Reality check in learning javascript

For learning the ins and outs of JavaScript I heartily recommend http://eloquentjavascript.net/

I’ve been meaning to make the time to try out a project using Dean Edwards’ [1] base2 library [2]. If you’re worried about being abstracted too far away from the underlying language this might be a good fit…

Because this library is standards-based it means that you don’t have to learn a new API. It uses standard (DOM, ECMAScript) properties and methods throughout which also means that there is no need for a lot of accompanying documentation.

[1] http://dean.edwards.name/

[2] http://code.google.com/p/base2/