JavaScript Study Group

This study group is for folks that want to learn and/or get better at writing JavaScript. Whether you're a budding novice or an experienced developer we welcome you.

Members can work at their own pace, pair program or partner with others on projects. There is no set curriculum, but we have included some materials to get started.

Basic:

LearnStreet- Beginner JavaScript Course (http://www.learnstreet.com/lessons/study/javascript) Team Treehouse- JavaScript & jQuery (http://teamtreehouse.com/learning-adventures/learn-javascript-and-jquery)

Intermediate/Advance:

Code School- Coffee Script (http://www.codeschool.com/paths/javascript#coffeescript), Backbone JS (http://www.codeschool.com/paths/javascript#backbone-js), Node JS (http://www.codeschool.com/paths/javascript#node-js) Net Tuts Plus- Node JS (http://net.tutsplus.com/sessions/node-js-step-by-step/) and Ember JS (http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/getting-into-ember-js/?search_index=3) D3 Library: Documentation (http://d3js.org/) Angular JS: Documentation (http://angularjs.org/) Backbone JS- Documentation (http://backbonejs.org/)

Test Your JS Skills:

JS Assessment (https://github.com/rmurphey/js-assessment) Project Euler (http://projecteuler.net/)

Guide/Books:

Learn JavaScript Properly (http://javascriptissexy.com/how-to-learn-javascript-properly/) Eloquent JavaScript (http://www.amazon.com/Eloquent-JavaScript-Modern-Introduction-Programming/dp/1593272820/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361966605&sr=1-1&keywords=eloquent+javascript) (also available free online (http://eloquentjavascript.net/)) JavaScript the Good Parts (http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742)