Javascript book recommendation needed

[Robert McHardy]

On 16 May 2008, at 08:05, london.pm-request at london.pm.org wrote:

> My god, my Javascript SUCKS.  I've not done any serious Javascript
> programming for ten years and I've forgotten *everything*.  So I  
> need a
> book.  Can anyone recommend one, suitable for an experienced  
> programmer
> who just doesn't know this particular language, and which talks about
> data structures and the language itself (bonus points for covering
> closures) and spends only minimal time talking about web shit?


A bit late getting to this, but the just-published Douglas Crockford  
book 'JavaScript: The Good Parts' seems pretty good.  Covers all the  
bases you mention.

http://safari.oreilly.com/9780596517748

Cheers, Rob.