Exactly... That is why I recommend sticking to high-level libraries and tackling a simple real-world problem to start off. Even just playing with writing some

Exactly... That is why I recommend sticking to high-level libraries and tackling a simple real-world problem to start off. Even just playing with writing some meaningful client-side JavaScript will be enough to give you more of a 'feel' for event-driven programming... It's not going to give you a huge amount of knowledge straight out but it will definitely give you enough to get you started if you decide to go further.