Ask HN: Best current book to learn JavaScript?

Re:Ask HN: Best current book to learn JavaScript? by dorkwood on Thursday June 01, 2017 @12:44PM (#14461905)

Codecademy is good for the absolute basics, but I found anything beyond that seriously lacking.

I remember really hating the tutorial on 'How to use APIs with Javascript', for example. It basically told me exactly what to type in and I 'passed' the course without understanding any of it.

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Re:Ask HN: Best current book to learn JavaScript? by abraves10001 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @12:56PM (#14462039)

I had the same experience, it gives a false sense of security. I can pass the courses without having even a remedial understanding of the underlying concepts.

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Re:Ask HN: Best current book to learn JavaScript? by theprop on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:46PM (#14462601)

Yes, true. It's basically good for someone who's never programmed before and thinks "there's no way I could do this"...it gets someone going that way I feel...

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