Driven to buy by the negative review
I was driven to buy this book by the negative review of Papadimoulis. I now have the book in my hand, and I haven't been able to put it down.So far, I haven't seen any recommendations I disagree with. It's actually entertaining to explore the book and discover several tips that I did not really know about. Even the seemingly simple {_string == ""} being slower than {_string.length == 0} was a pleasant surprise.That elegant and really simple snippet for providing asyncronous support is worth the money I paid for this book. I can already imagine many team mates casually coming by my desk, picking up this book, rifling through absent-mindedly and then suddenly ... wide-eyed with amazement because they just stumbled across a gem.