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Holy sh*t, I think I've been a Microsoft code monkey for way too long. I actually read that link as "MSDN JavaScript", and then freaked out when the link took me to a mozilla page. 
On the other hand, thanks very much for posting it. I will go through the page as well. 
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Haha, I've done that as well. I started out on C/C++, went to Perl, then to C# and all its related technologies. I actually started learning web development last since now everything seems to be web-integrated. MSDN and MDN are still probably my two most-viewed domains
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Been outside of the MS ecosystem for a while now, but I read the link as MSDN as well. On the second look I realized it's Mozilla docs
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Nice link - thanks, Jon!
/ravi
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I started studying it back in the 90s, so anything I can say is a bit dated. However, "back in the day" I read the first edition of the JavaScript Bible, and it was pretty darn good. It's up to the seventh edition now, but I'd suspect it's still a quality book.
JavaScript Bible[^]
Jeremy Falcon
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Thanks for that! 
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Douglass Crockford's JavaScript - The Good Parts is oft considered seminal, but the language has changed a hell of a lot since then, but it is probably a good starter anyway. Everything in ES6 is just making things in ES5 easier, and so back down the ES lineage.
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This[^] is a useful reference, if you're using javascript.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Priceless. My next product development cycle is doing our UI in JavaScript, because "it's more modern, and we can use modern tools" to create it. 
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I struggled to come to grips with JS for ages until I came across
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I like the SAMS books as they start from the absolute beginning and work through a language using discrete lessons. Each lesson is supposed to take an hour -- which is probably accurate for a complete beginner -- however, anyone with any programming knowledge will buzz through the first 7 lessons in less than an hour.
SAMS Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours[^]
Each lesson has a quiz and exercises for practice, some of which are practical brain teasers. My learning style needs practical work to cement the lessons.
I had been out of programming professionally for a number of years and this book was a good introduction to JavaScript. [I have used 3 or 4 other SAMS books in the last 20 years with good results.] After finishing this book you'll want some of the other books that have been recommended, but for a beginner this one will help you develop basic knowledge which makes the other books easier to understand.
You can also look for free books. SyncFusion[^] has published a lot of books in their "Succinctly" series, including 8 that involve JavaScript. I downloaded JavaScript Succinctly but Cody Lindley, but haven't read it yet.
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I'm going to go get JavaScript: The Definitive Guide next. I have read the JavaScript the Good Parts about 1.5 years ago and it was good. I have the JavaScript Pocket Reference from O'Reilly and it's good but not for a beginner. I have read the Sync-Fusion Free e-books on JS and they are ok but the last one had a different approach and I'm no JS expert. I'm hoping this Definitive Guide will push me along. I'm an experienced professional programmer with 20+ years experience. Mainly Turbo Pascal, C,& C++ in DOS days and all flavors of Basic and VB to VB 6 and VB.net up to 4.0 framework. C# from the beginning to now including XAML in WPF and Silverlight, etc... Some Java along the way with others like Gupta SQL Windows/CB. Everything, but, M$ is Java or JavaScript these days. I've even done some objective-c, swift and Android Java lately. 
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Finding a good "introduction" book can be difficult. A programmer experienced in a subject needs a good reference ... which isn't good for learning.
Which is, of course, the OP's point in posting. 
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I would advise against starting with "JavaScript: The Good Parts" by Douglas Crockford and Kyle Simpson's "You don't know JS" series for an total beginner. I think these are best read after already having a basic understanding of JavaScript as well having put some time in front of the keyboard using JavaScript. Both books/series, however, I *highly* recommend. Do read them, but after you've read another introductory book. I have read "Professional JavaScript for Web Developers" by Nicholas C. Zakas and I think it is a great book for learning ES5. But I haven't read "Speaking Javascript", "Eloquent JavaScript", or "JavaScript: the Definitive Guide". However, Eric Elliot, an experience JavaScript programmer who has written his own JS book, has written an article that may help:
12 Books Every JavaScript Developer Should Read – JavaScript Scene – Medium[^]
After you've learned the language fundamentals, you will be overwhelmed with all the other "stuff" you will need to know. For all that "other stuff", I think you will find this other article, also by Eric Elliot, to be *very* helpful:
Top JavaScript Frameworks & Topics to Learn in 2017[^]
I'd also recommending subscribing to JavaScript Weekly to keep up to date on things and find out some great articles:
JavaScript Weekly: A Free, Weekly Email Newsletter[^]
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ALL ABOUT COUNTING RIGHT
In a dark room (so you can't actually recognize the coins, but feel and mover them only) there are 284 coins scattered on the floor. It is known that only 14 hast their tail upward.
Create two piles of coins - using all the coins in the room - with the same number of coins with their tails up...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
modified 2-Mar-17 16:38pm.
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Balance all of them on their edge.
Now none of the coins have their tails up.
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