[se85]

I somewhat agree with your points.

You can't just explain every single design pattern available in any given language and then say, you now know how to write that language "The right way!".

Thats the feeling I got from this, it just goes into way too much detail about way too many things, and forgets to start with the basics, which is all you need to know to write JavaScript the right way.

How can you write any language the right way without knowing the basics?

This book could be an absolute disaster in the hands of people who don't know any better.

+1 for steering clear of this resource.

[TazeTSchnitzel]

Yeah. I was expecting things like "use semicolons", "global variables are bad", "=== is often what you want, not ==". These are the things that many devs will need to learn. A bunch of design patterns was not what I expected.

[georgemcbay]

While I agree with the fact that the title is misleading, I would have been even more disappointed if it was just a restating of "JavaScript: The Good Parts".

[Androsynth]

Intermediate JS devs need online resources too. Imo, an in-depth explanation of inheritance and the module pattern would be the best possible resources for people at that level of the learning curve. In other words, just read Doug Crockford.

[jarek-foksa]

For explanation of JS inheritance I would recommend reading http://killdream.github.com/blog/2011/10/understanding-javas..., it's actually superior to what you will find in Crocoford's book.