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+2  Q: 

how to start learning JavaScript

Dear All,

I am experienced in the technical support like Linux, oracle, sunos etc and but if i say scripting i know little bit of bash. Now i promoted to manage technical engineers including some JavaScript developers, so i want to learn JavaScripting so that i can understand engineers. Hope you understand. Can you please advise me how can i start JavaScripting and point me to some simple docs and examples.

+2  A: 

Start learning form here :

http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp

http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_intro.asp

But i think also better to start with the jquery a good library for the javascript After you done with javascript : http://docs.jquery.com/Main_Page

Pranay Rana  2010-05-28 05:57:19
Out of date and packed with bad examples and IEisms.
David Dorward  2010-05-28 05:58:14
but i think its very good for the starters
Pranay Rana  2010-05-28 05:58:50
It has been shocking to find that _many_ of the things I saw on that site are frowned upon by professionals.
nc3b  2010-05-28 05:59:58
It isn't very good for "the starters". It gets them into bad habits really quickly.
David Dorward  2010-05-28 06:02:57
And starting with jQuery is a deadful idea. The number of questions on this site from people who have written jQuery code that doesn't work because they don't understand how scope works in JS is shocking. Learn the language before you start with complicated DOM manipulation libraries.
David Dorward  2010-05-28 06:05:58
thanks for the info ans is updated now
Pranay Rana  2010-05-28 06:11:25
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I find this the best free guide to javascript: http://eloquentjavascript.net/

nc3b  2010-05-28 05:58:17
+3  A: 

JavaScript: The Good Parts is a good, and thin, book. The videos by the same author are also very good. The MDC documentation is excellent (but watch out for features added post-1.5 which are usually not supported by Internet Explorer).

David Dorward  2010-05-28 06:02:19
I'm not sure I'd recommend diving straight into *JavaScript: The Good Parts* to a beginner.
Tim Down  2010-05-28 08:49:39
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Look at A Beginner's Guide to JavaScript, it includes tips and examples and Javascript Tutorials for Beginner's

Space  2010-05-28 06:31:35

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