Hacker news gets 40% off on Eloquent JavaScript

[marijn]

Whenever a submission about learning JavaScript has appeared on Hacker news the past years, someone ended up adding a comment linking http://eloquentjavascript.net . To show my appreciation( * ), I'm offering anyone who comes across this post a 40% discount on the updated, paper version of the book, which is coming out this week. Use the coupon code 2ELOQUENT2QUIT when ordering the paper book from http://nostarch.com/ejs.htm . The offer goes until the 21st of January (next Friday).

( * And, of course, to stir up some publicity.)

[Shooter]

Marijn,

Re: "Master basic programming techniques"

Would you recommend your book as a first programming book for designers that want to learn to code? We have a few employees that come from a print design background that are wanting to learn JS to move into web work, and I'd buy a half a dozen copies if this is an appropriate intro for them. Otherwise, I'll just buy one copy and solicit recommendations for a book to teach programming using JS. [I normally recommend Python and Scheme books to learn programming, but that seems like a long way around for people that only want/need to learn JS.]

Love your CL work, BTW.

[marijn]

> Would you recommend your book as a first programming book for designers that want to learn to code?

Yes. Though if you want immediate results, EJS might not be quite as practical as you'd like -- it tries to find a middle way between theory and practice.

[marijn]

Update: the offer actually goes until the 25th, not the 21st.

[mark_l_watson]

I just browsed the online version of your book. Nice! I just pre-ordered it on Amazon (they have a 39% discount).

[willurd]

Yea but if you buy it from nostarch.com you get it 1% cheaper and you get an ebook version to boot! Awesome deal.

[unignorant]

site: http://eloquentjavascript.net

store: http://nostarch.com/ejs.htm

[ezalor]

thx bro!