Javascript Links   

Tutorials and References

• Tutorial at W3Schools
• VooDoo's Introduction to JavaScript, a bit dated but still useful for beginners
• Home page at mozilla.org
• Reference at mozilla.org
• Guide at mozilla.org

AJAX

• XMLHttpRequest, the foundation of AJAX: introduction, reference
• Introduction by Eric Pascarello in the JavaRanch Journal
• another introduction at W3Schools?

AJAX Frameworks

• Google Web Toolkit (GWT)
• Dojo
• Prototype
• script.aculo.us, Introduction by David O'Meara in the JavaRanch Journal
• DWR
• jQuery, cheatsheet, article Getting Started with jQuery by Bear Bibeault et al.
• jMaki
• Ext JS
• MooTools
• Yahoo User Interface Library (YUI)
• Rico

Books

• Reviews of books covering JavaScript and/or AJAX in the JavaRanch Bunkhouse
• JavaScript: Your Visual Blueprint for Building Dynamic Web Pages
• AJAX In Practice, review
• AJAX In Action, review
• Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action
• jQuery in Action

Other useful links

• Detecting browser plugins with JavaScript
• 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
• Firebug, another very capable JavaScript? debugger packaged as a Firefox extension, introduction
• IBM developerWorks article: Generate JavaScript code dynamically with JSP tag files