Another interesting introduction I can recommend was written by a friend of mine. It focuses more on the semantic differences to other languages (e.g. prototype

Another interesting introduction I can recommend was written by a friend of mine. It focuses more on the semantic differences to other languages (e.g. prototype based inheritance) as to the syntax: Javascript for people who are in a hurry: http://kaijaeger.com/javascript-for-people-who-are-in-a-hurry.html http://kaijaeger.com/javascript-for-people-who-are-in-a-hurr... Javascript for people who are in slightly less of a a hurry: http://kaijaeger.com/articles/javascript-for-people-who-are-in-slightly-less-of-a-hurry-part-one.html http://kaijaeger.com/articles/javascript-for-people-who-are-...