Javascript Links   

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Tutorials and References

• HTML Dog
• SitePoint
• W3C Wiki
• W3C HTML Element Reference
• Mozilla Doc Center
• Home page at mozilla.org
• Reference at mozilla.org
• Guide at mozilla.org
• Opera Web Standards Curriculum
• Why to avoid using W3Schools as a reference

AJAX

• XMLHttpRequest, the foundation of AJAX: introduction, reference
• Introduction by Eric Pascarello in the JavaRanch Journal

Libraries and Frameworks

• Google Web Toolkit (GWT)
• Dojo
• Tatami (integrates GWT and Dojo)
• Prototype
• script.aculo.us
• Introduction by David O'Meara in the JavaRanch Journal
• DWR
• jQuery
• cheatsheet 1.2, cheatsheet 1.3, cheatsheet 1.4, cheatsheet 1.5
• article Getting Started with jQuery by Bear Bibeault et al.
• All the jQuery resources you’ll ever need
• 30 Awesome Design Enhancing jQuery Plugins
• 30+ Useful jQuery Tutorials Using Advanced Techniques
• 25 Best And Useful jQuery Plugins of May 2010
• jMaki
• Sencha Ext JS
• MooTools
• moo.fx effects library
• Yahoo User Interface Library (YUI)
• Rico
• Glow
• qooxdoo
• QxWT (integrates GWT and qooxdoo)
• Uize
• zepto.js
• DHTMLX Touch
• Archetype
• JavaScriptMVC
• Spry
• Raphaël - cross-browser library on top of SVG and VML for creating vector graphics
• DOM Tooltip (a.k.a. domTT) for adding customized tooltips to web pages
• SyntaxHighlighter for displaying syntax-highlighted code in web pages
• Stanford Javascript Crypto Library
• cryptico.js - encryption system for JavaScript utilizing RSA and AES

Books

• Reviews of books covering JavaScript and/or AJAX in the JavaRanch Bunkhouse
• JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
• JavaScript: The Good Parts
• Head First JavaScript
• JavaScript: Your Visual Blueprint for Building Dynamic Web Pages
• Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja
• AJAX In Practice, review
• AJAX In Action, review
• Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action
• jQuery in Action, 2nd Edition
• Object-Oriented JavaScript
• Ajax Design Patterns

Other useful links

• introduction to JavaScript object programming: JavaScript's class-less objects
• Detecting browser plugins with JavaScript
• Firebug, another very capable JavaScript debugger packaged as a Firefox extension, introduction
• The Web Developer plugin or Firefox is quite useful
• Venkman, a JavaScript debugger in the shape of a Firefox extension
• NoScript, a Firefox extension for suppressing any JavaScript use
• JSON specification, the JavaScript Object Notation
• 20+ tools for working with AJAX
• JSLint is an online JavaScript code checker that detects commons problems
• IBM developerWorks article: Generate JavaScript code dynamically with JSP tag files
• http://www.javascriptkit.com/ contains a number of helpful articles and links regarding all matters JavaScript
• article AJAX: How to Handle Bookmarks and Back Buttons
• article A Thorough Examination of Disabling the Back Button: part1 - part2
• http://ajaxpatterns.org/ began as a collection of design patterns, and grew into a publicly editable wiki on anything and everything Ajax.
• Why using JavaScript? for cryptography is not a good idea: article

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