I'd really recommend listening to some of Douglas Crockford's talks on YUI Theater. The series "Crockford on JavaScript" is very good, and covers everything from the history of programming in general (which is more useful than I thought it would be), to JavaScript syntax and structure, data types, etc. There's 6 videos in the series and each is like 2 hours long.
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/video.php?v=crockonjs-1 Douglas Crockford is a brilliant developer. He represents Yahoo! on the ECMAScript committee (and has influenced the development of the ES5 standard). He formalized the JSON specification, and wrote JSLint, a code quality tool that tons of developers use. Other good talks of his include "The JavaScript Programming Language", "Theory of the DOM", and "Advanced JavaScript". - Joe On Jan 2, 12:55 pm, Shawn Stringfield <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm fairly new to JavaScript and found out about JsMentors from ajaxian.com > as a vital resource for discussing and learning JS. Can anyone share some > good advice on getting started? I have a little experience in ActionScript 3 > and have taken a few Java classes toward my CS degree but my background is > of a designer transitioning into development. My goal is to become a well > rounded front-end developer and I'd like to move beyond the simple slideshow > animations and rollover effects. Any guidance/wisdom will be much > appreciated! -- 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]
