How to learn this stuff?

From	javascript_stumbler <stumbler@no.invalid>
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Subject	How to learn this stuff?
Date	2011-11-19 08:20 -0500
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Years ago I started trying to learn Javascript. As I learned I found
that lots of people were just keeping Javascript turned off on their
browsers. This was pretty discouraging so after learning very little
Javascript I just didn't bother anymore. My static HTML pages with
some very tiny bits of rudimentary Javascript were good enough.

At this point I want to make Web pages that are less static. So I want
to see about learning Javascript a lot better than I had done before.

The books I used then, and still have, are:

"Javascript Bible 3rd Edition" by Danny Goodman (c) 1998, published by
IDG Books,

"Javascript The Definitive Guide Third Edition" by David Flanagan
(c)1998 published by O'Reilly.

Both of the above books are 13 years old and cover Javascript 1.2. I
see that Javascript is up to version 1.8.2 in the stable release and
1.8.5 in the "preview release."

As I look through this ng I see disparaging statements to the effect
that all of the books are awful.

So are there any suggestions about how to go about getting decent with
using Javascript? Are my books so out of date that I should just throw
them away? Is the only hope taking a college course (which is out of
the question)?

I've been looking around for some fast advice on a couple of things
and I've seen some stupid stuff regarding Javascript that even I know
is wrong being put forth on the Web by people who are claiming to give
tutorials in Javascript. So are there Web sites that are considered
very good or is the general opinion that the Web sites are a lot like
the books?

Thanks for any help, I guess I'll be hanging around here hoping to
learn something.

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How to learn this stuff? javascript_stumbler <stumbler@no.invalid> - 2011-11-19 08:20 -0500
  Re: How to learn this stuff? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2011-11-19 18:14 +0000
    Re: How to learn this stuff? "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2011-11-19 18:31 -0200
      Re: How to learn this stuff? Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2011-11-19 17:07 -0700
      Re: How to learn this stuff? "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2011-11-22 03:07 -0200
        Re: How to learn this stuff? Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2011-11-22 09:48 -0700
          Re: How to learn this stuff? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-22 19:47 +0100
          Re: How to learn this stuff? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2011-11-23 16:23 +0000
  Re: How to learn this stuff? "P E Schoen" <paul@pstech-inc.com> - 2011-11-19 16:34 -0500
  Re: How to learn this stuff? qulinxao <qulinxao@gmail.com> - 2011-11-20 10:47 -0800

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