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Best reference sites for HTML and JavaScript programming:

*There is some controversy over the quality and accuracy of the information in the tutorials offered by W3Schools. Not as many, however, take issue with the reference section.

Related questions, mostly the source of the above links:

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  • Why close? Won't such a listing be useful? I'm sure many people could use the info. – Robin Rodricks May 05 '09 at 07:17
  • SO is also a wiki, so if you know any useful ref sites, share them. At least don't stop others from sharing. – Robin Rodricks May 05 '09 at 07:18
  • This has been asked. Many times. – Shog9 May 05 '09 at 07:21
  • Though it has been asked before, its never been compiled into such a list. – Robin Rodricks May 05 '09 at 07:25
  • @Mat, this is the first question that appears when I look for terms: [javascript][reference] on SO, it is also foruth in google for the same terms. The problem is that many links here are dead: e.g. Devguru,Aptana. Perhaps the question should be reopened or asked again? I really feel there is a need for a quality list of frequently updated reference materials about js. – Pawel Miech Jul 21 '13 at 12:26
  • @Pawelmhm: the question is not locked or closed, so I'm not sure what you're asking for. And this type of question doesn't fit Stack Overflow well at all, precisely because the answers rot. If you re-ask it, it will most likely be closed in a very short time. – Mat Jul 21 '13 at 12:53
  • possible duplicate of [What is the best online javascript/css/html/xhtml/dom reference?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/63918/what-is-the-best-online-javascript-css-html-xhtml-dom-reference) –  Jul 22 '13 at 20:11

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I find the Mozilla Developer Network very helpful.

Steve

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  • Although its really slow (server speed?) and sparsely filled. SitePoint is much better and gives you browser compatibility per article. – Robin Rodricks May 05 '09 at 07:46
  • For the DOM, I agree that SitePoint is more useful. But the MDC is invaluable for info on the JavaScript natives (such as "Array") and their methods (such as Array's "indexOf"). As of writing, the SitePoint reference doesn't seem to have any information on this. – Steve Harrison May 05 '09 at 08:05
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MSDN has a lot of reference materials for web development. It contains only IE-specific information which can be either an advantage or a disadvantage depending on what you are looking for. Here are direct links to the HTML/CSS (includes DOM), JScript (Microsoft flavor of ECMAScript aka JavaScript) and VBScript. The documentation is very well written, and is a great source for answers to DOM/JavaScript questions, since they tend to be mostly the same across browsers.

Also, as references go, let's not forget the official specifications for HTML, CSS, and the myriad of other standards specified by W3C.

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Dev Opera is a great resource, especially the Web Standards Curriculum. Another one is HTML dog.

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The Unofficial online ECMAScript-262 3rd ed. specification and Annotated ECMAScript 5.1 are very helpful.

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While not directly a reference site, LearningLine rolls many of these sites into their lessons as well as sites like http://caniuse.com/.

https://learninglineapp.com/schedule

Here are some of the courses that are good starting points:

Cheers, Michael

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I always check www.zvon.org, especially the references section.

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  • You could edit the main question itself. Add your sites in the same format, with one link per subject on the site, so people can easily understand whats available on the site. – Robin Rodricks May 05 '09 at 07:19
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HTML Code Tutorial is a decent site, and its Quick List page helps me sometimes.

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A really helpfull tool for Firefox (with Firebug installed) http://tools.sitepoint.com/codeburner/

For rapidly find documentation on sitepoint reference.

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Best resources to learn JavaScript

I have been catching up on modern Javascript techniques, and learning some handy tricks, by running, reading and editing GreaseMonkey scripts from userscripts.org.

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I've found AeroTwist very useful for learning rendering performance.

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