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[{"user_id": 3751, "stars": [{"date_created": 1303775179.0578499, "user_id": 31031}], "topic_id": 11964, "date_created": 1299759162.862165, "message": "same as how you learn other languages: use it to write code to solve real problems", "group_id": 160, "id": 312788}, {"user_id": 19826, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11964, "date_created": 1299766941.671175, "message": "re-invent the wheel a little, write a small jquery clone to understand the language. Or a testing framework. Thats how I learn nodejs and javascript https://github.com/garrensmith/Jody", "group_id": 160, "id": 313479}, {"user_id": 20229, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11964, "date_created": 1299839190.1985819, "message": "Really modern and cool written with fantastic visual layout.", "group_id": 160, "id": 321107}, {"user_id": 20229, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11964, "date_created": 1299839212.1972649, "message": "ISBN-13: 978-0-321-57260-8", "group_id": 160, "id": 321108}, {"user_id": 20229, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11964, "date_created": 1299839174.6757269, "message": "I highly recommend the book: Scriptin' with Javascript and AJAX by Charles Wyke-Smith", "group_id": 160, "id": 321106}, {"user_id": 13919, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11964, "date_created": 1299878795.8011129, "message": "@voodootikigod hadn't seen Eloquent JavaScript (http://eloquentjavascript.net/) before. Thx!", "group_id": 160, "id": 327310}, {"user_id": 13919, "stars": [{"date_created": 1300041352.3884439, "user_id": 2887}, {"date_created": 1303775135.5118799, "user_id": 31031}], "topic_id": 11964, "date_created": 1299878292.0015121, "message": "Over the last few months I've been reviewing JavaScript books for a client (love my job!) I've read JavaScript Patterns (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596806767), Object-Oriented JavaScript (https://www.packtpub.com/object-oriented-javascript-applications-libraries/book), High Performance JavaScript (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596802806), JavaScript the Good Parts (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596517748), and jQuery in Action 2nd Edition (http://www.manning.com/bibeault2/). Of these I would recommend OO JavaScript as your first book, and JavaScript Patterns for some best practices. Beyond that High Performance was very rewarding but assumes you have a comprehensive understanding of JS and working with the DOM. Good-luck!", "group_id": 160, "id": 327173}, {"user_id": 2042, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299878797.8686891, "user_id": 13919}, {"date_created": 1299904604.107198, "user_id": 12775}, {"date_created": 1300026911.6553071, "user_id": 10423}], "topic_id": 11964, "date_created": 1299878351.8453059, "message": "Eloquent JavaSCript", "group_id": 160, "id": 327188}, {"user_id": 1775, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11964, "date_created": 1299914769.1798871, "message": "Eloquent Javascript, also check out the YUI Theatre videos by Douglas Crockford (http://goo.gl/YFOm - and others, of course). Then, I recommend \"Javascript: The Good Parts\", as well.", "group_id": 160, "id": 330718}, {"user_id": 8282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11964, "date_created": 1299977181.1787169, "message": "guess eloquentjavascript and the fresh one, javascript garden is the best way to start", "group_id": 160, "id": 337916}, {"user_id": 8327, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11964, "date_created": 1299979552.156657, "message": "I'd skip JS garden until you have a rudimentary working knowledge of JS itself or, at the very least, prototypical langauges. It focuses very much on the intricacies of the language, but requires you to have a pretty decent knowledge of the basics", "group_id": 160, "id": 338127}, {"user_id": 16058, "stars": [{"date_created": 1303775173.368634, "user_id": 31031}], "topic_id": 11964, "date_created": 1300008376.554384, "message": "After learning the basics, read Javascript Performance Rocks: http://javascriptrocks.com/performance/", "group_id": 160, "id": 339747}, {"user_id": 25019, "stars": [{"date_created": 1301131793.403096, "user_id": 16058}], "topic_id": 11964, "date_created": 1301020875.441304, "message": "The trouble with Eloquent JavaScript is that the author's real-life code is not very eloquent.", "group_id": 160, "id": 434288}]