A Selection of JavaScript References

• DevGuru JavaScript Quick Reference guide
• Standard ECMA-262 - ECMAScript Language Specification
  
  
• W3Schools JavaScript tutorial
  • Direct link to one of the above tutorial's nifty Example practice windows - (but note that there are MANY sprinkled throughout the W3School tutorials! 8-) )
• JavaScript Examples
  
  
• JavaScript books that either I like, or students have recommended:
  • "JavaScript: a Definitive Guide", by David Flanagan, O'Reilly. The 5th Edition is due out in August/September 2006; I used the 4th Edition (2001) as a reference in the meantime.
    
    
  • "JavaScript Concepts and Techniques - Programming Interactive Web Sites", by Tina Spain McDuffie, Franklin, Beedle and Associates, 2003.
  
  
• Direct links to particularly useful reference pages from the W3Schools JavaScript tutorial above
  • JavaScript event handler attributes
  • JavaScript document object properties
  • JavaScript Array object reference
  • JavaScript String object reference
  • JavaScript Date object reference
  • JavaScript Math object reference
  
  
• A selection of readings on JavaScript Security
  • Chapter on "JavaScript Security" in "JavaScript - The Definitive Guide" (see above); this is chapter 21 in the 4th edition, not sure what chapter yet in the upcoming 5th edition
  • Chapter on JavaScript Security from "JavaScript: The Complete Reference", second edition, by Thomas Powell and Fritz Schneider, McGraw-Hill/Osborne, ISBN: 0072253576, posted at www.devarticles.com.