Resource Links

Free Documentation / Books

• Mozilla Developer Network (MDN)
• Node API
• devdocs
• jQuery API
• Free programming books
• MDN’s Javascript Guide
• Javascript Design Patterns
• Large-scale architecture patterns
• Eloquent Javascript
• Douglas Crockford’s writings
• Javascript Garden
• HTML reference
• CSS reference

Tutorials/Guides

• codeschool
• nodeschool
• codecademy

Videos

• Douglas Crockford’s series. Very worthwhile watching. More worthwhile videos on his page.
• Crockford’s 2007 series, part 2, part 3.

Non-free books worth considering

Some of these are accessible via your ACM membership. Search for their titles.

• Programming JavaScript Applications.
• JavaScript: The Good Parts, a must have.
• Functional JavaScript.
• JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition, the course textbook and a solid reference.
• Head First JavaScript Programming
• Learning Node
• Javascript Patterns
• Principles of Object-Oriented Javascript
• Maintainable Javascript highly recommended
• Testable Javascript
• Javascript Testing Recipes
• Test-Driven JavaScript Development
• Async Javascript

Further reading

• Learn about the new ECMAScript 6
• Book on tooling
• High Performance JavaScript (not free but very good)