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Ask HN: *Absolute beginners* guide to JavaScript
1 point by csswizardry on Dec 17, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments
Hi guys,

As the title suggests, I am after the absolute, most introductory, basic and low-level resources for learning JS. Assume I know nothing at all.

I recently picked up a copy of _JavaScript: The Good Parts_ but that still assumes some prior knowledge. I am from a design and CSS background, but if I were to rank my JS on a 1–10 scale I’d say it’s a firm zero.

Are there any books that have stood the test of time? A decent series of blog posts? I’m wanting to learn about core programming/scripting stuff, rather than ‘how to make xyz with JS’, so any resources that introduce JS as a language rather than a ‘look what you can do with JS’ would be superb. I want to ‘get’ JS, not just use it.

I appreciate this is a very demanding question, and one you no doubt get all the time, but: where would someone with zero JS knowledge look to start learning how to do JS properly. I would also assume I’d need to do some language-agnostic learning too, about core programming principles…?

Thanks so much for any/all advice and insight! H



Here's a great interactive way to learn. Not associated in any way, just always thought it would have been a neat way to learn.

http://www.codecademy.com/


Eloquent JavaScript might be what you are looking for: http://eloquentjavascript.net/

It's available for free online or you can order a hard copy.


Check Eloquent Javascript http://eloquentjavascript.net/




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