Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.visyn.net!visyn.net!uucp.gnuu.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Message-ID: <1677058.EOzuX3ROQg@PointedEars.de> From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:05:19 +0100 User-Agent: KNode/4.4.11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Subject: Re: JavaScript Book Recommendations? Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Followup-To: comp.lang.javascript References: <665sf7hv1a1r8dg54e9fm7tq1t0j17rudk@4ax.com> <9mmrp3FeboU1@mid.uni-berlin.de> <2151122.99fozv8Vkd@PointedEars.de> <9mo2t1FmrlU1@mid.uni-berlin.de> Supersedes: <1932229.aqSPkdTlGX@PointedEars.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 35 NNTP-Posting-Date: 06 Jan 2012 21:05:19 CET NNTP-Posting-Host: 439f93f0.newsspool1.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=:;d\[AGg<8aUoRk[hk2Walic==]BZ:afn4Fo<]lROoRa<`=YMgDjhgb5EF936Ae=FdDZm8W4\YJNl;?f@h5gMfblQd;B>\46n?e=R?1o7:E3:c X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.javascript:9991 M. Strobel wrote: > Am 06.01.2012 03:16, schrieb Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn: >> IMO, the best way to become professional about this is RTFM (and I really >> mean the *manual*, i. e. language specifications and references), and >> posting *relevant* *parts* of your code for public review as explained in >> . > > We do RTFM all the time. But FMs are not made for teaching, they > are for reference. NAK. With proper discipline, you can learn a lot when learning from a good manual combined with good discussions. BTDT. The Netscape JavaScript Guides and References (nowadays MDN), after being corrected in discussions, and the ECMAScript Language Specification, after being explained in discussions, have been excellent teachers to me. > Best is a teacher (a real one, in flesh), next best is a good book. But there is no good book. > Discussion in a forum/newsgroup is IMO something you do in > any case, and it is only for minor questions. NAK. You cannot have been reading here (or elsewhere) long, for the record shows that the most minor questions often cause the longest and most interesting discussions on much more than the subject of the original question. PointedEars -- Danny Goodman's books are out of date and teach practices that are positively harmful for cross-browser scripting. -- Richard Cornford, cljs, (2004)