I’ve been doing JavaScript programming off and on for a number of years and I feel pretty competent. I know I don’t have a super deep grasp of the fundamentals but I understand how AJAX works, the benefits of sandboxing your code with JSON and some of how libraries such as jQuery and prototype work. I knew that there were gaps and that I didn’t have the real grounding necessary to totally understand how everything works but I never thought much about how to go about filling in the blanks.
Then I came across this blog post yesterday. I’ve watched parts 1 and 2 and I’m really impressed by how Douglas Crockford clearly and succinctly presents very basic info on the language and is laying the groundwork for a much better understanding of it. I know feel like I’ve got a really good grasp on concepts that before I sort of understood.
The lectures are very watchable and I really encourage anyone who’s interested in learning JavaScript or getting a better understanding of the fundamentals to watch them.
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