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Re:The best JavaScript guide ever by kreek on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @11:04AM (#1764192)
The best way I've found to learn JavaScript is through anything by Douglas Crawford. 'JavaScript the Good Parts' is especially good.

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596517748 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQVTIJBZook

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Re:The best JavaScript guide ever by kenjackson on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @11:37AM (#1764374)
I was a Javascript hater for a long time. Douglas turned me around through his videos and writing. Still not my favorite language, but I have a lot more respect for it and actually wouldn't mind writing in it if needed.

I also strongly recommend his work for a better understanding of Javascript.

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Re:The best JavaScript guide ever by sysprv on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @12:52PM (#1764742)
Met Douglas at JAOO (http://gotocon.com/) this year; got him to sign my copy of "JavaScript: The Good Parts" :)
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Re:The best JavaScript guide ever by kraynar on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @02:44PM (#1765255)
Agreed, but the name is Crockford. His site, which has a bunch of interesting JavaScript links on it: http://crockford.com
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Re:The best JavaScript guide ever by kreek on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @03:36PM (#1765509)
Woops my bad, apologies to Mr. Crockford.
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Re:The best JavaScript guide ever by thisisblurry on Thursday October 07, 2010 @08:22AM (#1767577)
You'd better apologize: http://crockfordfacts.com/GN_06PA13xG5uKNcAkuh_Q
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Re:The best JavaScript guide ever by Groxx on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @02:11PM (#1765083)
I wish more books were like that. A programming book for programmers.
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Re:The best JavaScript guide ever by code_duck on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @06:52PM (#1766178)
His point that JavaScript is quite good with a few key flaws, and the reason so many people think they hate JS is the flaws of the DOM, is an important observation.
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