In a previous post I explained why I had decided to improve my JavaScript skills. The problem was finding a decent reference book as the ones I had looked at where amongst the worst technical books I had ever encountered; then I found this series of lectures by Douglas Crawford. Not only are the presentations excellent but he also recommends a decent reference book, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan.
More Douglas Crawford JavaScript/DOM related presentations can be found here.
The feature that impressed me most about JavaScript is its functional programming and closure support, a good introduction to the functional programming capabilities of JavaScript can be found here.
[...] 19th, 2007 by gobansaor Having mastered JavaScript (OK master is too strong a word – having become comfortable with both its syntax and usage [...]
[...] Sep 25th, 2007 by gobansaor Zimki, the London based innovative JavaScript application hosting service is to close down this Christmas Eve. Not surprising really, the announcement last June to stop the proposed open sourcing of the platform and the parent company’s (Canon Europe) decision to order a review on the future direction of Zimki looked ominous at the time. Ah well, at least my experimentation with Zimki has given me a very useful take-away, a real respect for the JavaScript language. [...]