JavaScript: The Good Parts

JavaScript would be a near perfect language if only it didn't have certain commands

Just about everyone who has been using JavaScript for a while knows of at least one or two statements that they should avoid using. There are however lots of other things that JavaScript allows you to do that can cause problems. Previously the only way of discovering these was to learn from experience. Douglas Crockford wants to save you the trouble of doing that though and has produced this book which clearly explains (at least to experienced programmers) what parts of the javaScript language NOT to use and what to use instead.

JavaScript: The Good Parts