# BonsaiDen/JavaScript-Garden

A collection of documentation about the most quirky parts of the JavaScript language.

Repository: https://github.com/BonsaiDen/JavaScript-Garden
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/javascript-garden
Homepage: http://bonsaiden.github.com/JavaScript-Garden
Language: CSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-07-01T20:32:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5720, "days_push": 793, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3439, forks 550 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:05.043960+00:00)

## What it is
JavaScript Garden is a documentation collection explaining the quirky, error-prone parts of the JavaScript language, offering advice on avoiding common mistakes, subtle bugs, and bad practices. It is not a beginner tutorial and has been unmaintained since roughly 2022, missing ES6+ features.

## Use cases
- understand javascript quirks like coercion and scoping
- avoid common javascript bugs and bad practices
- learn subtle pitfalls of the javascript language
- find explanations of javascript type conversion behavior
- study classic javascript gotchas before an interview

## When to choose
- you need a deep dive into pre-ES6 JavaScript quirks and pitfalls
- you want concise explanations of classic JavaScript gotchas
- you are researching historical JavaScript documentation

## When to avoid
- you want to learn modern JavaScript (ES6 and later)
- you are a beginner looking for a first JavaScript tutorial
- you need actively maintained or up-to-date documentation

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: documentation
- domain: programming-languages, tutorials, web-development
- platform: -
- tags: javascript, language-quirks, guide, educational, es5, web-server

## Member repositories
- BonsaiDen/JavaScript-Garden (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.043960+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:37:40.165444+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/BonsaiDen/JavaScript-Garden (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.043960+00:00, sha 9f6c65807e94)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.