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You can learn a ton about the language itself by reading. A good place to start is this collection of free online resources. http://jsbooks.revolunet.com/ http://jsbooks.revolunet.com/ My favorites from this site are as follows: http://eloquentjavascript.net/contents.html http://eloquentjavascript.net/contents.html http://bonsaiden.github.com/JavaScript-Garden/ http://bonsaiden.github.com/JavaScript-Garden/ http://www.addyosmani.com/resources/essentialjsdesignpatterns/book/ http://www.addyosmani.com/resources/essentialjsdesignpattern... http://jstherightway.com/ http://jstherightway.com/ Mozilla has excellent JavaScript material: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Guide https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Guide https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Referenc... As far as print goes, you'll want these books in your reading list: JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford Secrets of the JavaScript Ninga by John Resig