I don't think it's bad to want to abstract away the low-levels of client-side JavaScript, but you might want to start with JavaScript first to know what and why

I don't think it's bad to want to abstract away the low-levels of client-side JavaScript, but you might want to start with JavaScript first to know what and why you are abstracting away. There's a good introduction in the form of lectures from Douglas Crockford. I watched them recently and they were informative and interesting. http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-javascript-programming-language-through-video-lectures http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-javascript-programming...