[electrichead]

This is probably just me, but I would learn javascript itself first, so that the frameworks are not a black-box. It is not very complicated or expansive, so it will not take that much time, but it will save you a lot of time in the long run if you are able to just go look at the source for any of the libraries you mentioned, and see for yourself what is there. There is a lot of bad javascript code and using a framework first would only encourage bad habits, but that is my personal viewpoint.YMMV

[bjpcjp]

tks @electrichead, I've got copies of the JS Cookbook and Crockford's "...The Good Parts" at my fingertips.