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| Sites | Newsgroups | Books |
We update this page periodically, so put it on your bookmark list, and check back every once in awhile to find the latest in JavaScript information.
The mother lode of JavaScript help is found at Netscape's Web site, but there's a lot of good information at sites from Microsoft and independent JavaScript pages. Here are some of the best JavaScript Web sites that we've found.
Netscape
Core JavaScript Guide 1.5
Netscape
Core JavaScript Reference 1.5
Introduction to Cross-Browser, Cross-Platform, Backwardly Compatible JavaScript and DHTML
Peter-Paul
Koch's JavaScript Site
The main Usenet newsgroup for JavaScript is comp.lang.javascript,
where there are many discussions about scripting, people asking questions
about problems that have them stymied, and general talk among JavaScript developers.
It's a good place to get answers and pick up tips. But read the newsgroup's
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) file before you start posting!
There are a zillion JavaScript books out on the market. Some are terrific, and there's a lot that aren't so great. Naturally, we think that ours is one of the better ones for beginners, but we realize that when you get deeper into scripting, you'll want a good JavaScript reference book. Here's a list of some other JavaScript books we really like and recommend, with links that let you buy them directly from Amazon.com.
JavaScript:
The Definitive Guide
by David Flanagan
An exhaustive reference to the JavaScript language. Not for the faint of heart, this is the book the experts turn to look up those weird operators and nail down that odd syntax. Like most of the programming language books published by O'Reilly and Associates, it is essential for the serious coder.
Dynamic
HTML: the Definitive Guide
by Danny Goodman
Danny Goodman's exhausive reference (more than 1,000 pages) tells you virtually everything you might want to know about HTML tags, Cascading Style Sheets style attributes, and JavaScript objects. It goes into considerable and useful detail on the code gymnastics needed to make your scripts work across browsers.
JavaScript
Bible
by Danny Goodman
Another clear, well-written book from Danny Goodman, this IDG Books entry explains JavaScript in detail, but in a friendlier fashion than the O'Reilly book.