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I recommend "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide". I read a couple of pages in B&N to see if it was any good, and it paid for itself right there. edit: Get the 5

I recommend "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide". I read a couple of pages in B&N to see if it was any good, and it paid for itself right there. edit: Get the 5th Edition. See nickb's comment.

bokonist 19y ago
+! for "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide" Once you have learned javascript, DHTML: The Definitive Reference is a great desktop reference, although it's less important now that javascript libraries are so good.
marrone 19y ago
agreed. Also check out 'Pro Javacsript Techniques' by John Resig. Read this article on closures which is the best description I have read of such a crucial crucial aspect of the language: http://jibbering.com/faq/faq_notes/closures.html http://jibbering.com/faq/faq_notes/closures.html Also read Crockford: http://javascript.crockford.com/ http://javascript.crockford.com/
- altay 19y ago
  John Resig's book is great. (He's the dude behind the jQuery library, and also a YC alum, FYI.) I'd recommend that, and of course the Definitive Guide. Look for the Rhino.
  - marrone 19y ago
    wow, I didnt know Resig was a YC guy.