getify/You-Dont-Know-JS
A book series (2 published editions) on the JS language.
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This is a series of books diving deep into the core mechanisms of the JavaScript language. This is the second edition of the book series: To read more about the motivations and perspective behind this book series, check out the Preface. If you're looking for the previous first edition books, they can be found here. I recommend reading the second edition books in this order: If you're looking for the previous first edition books, they can be found here. As always, you'll be able to read these books online here entirely for free. This edition of the books is being self-published through GetiPub publishing. The published books will be made available for sale through normal book retail sources. If you'd like to contribute financially towards the effort (or any of my other OSS efforts) aside from purchasing the published books, please consider these options: This book series is…
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- You Don't Know JS Yet (book series) - 2nd Edition
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What this repository does
A book series (2 published editions) on the JS language.
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- getify
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- 184,839
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- 33,358
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- 2013-11-16T02:37:24.000Z
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- 2026-10-31T16:14:40.000Z
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Owner-supplied topics: async, book, book-series, closures, education, es2015, es6, javascript, learn-to-code, programming, prototypes, training-materials, training-providers
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