I've just been trying out CodeAcademy[1] and it seems like a nice place to get your hands dirty if you like learning things interactively. They do have a track

I've just been trying out CodeAcademy[1] and it seems like a nice place to get your hands dirty if you like learning things interactively. They do have a track on jQuery as well - which is something that I think you should be interested in coming from the HTML/ CSS side of things where you want to add interactivity to your pages. These courses should be quick to run through, get your confidence up and have you playing around with JavaScript on your own projects very quickly. There are a few other similar sites out there. [1]http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/javascript http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/javascript