I've really never learned anything well by learning a book, maybe you'll have the same luck (or lack-thereof). Id' start building stuff. Follow tutorials, and

I've really never learned anything well by learning a book, maybe you'll have the same luck (or lack-thereof). Id' start building stuff. Follow tutorials, and then starting looking at API docs and experimenting. After that, I'd follow along with 'JavaScript Ninja'[1], straight from John Resig (who designed/wrote? jQuery), which gets into the prototypical inheritance, etc. I've gotten past some fairly well-known Technical interviews through the above approach. Either way, good luck with your journey. http://ejohn.org/apps/learn/ http://ejohn.org/apps/learn/