--- product_id: 276094608 title: "Javascript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts" price: "372 kr" currency: NOK in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.no/products/276094608-javascript-the-good-parts-the-good-parts store_origin: NO region: Norway --- # Focus on efficient, elegant code Concise expert knowledge Deep insights into JS quirks Javascript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts **Price:** 372 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > ⚡ Code smarter, not harder — embrace the good parts of JavaScript! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Javascript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts - **How much does it cost?** 372 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.no](https://www.desertcart.no/products/276094608-javascript-the-good-parts-the-good-parts) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Boost your coding IQ:** Learn the subtle differences from classical OO languages to avoid common pitfalls. - • **Cut through the noise:** Skip the bad parts and focus on what truly makes JavaScript powerful and expressive. - • **Master the essentials:** Unlock the elegant subset of JavaScript that powers scalable, maintainable code. - • **Compact yet comprehensive:** A dense, focused read that rewards multiple passes for deep understanding. - • **Expertly distilled wisdom:** Authored by Douglas Crockford, the definitive voice in JavaScript mastery. ## Overview JavaScript: The Good Parts is a compact, authoritative guide by Douglas Crockford that isolates the most reliable, readable, and maintainable features of JavaScript. It empowers developers to write elegant, efficient code by focusing on the language’s strengths while avoiding its pitfalls. Ideal for professional programmers seeking to deepen their understanding of JavaScript’s core mechanics without distractions from libraries or DOM manipulation. ## Description Most programming languages contain good and bad parts, but JavaScript has more than its share of the bad, having been developed and released in a hurry before it could be refined. This authoritative book scrapes away these bad features to reveal a subset of JavaScript that's more reliable, readable, and maintainable than the language as a whole--a subset you can use to create truly extensible and efficient code. Considered the JavaScript expert by many people in the development community, author Douglas Crockford identifies the abundance of good ideas that make JavaScript an outstanding object-oriented programming language-ideas such as functions, loose typing, dynamic objects, and an expressive object literal notation. Unfortunately, these good ideas are mixed in with bad and downright awful ideas, like a programming model based on global variables. When Java applets failed, JavaScript became the language of the Web by default, making its popularity almost completely independent of its qualities as a programming language. In JavaScript: The Good Parts , Crockford finally digs through the steaming pile of good intentions and blunders to give you a detailed look at all the genuinely elegant parts of JavaScript, including: Syntax Objects Functions Inheritance Arrays Regular expressions Methods Style Beautiful features The real beauty? As you move ahead with the subset of JavaScript that this book presents, you'll also sidestep the need to unlearn all the bad parts. Of course, if you want to find out more about the bad parts and how to use them badly, simply consult any other JavaScript book. With JavaScript: The Good Parts , you'll discover a beautiful, elegant, lightweight and highly expressive language that lets you create effective code, whether you're managing object libraries or just trying to get Ajax to run fast. If you develop sites or applications for the Web, this book is an absolute must. Review: Ezzes vom Javascript-Guru - Ein rundum gelungenes Werk von Javascript-Guru, das trotz seiner schlanken Gestalt für viele Stunden Lesevergnügen sorgte. In den wenigen Seiten ist soviel Wissen destilliert und in minimalistische Code-Beispiele gegossen, dass man jedes Kapitel gerne nochmals liest, um auch ja alles "mitzunehmen". Javascript: The Good parts beginnt mit der Geschichte von Javascript und seinem Aufstieg von einer Verlegenheitslösung zur vielleicht wichtigsten Skriptsprache der Welt. Doch dann ist die Schonfrist vorbei: schonungslos zerpflückt Crockford die ohnehin spärliche Javascript-"Standardbibliothek" bzw. Syntax und erklärt anschaulich, warum ==, typeof und Co besser nicht mehr verwendet werden sollten. Auch die missglückte prototype/class-Inheritance von Javascript bekommt ihr Fett ab. Aus den wenigen Resten, den good parts, zaubert Crockford aber erstaunliches: er erläutert, wie sich Klassen, Vererbung, Module oder funktionale Programmierung mit einfachsten Mitteln in Javascript emulieren lassen. Sehr gut finde ich, dass er den Bereich der DOM-Manipulation komplett außen vor läßt. Als hochperformante Programmiersprache hat sich Javascript längst von den typischen Rollover-Skriptchen emanzipiert, die in anderen Werken noch den Blick aufs Wesentliche verstellen. Insgesamt eine sehr empfehlenswerte Lektüre für den fortgeschrittenen Javascript-Entwickler. Review: JavaScript the language, presented for professional programmers - In this small and dense book you will find JavaScript guru Douglas Crockford's presentation of the beautiful subset of a language that lies within JavaScript as a whole. You can use this subset to write serious programs. Occasionally you might have to use some of what Crockford calls "the bad parts", but at least you'll know the dangers, and how to mitigate them. Perhaps more importantly, Crockford is very, very aware of how JavaScript differs from classical OO languages, and how these differences can and do trip up classically trained programmers, coming from (say) C++, C# or Java backgrounds. Crockford goes out of his way to point out the differences and the new way of thinking that is required for JavaScript. This book is not necessarily going to be an easy read, even for professionals. Crockford says so himself in the preface. It's dense and terse. By necessity it introduces terms that might be confusing at