[lampe]

I think the biggest problem is that there are many many bad tutorials/book about javascript and only a few good once.

Often people wane code javascript like language X but javascript isen't language X! You must learn it like every other language! But if often see people doing javascript "when they need it". Nobody writes C just cause they need it... Normally people just sit down and read a book about C.

[PommeDeTerre]

The "best" JavaScript-related book, as chosen by the community at large, is generally considered to be "JavaScript: The Good Parts", by Crockford.

While the most widely respected books for other programming languages teach one how to use such languages' features effectively, "JavaScript: The Good Parts" basically says not to use large parts of JavaScript.

That alone should show just how poor of a language it is. You don't have to ignore, or actively not use, so much core functionality when using a good programming language.

[dirkk0]

Also there is this resource, and the first sentence says it all: http://bonsaiden.github.com/JavaScript-Garden/