The two books I read years ago that helped me finally become comfortable with JavaScript were Resig's "Pro JavaScript Techniques" and Crockford's "The Good Parts". Resig's book was great in understanding how to write cross-browser JS code and how to build a JS library. After reading that, I felt I had a solid understanding of how to write quality JavaScript code for the browser. Crockford's book was great to approach JS from a more fundamental level and point out the good, and the bad parts of the language. It really helped me look at JS as an actual programming language, not just a hacky scripting language that runs in the browser.
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-JavaScript-Techniques-John-Resig/dp/1590597273 http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742/ Now days, I also highly recommend NCZ's "High Performance JavaScript" and Stoyan's "JavaScript Patterns". They're both quick reads, as well as a blueprint of how to write high quality code and make use of best practices. http://www.amazon.com/Performance-JavaScript-Faster-Application-Interfaces/dp/059680279X/ http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Patterns-Stoyan-Stefanov/dp/0596806752/ I haven't yet read much of Eloquent JavaScript, but it's on my list. :) As Rey said, if there is something more specific about the language that confuses you, we'd be happy to help. On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Rey Bango <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Emeka, > > You need to better outline the things that you don't understand. As you can > imagine, everyone on this list is very busy so we can't walk you through > everything in the JavaScript language. Your best bet is to break it down > into small, easily manageable pieces where you're stuck on and then seeking > advice for that. > > I'd also recommend going through the following tutorial which does a great > job of teaching the language: > > http://eloquentjavascript.net/ > > <http://eloquentjavascript.net/>Rey > > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Emeka <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hello All, >> >> This is not my first time of attempting to understand JavaScript.... I >> have about three books but I still feel there is something lacking in me. I >> can't even figure out simple stuff. I have played with Clojure/PHP/Python >> none seems like JavaScript. I have not made that shift in reasoning and I >> have not also stumbled on "simple" projects yet to use to learn. I would >> need you help to make this move. It may be because I am far from being >> grounded in CSS/HTML. I need a path to follow ..... projects to try to hone >> my skill(sorry if this question looks childish) >> >> >> *Regards,* >> *Emeka >> * >> >> -- >> To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<jsmentors%[email protected]> >> > > -- > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<jsmentors%[email protected]> > -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
