I have a similar background, and I found these two excellent reads removed a lot of the ambiguity that I think comes with JavaScript. For me, I was constantly

I have a similar background, and I found these two excellent reads removed a lot of the ambiguity that I think comes with JavaScript. For me, I was constantly having an internal argument around designing functionally--encapsulation and messaging via closures--vs designing in an object-oriented paradigm. http://eloquentjavascript.net/ http://eloquentjavascript.net/ http://javascript.crockford.com/private.html http://javascript.crockford.com/private.html Also, I'd recommend making this the way you start writing software with JavaScript. http://www.adequatelygood.com/2010/3/JavaScript-Module-Pattern-In-Depth http://www.adequatelygood.com/2010/3/JavaScript-Module-Patte...