You Don't Know JS Yet

Did you know? The 2nd-ed titles "Objects & Classes" (book 3) and "Types & Grammar" (book 4) are both draft stable and can be read for free online? * objects.youdontknowjs.com * types.youdontknowjs.com "Get Started" (book 1) and "Scope & Closures" (book 2) prev published Jan 2020.

@alexandereardon That book has a newer second edition (complete re-write), and I strongly recommend reading/referencing it instead of the first edition: github.com/getify/You-Don…

A brilliant chapter in @YDKJS on the topic: github.com/getify/You-Don…

JavaScript has "lexical scope" - Scope: store variables, govern what variables can be accessed - Lexical scope: your scopes are defined during "lexing" (a step during the compiling of your JS) With "lexical scope" your scopes are defined when you author your code

I've always recommended Kyle Simpson’s YDKJS books as the JS counterpart to my @CSSSecretsBook. Now he’s raising funds to finish out the remaining 4 books in his second edition book series. Take a look and back his effort, it’s worth it! kickstarter.com/projects/getif…

The "You Don't Know JS" series by Kyle Simpson helped me to embrace the depths of the JavaScript language with clarity. I cannot overstate it's impact on me I *try* to read @YDKJS annually Kyle is currently raising funding for the second edition: kickstarter.com/projects/getif…

I was pretty lucky to get to write the foreword to the first book, Get Started. I still think this is the new, best "let's teach you JS" book on the market and it's worth sponsoring its completion, particularly because it's free to everyone who wants it kickstarter.com/projects/getif…

Just added several FAQs to the kickstarter: #project-faqs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">kickstarter.com/projects/getif… Please help me keep spreading the word to friends, co-workers, grandmas, kids, and anyone else you can think of! :)

@bothzoli Heh, stickers are a great idea. I may try to add some add-on rewards like that during the campaign. I'll look into it. :)

@YDKJS have you considered adding "YDKJSY" stickers for the rewards? or maybe "ITNISTKJSBPNC" (as in "I Think Now I'm Starting To Know JavaScript But Probably Not Completely") stickers? everybody loves stickers, right? 😊

It's time!!! The kickstarter has launched and is live! kickstarter.com/projects/getif… Please consider supporting these efforts to get the 2nd edition complete, but even more please spread the word as far and wide as possible! Thanks for your help!

Regardless of where you are on the JavaScript love/hate spectrum, knowledge === power. A better understanding of this quirky language can make *you* more powerful, productive, and less frustrated. kickstarter.com/projects/getif…

@prajwalrao fixed thanks :)

@YDKJS Small typos on the Kickstarter page - share.getcloudapp.com/nOuvlp8j

@gmcconnaughey O'Reilly stopped publishing books (in the traditional sense) years ago. I've been self-publishing books for the last 5 years now, including the first two books of this second edition already.

@YDKJS Could you talk a bit about the decision to self-publish rather than having O’Reilly publish the 2nd edition as well? Seems that would take care of the finances side of things and negate the need for a Kickstarter.

@brandonleichty thanks so much!!!!

@YDKJS So glad you’re doing this. Just backed you as a “Zoom Hero” 😆 Hope you hit your goal!

OK, the response to the poll (and on linked-in) was great, much better than expected. Let's see how this goes! Here's the pre-launch page for the @Kickstarter campaign, which will go live very soon: kickstarter.com/projects/getif… Please sign up there to be notified, and also RT/share!

@DrawnByMouse I've had a patreon for years and it's never amounted to much support: patreon.com/getify Grateful for the little bit I get.

If we ran a crowd-funding campaign to get the rest of the 4 second-edition books written, this is what it would look like:

(poll) so... would you back a crowd-funding campaign structured this way?

@isntitvacant My take: node is still CJS-first, and always will be. ESM tacked on is fine, but Node isn't ESM-first. I embrace this. I author in CJS, and use Moduloze to up-transpile to ESM for those who want it, and Import-Remap for making those ESM work in browser. Works fine.

transducers bring performance and declarative readability (including point-free) together. you don't have to choose.