patterns), and really what I was looking for was all in Chapter 7 (Design patterns). I will admit, I had an entire book for what he describes in Chapter 7. Great value for the money even if it only contained chapter 5 - 7.
# Posted By Drew Wells
| 11/18/10 1:08 AM
Maybe you have madder JS skillz than I do! ;-)
# Posted By Hal Helms
| 11/18/10 2:39 AM
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