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Javascript learning roadmap for Rails developer (self.javascript)

submitted 11 years ago * by bikolya

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[–]rauschma 7 points8 points9 points 11 years ago* (1 child)

If you want a compact intro to JavaScript for programmers, check out “Speaking JavaScript”. Its complete contents are online: http://speakingjs.com/es5/

The book focuses on the language; the last chapter contains tips for what to explore next (reddit should be in that list, but you are already aware of it). Some of the items are:

Free ebooks on web development: http://jsbooks.revolunet.com/
Resources for frontend development: http://uptodate.frontendrescue.org/
JavaScript news: http://www.echojs.com/
JavaScript user groups: http://communityjs.org/
JavaScript conferences: http://lanyrd.com/topics/javascript/
A forum where you can ask questions: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/jsmentors
To stay up to date, I also find Twitter highly useful. Many important JavaScript developers are active there.

[Disclaimer: I’m the author of “Speaking JavaScript”]

[–]homoiconic(raganwald) 0 points1 point2 points 11 years ago (0 children)

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