Cody Lindley’s books “JavaScript Enlightenment” and “DOM Enlightenment” are also great starting places for people without programming backgrounds.
And in case anyone out there learns best from watching videos, I gave a talk on JS fundamentals at jQuery Portland, and it’s on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkR0RCfI0XM
Rachel Nabors
Cody Lindley’s books “JavaScript Enlightenment” and “DOM Enlightenment” are also great starting places for people without programming backgrounds.
And in case anyone out there learns best from watching videos, I gave a talk on JS fundamentals at jQuery Portland, and it’s on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkR0RCfI0XM