I'd recommend JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan, O'Reilly Publishing. It is the most comprehensive guide I've seen for the inner (and I mean INNER) workings of JavaScript. It really helped me to understand how things actually worked.
- jake On 3/23/07, Daemach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep - that is the exact article that finally helped me understand closures. > I have more to learn, but at least I get it now. I often have to see things > at that level before it sinks in :) As the old guy once said, "don't tell > me what to do, tell me why I'm doing it." > > > On 3/23/07, Nathan Young -X (natyoung - Artizen at Cisco) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I hope I'm not stepping into the role of guru by replying to this > > message!! > > > > Here's a great article on closures, references, scope, etc: > > > > http://jibbering.com/faq/faq_notes/closures.html > > > > ------>N > > > > > > > > > .:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.: > > ||:. > > > > Nathan Young > > Cisco.com->Interface Development > > A: ncy1717 > > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daemach > > > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:16 AM > > > To: jQuery Discussion. > > > Subject: [jQuery] Gurus - best Javascript references? > > > > > > I have no formal programming training, so I often brute-force > > > things that could be a lot more elegant. One thing I'm > > > struggling with in particular now is the benefits of creating > > > object prototypes over just storing data in a global tree. A > > > few people on this list have taken a shot at explaining some > > > of this to me, and thank you very much for that, but it's > > > just not sinking in which is unusual and frustrating. > > > > > > Can you all tell us what books are good for advanced > > > Javascript reference? Closures, objects, advanced functions, > > > etc. I've been doing DOM programming long enough that I can > > > find a way around pretty much every problem but I want to > > > take my game to the next level. > > > > > > Your help is much appreciated!! > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > jQuery mailing list > > discuss@jquery.com > > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
