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good tips, if any of them are new, get "Javascript the good parts", it's an awesome book, and not too long

For prospective buyers who are still on the fence there's a handy 1000-word review comparing and contrasting The Good Parts with the Definitive Guide recommended above:

http://jmesnil.net/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/RzRcw.j...

I just bought both. The Good Parts to wet my appetite for JavaScript and the Definitive Guide to have a (hopefully) complete language reference.

Just an FYI, in case it wasn't a typo: you mean whet, not wet.

I think you meant to link this: http://jmesnil.net/weblog/2009/09/28/how-books-shape-my-appr... but you linked to the image in the page instead.

A picture is worth...

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