Re: What's a good Javascript book?

From	Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: What's a good Javascript book?
Date	2012-10-12 13:17 -0700
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:22:15 -0700 (PDT), Scott Sauyet
<scott.sauyet@gmail.com> wrote:

>Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>>  John G Harris wrote:
> [RE: Crockford's _JavaScript: The Good Parts]
>
>>> 1) His is the *only* good coding style.
>>
>> This is enough to say no.  I have a coding style I prefer.  It
>> may be better than yours, but how would I know unless I know what you
>> work with/in/on?
>
>Just remember that the above is not a quote, only John's
>interpretation of Crockford's book.
>
>Crockford absolutely is opinionated about style, and JSLint captures
>his opinions in a very detailed manner.  This book is very opinionated
>as well, but probably less so about style than about more fundamental
>issues.

     I am opinionated, too, but I do not cram it down people's
throats.  I tried JSLint, saw that it was catering to prejudices
rather than actual language requirements, and dropped it.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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What's a good Javascript book? I Am Here <iamhereintheworld@gmail.com> - 2012-10-08 06:35 -0700
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-08 13:52 +0000
    Re: What's a good Javascript book? "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-10-08 17:03 +0300
      Re: What's a good Javascript book? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-10-08 15:22 +0100
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-10-08 08:56 -0600
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-08 16:11 +0200
    Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-09 10:43 +0100
      Re: What's a good Javascript book? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 13:12 +0200
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-10 15:32 +0100
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-10 20:13 +0200
            Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-11 14:28 +0100
      Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-09 17:56 +0100
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-10 00:32 +0200
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-09 16:37 -0700
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-10 06:44 +0100
            Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-10 20:09 +0200
            Re: What's a good Javascript book? Dr J R Stockton <reply1241@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-10-11 19:43 +0100
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-10-08 16:21 +0200
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-10-08 07:56 -0700
  Re: What's a good [JavaScript] book? Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-10-08 11:38 -0400
    Re: What's a good [JavaScript] book? Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-10-08 11:42 -0400
      Re: What's a good [JavaScript] book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-10 00:41 +0200
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? Danny <dann90038@gmail.com> - 2012-10-08 11:57 -0700
    Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-08 20:39 +0100
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? I Am Here <iamhereintheworld@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 06:19 -0700
    Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-10-09 18:43 +0200
      Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-09 10:06 -0700
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 11:43 -0700
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-09 20:07 +0100
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-09 13:40 -0700
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-10-09 20:55 +0200
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-09 13:45 -0700
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-10 04:31 -0700
      Re: What's a good Javascript book? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 20:09 +0200
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-10-09 21:01 +0200
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-09 13:50 -0700
      Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-10 15:26 +0100
        Re: What's a good Javascript book? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-10-10 15:58 +0100
          Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-11 14:39 +0100
            Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-11 06:52 -0700
              Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-11 17:13 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-11 10:39 -0700
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-12 10:37 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-12 07:11 -0700
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-13 10:53 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-12 09:49 -0700
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-12 10:22 -0700
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-12 13:17 -0700
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-12 20:32 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-13 10:50 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-13 19:45 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-13 21:55 +0200
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-13 21:52 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-13 23:49 +0200
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-13 23:57 +0200
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-13 23:34 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-14 02:09 +0200
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-14 00:00 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-14 01:58 +0200
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-14 07:17 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-15 01:17 +0200
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-14 13:40 +0100
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-14 19:03 -0700
                Re: What's a good Javascript book? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-15 10:42 +0100
    Re: What's a good Javascript book? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-09 22:49 +0200
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 12:00 -0700
  Re: What's a good Javascript book? I Am Here <iamhereintheworld@gmail.com> - 2012-10-16 06:57 -0700

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