Yes, exactly. I wrote my comment before I read yours. Repasting it here... I wish there were more books and series like "Language A for language B programmers"

Yes, exactly. I wrote my comment before I read yours. Repasting it here... I wish there were more books and series like "Language A for language B programmers". Whenever I'm trying to learn a new language, I have to sift through resources and filter out all the fluff which stems from an assumption it is my FIRST programming language and tries to teach me what a for loop is. What's more, one's proficiency in language A can be leveraged by explaining some constructs of language B in terms of concepts that exist in A, pointing out specific traps, caveats, "false friends" etc. I mean something like this: http://appendto.com/2010/10/how-good-c-habits-can-encourage-bad-javascript-habits-part-1/ http://appendto.com/2010/10/how-good-c-habits-can-encourage-... http://blog.boyet.com/blog/javascriptlessons/?p=5 http://blog.boyet.com/blog/javascriptlessons/?p=5 Or this: http://www.bobtacoindustries.com/Content/Devs/CsToCpp-ASomewhatShortGuide.pdf http://www.bobtacoindustries.com/Content/Devs/CsToCpp-ASomew... Favorite quote: Templates are sort of like .NET generics except that they aren't. :))