# JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford

3 Hacker News commenters recommended JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for giving a more pragmatic way to work with JavaScript's messy language and environment, and for valuing concise code.

## Why people recommend it

- Pragmatic approach to messy JavaScript (1 comments): "Helped me get a more pragmatic approach to use that chaotic mess of a language and environment." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49443140))
- Values concise code (1 comments): "concision was considered a virtue" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48281516))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Crafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crafting-interpreters.md): 60 recommend
- [Clean Code by Robert C. Martin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clean-code.md): 31 recommend
- [The Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt and Thomas](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pragmatic-programmer.md): 28 recommend
- [How to Design Programs by Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/how-to-design-programs.md): 18 recommend
- [Mastering Emacs by Mickey Petersen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mastering-emacs.md): 17 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=JavaScript%3A+The+Good+Parts+by+Douglas+Crockford&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford", https://hackerapproved.com/p/javascript-the-good-parts/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).