Javascript-Channel.com

The lack of a proper JavaScript tutorial on the web is well known to the members of this channel. We’ve even tried our own half-arsed versions once or twice. But I was pleasantly surprised to find Essential Javascript - A Javascript Tutorial.

This tutorial is clean and concise, covering basics such as variables, functions, events, math and dates. A nice feature is the code doesn’t look like it dates to 1998. The tutorial is actually several tutorials, and also covers popular topics such as AJAX for Noobs and JSON. An excellent resource for those just learning the language or eager to dive into more advanced topics but lacking fundamentals.

Igglo.co.uk has posted a collection of links for 15 interesting javascript scripts.

While none of the scripts are new they are all both nice and potentially useful for sprucing up your site or webapp. Some of the scripts aim at visual effects such as loading and fading an image or putting hot spots on a map, while others such as Lightbox are regularly mentioned on the irc channel. There are also updated versions of ubiquitous tools like a date picker calendar and auto complete.

These are not just snippets of code but full blown scripts, so you should get productive results from them right away, and all are free for anyone to use.