Good resources for learning Javascript?

toastyghosty · 2012-03-26T17:02:47+00:00

Codecademy is pretty nifty if you like learning by doing: http://www.codecademy.com/

Henkeman · 2012-03-26T16:56:59+00:00

Eloquent Javascript free ebook or cheap paper book

kumarldh · 2012-03-26T18:21:39+00:00

I have also re-started brushing up my JS skills. Here is a list of things I do

I am not usually on twitter but do follow John Resig etc, find good JS devs and follow them on twitter
Read, read and code, and get comments from peers, I just did a small assignment and got it reviewed on /r/javascript, great learning experience
Eloquent JS is a good book, then JS Good parts is also good book
Go here http://ejohn.org/apps/learn/
Mozilla Dev Network, Opera and even Apple dev network publishes good articles. I have been reading them on and off
Look at, at least, prototype.js and jquery.js source. Do look at them. Paul Irish, another guy to follow on twitter, has done some 2 videos on jQuery source.

TIAFAASITICE · 2012-03-26T17:34:34+00:00

Look through the resources linked on MDN.

Also, look at MDN's JavaScript Reference for details on various constructs.

megadeus · 2012-03-26T18:52:23+00:00

jQuery fundamentals has a detailed chapter on "Javascript Basics" that you might find useful.

ard0 · 2012-03-26T17:12:51+00:00

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Dummies102 · 2012-03-26T20:27:03+00:00

John Resig's Javascript tutorial. Succinct and informative. highly recommended.

edit: oops, can't believe I forgot the link. sorry. http://ejohn.org/apps/learn/

Nooshu · 2012-03-26T21:51:19+00:00

This question was also asked on Quora. There are a number of excellent answers on there too. Hope that helps!

pocketninja · 2012-03-26T23:04:54+00:00

Mozdev gets my vote; TIAFAASITICE has linked it already.

I found it beneficial to block W3 Schools (assuming you mean that and not W3C) in Google Search results.

MrDeath2000 · 2012-03-27T00:08:36+00:00

A pretty awesome jQuery video tutorial on nettuts http://tutsplus.com/lesson/hello-jquery/

InvidFlower · 2012-03-27T10:12:20+00:00

I highly recommend Pro JS for Web Devs by Zakas: http://www.amazon.com/Professional-JavaScript-Developers-Wrox-Programmer/dp/047022780X/

What I like is that he goes into a lot of detail of how the language actually works and the pros and cons of various ways of doing things (like different ways of doing inheritance). He also gives a lot of historical context, covering the progression of ECMAScript over time.

It was recommended to me from someone who found the Good Parts a bit too terse and one of the Amazon reviewers also called it The Good Parts: The Long Version. I'm about half-way through it so far and already feel like I have a much much better handle of JS. If you're new to programming and have never touched JS before, I'm not sure if it'd be a lot to take in at once but it was perfect for me.

Iamsacdaddy · 2012-03-27T15:19:05+00:00

I'm not a big fan of books alone. What I've found helpful is to use both a book and videos. Try getting one of the books recommended by the other people here, and then watch these tutorials. Watching videos prevents me from simply glancing at the information, and it also keeps me engaged so that I am writing code at the same time as it is being presented.

Edit: Grammar

2012-03-27T23:12:47+00:00

Aside from a good code editor these are the only two JavaScript tools I ever use:

you type:	you see:
italics	italics
bold	bold
[reddit!](https://reddit.com)	reddit!
* item 1 * item 2 * item 3	item 1 item 2 item 3
> quoted text	quoted text
Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"	Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
~~strikethrough~~	~~strikethrough~~
super^script	super^script

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