> there isn't some 'central' place as a resource for Javascript That isn't true. All important parts of what we call "Java Script" are well-defined at central,

> there isn't some 'central' place as a resource for Javascript That isn't true. All important parts of what we call "Java Script" are well-defined at central, publicly accessible places. However, one needs to know that the standardized part of Java Script is called ECMAScript, whose current version (5th edition) is available at: http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecm... One also needs to know that the DOM API is not specified by ECMA but by the W3C: http://www.w3.org/DOM/DOMTR http://www.w3.org/DOM/DOMTR The DOM standard consists of 3 parts, all of which provide an appendix for ECMAScript: http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-DOM-Level-1-19981001/ecma-script-language-binding.html http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-DOM-Level-1-19981001/ecma-scri... http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Core-20001113/ecma-script-binding.html http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Core-20001113/ecma... http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/ecma-script-binding.html http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/ecma... One might ask why all those JavaScript tutorials don't link to the standard, and why so many of them don't even mention the correct technical term "ECMAScript". No offense intended, but I guess they simply don't know any better. Although they ought to know. For those who don't like to read technical standards, there are also nice secondary resources like the Mozilla Developer Network: https://developer.mozilla.org/ https://developer.mozilla.org/