Thanks Joe, I've been hearing a lot about Douglas Crockford's material. I tried reading his book and it seemed a bit advanced. I'll take a look at the videos.
On 1/3/11 8:31 AM, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote: >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] -- 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]
