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I am looking for a good API documentation for Javascript especially related to browsers and DOM. I am not looking for any kind of Javascript tutorial, but simply a documentation for all standard Javascript classes and for classes used in web browsers.

Something similar to Java's Javadoc ( http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/ )

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https://developer.mozilla.org/

The DOM section of it is probably what you look for, alongside with Javascript.

RommeDeSerieux
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I'm rather fond of Got API, which lets you see easily see api docs about all the various pieces of web development.

Richard Levasseur
This site would be great if someone bothered to keep it up-to-date.
Scott Evernden
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specific to jQuery I quite like visualjquery.com

Scott Evernden
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I find that when working a lot with these things, nothing beats having a book (which automatically falls open on the 2-3 most popular places due to wear & tear). Nothing beats the rhino book, which also has good coverage on what differences you can expect from different browsers. Get the latest edition.

krosenvold
Note for those reluctant to _read a book_: you can buy electronic version of O'Reilly books :), available in several formats.
Richard Levasseur
I know it's really *so* 1900's, but this is the only book I own that is totally worn to pieces. I'm kind-of waiting for a new edition because my current book is worn out. Reinforced with gaffa in the spine.
krosenvold
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How about the standards?

  1. DOM2 Core (W3C)
  2. DOM2 Events (W3C)
  3. DOM2 HTML (W3C)
  4. DOM2 CSS (W3C)

And for javascript itself:

  1. Standard ECMA-262 ECMAScript Language Specification (ECMA)
some
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It seems that there already was a related question.

Juha Syrjälä
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One of the best sites i came across was http://www.quirksmode.org/

http://www.quirksmode.org/compatibility.html

Compares major browsers’ CSS and JavaScript capabilities, as well as their adherence to the W3C standards.

Amitd
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Which website gives the standard java script DOM APIs reference ?

abhi