A couple of times per year, I have to work on something that requires me to write some JavaScript. Because I do it so rarely, I always have to reacquaint myself with the language by skimming through JavaScript: The Good Parts and finding some good online reference documentation.

In an effort to reduce the time needed to do this next time, I'm recording the little things that I ran across that I didn't remember or wished I could have found faster. So this is my own personal refresher for JavaScript. It may not help you at all.

Also see my Node.js Cheatsheet.

Reference Links

• ECMAScript Language Specification, 3rd edition (PDF)
• Mozilla Developer Network
  • JavaScript Reference
  • JavaScript Guide
  • Array, Boolean, Date, Error, Function, Math, Number, Object, RegExp, String
• Douglas Crockford: Code Conventions, Private Members
• Essential JavaScript Patterns for Beginners
• jQuery Docs, Getting Started with jQuery, Quick and Dirty Guide to QUnit
• Microsoft Ajax Library Client Reference
• DOM Level 1
• DOM Level 2 Core, DOM Level 2 Events, DOM Level 2 HTML
• DOM Level 3 Core, DOM Level 3 XPath
• WebKit DOM Reference, WebKit DOM Programming Topics, Apple JavaScript Coding Guidelines
• Gecko DOM Reference
• XMLHttpRequest
• Geolocation API Specification