#21 in the ranking · technical · 2014
You Don't Know JS
You Don't Know JS, by Kyle Simpson, published in 2014, is cited by 48 people in conversations on Hacker News, TabNews and Stack Exchange. It shows up in 10 of the 20 years, from 2015 to 2024, with the most mentions in 2017. People who cite it also cite Clean Code, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs and Clean Architecture.
Year by year
Peak: 16 mentions in 2017
Mentions per year: 2007: 0; 2008: 0; 2009: 0; 2010: 0; 2011: 0; 2012: 0; 2013: 0; 2014: 0; 2015: 2; 2016: 6; 2017: 16; 2018: 5; 2019: 2; 2020: 6; 2021: 3; 2022: 3; 2023: 5; 2024: 3; 2025: 0; 2026: 0.
Where it’s cited
What people write
From a text search; it doesn’t yet tell recommending apart from just mentioning.
For developers, I'd recommend Kyle Simpson's "You Don't Know JS" books, in particular "This & Object Prototypes", followed by "Scopes & Closures".
Hacker News · 2017 · in “Ask HN: Best current book to learn JavaScript?” · see comment ↗
+1 for "You don't know js", it's a must read for any js programmer IMO.
Hacker News · 2024 · see comment ↗
To piggy back onto this thread: I've written a fair amount of severside JavaScript, read the Eloquent JS book, the You Don't Know JS series (which I heartily recommend to the parent), and feel I have a pretty good handle on the…
Hacker News · 2020 · see comment ↗
I am reading the book "you don't know js this & object" and I ran into below where they are explaining 'this'.
Stack Exchange · 2015 · in “you don't know js book 'this' example” · by J Kim · CC BY-SA 3.0 · see comment ↗
otimo conteudo, confesso que já li um pouco dos livros you don't know js, e realmente são muito bons e dão bastante visão do js.
TabNews · 2023 · see comment ↗
Eu considero obrigatório saber (de verdade) o conteúdo dos 6 livros "You Don't Know JS".
TabNews · 2023 · see comment ↗