Shadow's Workshop

I just finished reading JavaScript: The Good Parts, Douglas Crockford's first book on Javascript.

This book unlike AjaxTCR, which i highly recommend, this book is aimed more at novice javascript programmers. I originally got it because it was written by Douglas Crockford who in the days in which i was just learning the language had a huge impact on me.

I never had a role model before I saw some of his presentations on YUI Theater, but the way he presented the language i was trying so hard to learn, convinced me he could be a good choice if I ever decide to have one.

It took me only two hours to read the whole thing, It's something i would like to call a light reading. Even though Crockford recently has been complaining about the language and this book is just another example of him complaining.

As the title says the book only shows the "good" parts of Javascript at first and then at the end in the Apendixes he covers some of the "bad" parts.

As a conclusion I have to say that the book itself was good and i really enjoyed reading it, but it wasn't as big as AjaxTCR and it didn't manage to convince me, i still thing the language itself isn't as bad as he claims, then again i don't have his experience so i might be wrong.