JavaScript® Programmer's Reference

Appendix G. Resources on the Web

Here are some great places to get information online about JavaScript development.

Reference

• MSDN JScript Documentation—(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yek4tbz0(VS.85).aspx)

• Mozilla Developer Center—(http://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript) Extensive information about JavaScript. Plenty of how-tos as well as pure reference material.

• Microsoft Windows Sidebar Reference—(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965850(VS.85).aspx)

• Regular-Expressions.info—(www.regular-expressions.info/javascript.html) A detailed online reference for regular expressions in general as well as some JavaScript specifics.

• JSON.org— (www.json.org) A collection of information and APIs relating to JavaScript Object Notation.

Tools

• Adobe AIR—(www.adobe.com/products/air/) JavaScript/HTML and Flash desktop development framework that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

• Regexpal—(http://regexpal.com/) A great online regular expression tester with a live reference, match highlighting, and more.

• Firebug Firefox Debugger—(www.getfirebug.com) An in-browser debugging tool for Firefox. Supports DOM browsing, console, DOM inspection, and profiling.

• Fiddler Web Debugger—(www.fiddlertool.com) Microsoft's debugging proxy tool for use with just about any browser. Windows only.

• YSlow—(http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/) Yahoo!'s tool for optimizing page download times.

Blogs and Articles

• Quirks Mode—(www.quirksmode.org) Extensive tutorials and information about topics ranging from the DOM, DHTML, ...