I am not "a JavaScript developer" (Python and Django mainly), but that doesn't mean that I don't need to do some stuff in JavaScript. Where do I start? The choices are overwhelming and there is no clear answer.

In addition the JavaScript world seems to be full of people loudly shouting hype about the latest and greatest new framework, then 6 months later it has changed to something else. Its really frustrating from someone that only spends maybe 10% of my time in JavaScript.