first, and which are only explained later. You have to read the whole book, patiently waiting for certain concepts to be explained, and for things to fall into place. On a re-read it all begins to make real sense. I do recommend that this book is read at least twice, preferrably three times. At least it's short! There is not much to do with the web in this book. There's no DOM manipulation examples, and no Ajax calls. You will find no discussion of modern JavaScript libraries. Crockford just focusses on his area of expertise: the JavaScript language. He highlights and promotes the good parts, and in appendices talks about the "Awful" and merely "Bad" parts. This is an important book. Crockford writes with the authority, seriousness and simplicity of K&R. To be a modern web developer you really need to know what you're doing with respect to JavaScript. Look to other books to discuss JavaScript libraries, the DOM, animation effects and Ajax. Look to this book for the starting point to all that: the JavaScript language itself, weird and wonderful, familiar yet strange, bad parts and (fortunately) good parts. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 740 Reviews | ## Images ![Javascript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/7185IMvz88L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ezzes vom Javascript-Guru *by F***Z on 12 February 2010* Ein rundum gelungenes Werk von Javascript-Guru, das trotz seiner schlanken Gestalt für viele Stunden Lesevergnügen sorgte. In den wenigen Seiten ist soviel Wissen destilliert und in minimalistische Code-Beispiele gegossen, dass man jedes Kapitel gerne nochmals liest, um auch ja alles "mitzunehmen". Javascript: The Good parts beginnt mit der Geschichte von Javascript und seinem Aufstieg von einer Verlegenheitslösung zur vielleicht wichtigsten Skriptsprache der Welt. Doch dann ist die Schonfrist vorbei: schonungslos zerpflückt Crockford die ohnehin spärliche Javascript-"Standardbibliothek" bzw. Syntax und erklärt anschaulich, warum ==, typeof und Co besser nicht mehr verwendet werden sollten. Auch die missglückte prototype/class-Inheritance von Javascript bekommt ihr Fett ab. Aus den wenigen Resten, den good parts, zaubert Crockford aber erstaunliches: er erläutert, wie sich Klassen, Vererbung, Module oder funktionale Programmierung mit einfachsten Mitteln in Javascript emulieren lassen. Sehr gut finde ich, dass er den Bereich der DOM-Manipulation komplett außen vor läßt. Als hochperformante Programmiersprache hat sich Javascript längst von den typischen Rollover-Skriptchen emanzipiert, die in anderen Werken noch den Blick aufs Wesentliche verstellen. Insgesamt eine sehr empfehlenswerte Lektüre für den fortgeschrittenen Javascript-Entwickler. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ JavaScript the language, presented for professional programmers *by A***R on 3 February 2009* In this small and dense book you will find JavaScript guru Douglas Crockford's presentation of the beautiful subset of a language that lies within JavaScript as a whole. You can use this subset to write serious programs. Occasionally you might have to use some of what Crockford calls "the bad parts", but at least you'll know the dangers, and how to mitigate them. Perhaps more importantly, Crockford is very, very aware of how JavaScript differs from classical OO languages, and how these differences can and do trip up classically trained programmers, coming from (say) C++, C# or Java backgrounds. Crockford goes out of his way to point out the differences and the new way of thinking that is required for JavaScript. This book is not necessarily going to be an easy read, even for professionals. Crockford says so himself in the preface. It's dense and terse. By necessity it introduces terms that might be confusing at first, and which are only explained later. You have to read the whole book, patiently waiting for certain concepts to be explained, and for things to fall into place. On a re-read it all begins to make real sense. I do recommend that this book is read at least twice, preferrably three times. At least it's short! There is not much to do with the web in this book. There's no DOM manipulation examples, and no Ajax calls. You will find no discussion of modern JavaScript libraries. Crockford just focusses on his area of expertise: the JavaScript language. He highlights and promotes the good parts, and in appendices talks about the "Awful" and merely "Bad" parts. This is an important book. Crockford writes with the authority, seriousness and simplicity of K&R. To be a modern web developer you really need to know what you're doing with respect to JavaScript. Look to other books to discuss JavaScript libraries, the DOM, animation effects and Ajax. Look to this book for the starting point to all that: the JavaScript language itself, weird and wonderful, familiar yet strange, bad parts and (fortunately) good parts. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Classic, Invaluable. *by J***F on 18 April 2016* I would not forgive myself if I did not write a review for this book. This is one of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. It does not only help me grasp and love Javascript, but also greatly improved my understanding the way of how to do better programming. As a programmer, if you have not read this book, you missed a very good part. So, if you want to learn Javascript, this is definitely the right book to read. Like the author said, This book is small, but it is dense. It is very hard to understand some pages in the first read. I read every pages at least 3 times, some pages more than 10 times to get the idea fully. But the effort definitely got rewarded. ## Frequently Bought Together - JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts - Eloquent JavaScript, 3rd Edition: A Modern Introduction to Programming - JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Master the World's Most-Used Programming Language --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.no/products/276094608-javascript-the-good-parts-the-good-parts](https://www.desertcart.no/products/276094608-javascript-the-good-parts-the-good-parts) --- *Product available on Desertcart Norway* *Store origin: NO* *Last updated: 2026-09-16*