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Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition

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On 5/7/2013 7:54 AM, Scott Sauyet wrote:
> Andrew wrote:
>> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>> Scott Sauyet wrote:
>>>> Andrew wrote:
>>>>> Is there an online reference of reasonable quality, similar to the
>>>>> documentation for Python? (I'm guessing no, but would like to be wrong)
>>
>>>> I don't really know the Python documentation, but there is definitely
>>>> not one definitive source of API documentation,
>>
>>> The reason of which is that, AFAIK by contrast to Python, there is no
>>> ´Javascript¡.  I am still amazed how some people can still manage to ignore
>>> that basic fact.
>>
>> I was aware of the distinction, but given that "Javascript" is in both the
>> name of the group and the name of the book I was inquiring about, being
>> pedantic about it seemed like it would distract from the question I wanted
>> to ask.
>
> Thomas is well-known here for extremely pedantic answers.  That he
> also has a lot of useful knowledge only partly compensates for his
> anti-social behavior.
>
>
>>> Links to reference material other than books can be found in the FAQs for
>>> this newsgroup. [2]  In fact, books are the resources that are the least
>>> recommended there for good reasons.
>>
>> The (apparently wrong) impression I got from the FAQ was that the online
>> resources listed were all either specifications, bare references, or
>> individual-implementation-specific information. What I wanted was a
>> language guide aimed at experienced programmers new to ECMAScript, and
>> looking to program in a manner that would work cross-browser without
>> unnatural acts.
>>
>> Nothing listed appeared to suit, and I assumed if there was something
>> suitable out there it would be listed; hence I looked to books instead. If
>> you're updating the FAQ, it may be worth being more descriptive in the
>> resource section.
>
> There are in my opinion more books worth consideration than there were
> a few years ago.  As well as the two mentioned in the FAQ (Flanagan's
> _The Definitive Guide_ and Crockford's _The Good Parts_), I would also
> recommend, with some caveats:
>
>      JavaScript Patterns, by Stoyen Stefanov
>      Test-Driven JavaScript, by Christian Johansen
>      High Performance JavaScript, by Nicholas Zakas
>
> and, with very few caveats:
>
>      Eloquent JavaScript, by Marijn Haverbeke
>      Effective JavaScript, by David Herman
>
>>> _______
>>> [1]<http://PointedEars.de/es-matrix>
>>> [2]<http://PointedEars.de/faq>  contains a maintained, currently only
>>>      slightly modified version of<http://jibbering.com/f;the latter
>>>      is not maintained since 2010.  See the changelog for details.
>>
>> Just FYI, neither of those links works for me. I can ping the site and nmap
>> claims the appropriate ports are open, but attempts from a couple of
>> different browsers in a couple of different locations all hang on Waiting
>> for pointedears.de.
>
> I don't know what's up with Thomas' site.  But the link to the cljs
> faq was simply mistyped:
>
>      <http://jibbering.com/faq/>
>
>    -- Scott

Scott...
Do you think they will classify a disorder in the next book on 
psychological behavior for people that like to ABUSE others in a textual 
Internet setting to make themselves feel superior to others?
Pointy can be example #1

I don't understand why he can't be civil to others as he has a lot of 
knowledge and is almost always on target...but like a bad rash.

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Javascript: TDG 6th edition Andrew <andrew@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-06 07:53 -0400
  Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-05-06 06:46 -0700
    Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-06 18:10 +0200
      Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Andrew <andrew@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-07 07:42 -0400
        Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 05:54 -0700
          Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-07 19:48 +0200
            Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 12:53 -0700
              Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-07 22:48 +0200
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 14:02 -0700
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-08 10:11 +0200
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-05-09 08:33 -0700
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-05-09 16:54 +0100
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-05-09 13:02 -0700
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-05-09 22:38 +0100
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Dr J R Stockton <reply1300@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2013-05-10 20:03 +0100
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition MC <news@aisus.com> - 2013-05-17 11:04 -0500
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2013-05-18 13:09 +1000
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-18 10:40 +0200
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2013-05-18 10:16 +0100
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2013-05-18 20:14 +1000
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition MC <news@aisus.com> - 2013-05-18 10:11 -0500
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Dr J R Stockton <reply1300@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2013-05-20 19:58 +0100
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-05-07 22:03 +0100
            Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 13:02 -0700
              Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-07 22:50 +0200
                Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 14:03 -0700
            Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2013-05-07 21:39 +0100
            Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-05-08 00:10 -0700
              Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-08 09:51 +0200
            Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2013-05-09 23:36 +0200
          Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition MC <news@aisus.com> - 2013-05-17 08:59 -0500
      Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2013-05-21 00:50 -0300
        Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-21 12:50 +0200
    Re: Javascript: TDG 6th edition Andrew <andrew@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-07 07:25 -0400

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