It’s real! The 2020, 2nd edition of You Don't Know JS Yet: Get Started is here. The official tweeter account tweeted its realness just on February 1st, and only yesterday, we got the announcement that the print versions are ready.

This review is hot off the press for the new edition.

The new title of the 2nd edition of this Javascript series resonates with me. The new “yet” appended to the title has the perfect amount of snark: of course we can all say that we used Javascript and achieved the result we wanted, but we can’t all say that we know Javascript — yet.

That’s because the way Javascript thinks is complicated and not consistent with other programming languages. In my career, I deal with this insecurity about Javascript. Truly knowing Javascript is a touchy subject for many of us.

Overview

You Don’t Know JS Yet: Get Started should not be called Get Started. Its truer title is “Under the Hood,” since the entire idea behind book one of the series is to lift the hood, point out the components, and highlight idiosyncrasies in Javascript.

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