Ask YC: decent JavaScript resource and reference sites?

[ulfstein]

I'm looking for some comprehensive JavaScript resource and reference sites - I'm hoping someone here can point me in the right direction.

[cubicray]

here are some links:

http://www.crockford.com/javascript/ http://ajaxian.com/archives/so-you-want-to-write-javascript-...

video lectures: http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com/2007/05/programming-vi... http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-javascript-programming...

cheat sheets: http://www.wait-till-i.com/2007/06/27/dom-javascript-cheat-s... http://www.scottklarr.com/topic/95/javascriptajax-cheat-shee...

combined resources: http://ajaxian.com/archives/lets-compile-a-list-of-ajax-dom-... http://www.softwaredeveloper.com/features/quality-ajax-resou... http://www.maxkiesler.com/index.php/weblog/comments/learning... http://fresherswisdom.wisdomplug.com/free-tutorials-collecti... http://www.jasonbartholme.com/70-javascript-resources-for-ev...

development tools: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-jstools/?S_...

[metatronscube]

See this is what I like about this community, I was going to ask the very same thing. Thanks, much appreciated.

[morbidkk]

Basics of everything you need:

http://www.hunlock.com/

Interactive tutorial:

http://eloquentjavascript.net/

Print version:

http://eloquentjavascript.net/print.html

[gtani]

browser bugs:

http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/

Danny goodman's quickref/cheat:

http://www.dannyg.com/dl/JSB6RefBooklet.pdf

mozilla's JS 1.5 ref

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Gui...

jscript / IE deviation from ES 3

http://blogs.msdn.com/jscript/archive/2007/10/29/ecmascript-...

browser testing

http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200702/browser_testing...

browser market share

http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers http://ejohn.org/blog/will-memory-leaks-matter-in-2009/

[omouse]

Mozilla also has pages covering the features in Javascript 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8

[Stubbs]

My reference for this kind of stuff is http://w3schools.com , a bit light on examples, but a good reference if you just need to know the syntax.

[edw519]

I would start with the Rhino book

http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Definitive-Guide-David-Flan...

[dgabriel]

I could not agree more.

The web has lots of practical examples and API documentation, but it's fragmented information. This book gives you a thorough, cohesive understanding of the language.

[morbidkk]

I had rhino book but things got better when I read

http://www.amazon.com/Professional-JavaScript-Developers-Wro...

[mechanical_fish]

It is embarrassing to have to admit that I'm only halfway through a book as compact as JavaScript: The Good Parts. But so far it is a very good book.

http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockfor...

[llimllib]

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/JavaScript http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecm...

[Anon84]

There's a veritable wealth of info over at http://developer.yahoo.com/

The Web Developers Handbook is also pretty useful http://www.alvit.de/handbook/index.php

[mpc]

read John Resig's blog ejohn.org, he's also the creator of JQuery.

[eventhough]

www.gotapi.com

[ulfstein]

Wow! Thanks!!

[DXL]

QuirksMode offers a lot of help, especially on tricky cross browser issues. http://www.quirksmode.org/js/contents.html