I’m learning JavaScript and wanted to get a hand on the ecosystem, so here we go…

Debugging

• Yolpo.

Server Side

• Node.js – Wikipedia.

Frameworks

For a fairly extensive list of frameworks see James Chesters’ JavaScript Frameworks in the Real World (InfoQ). Also Wikipedia’s Comparison of JavaScript Frameworks.

• Backbone.js – Wikipedia – Based on Model-View-Presenter (MVP) design pattern.
• Angular.js – Wikipedia – Built by Google and independent developers. – Operates especially with the Model-View-Controller (MVC) and Model-View-Viewmodel (MVVM) design patterns.
• Ember.js – Wikipedia – Built around the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.
• jQuery – Wikipedia.
• Underscore.js – Wikipedia.
• Lodash – Wikipedia.
• React – Wikipedia – Created by Facebook.
• MooTools – Wikipedia.
• Knockout.js – Wikipedia.
• Dojo Toolkit – Wikipedia.
• Ext.js – Wikipedia – Costs, by Sencha.
• Kendo UI – Wikipedia – Costs, by Telerik.
• SproutCore – Wikipedia.
• Vue.js – SitePoint – Built around MVVM design pattern.

Stacks

• MEAN – Wikipedia – mongoDB, Express (framework built on node.js), AngularJS, and node.js.

Package Manager

• NPM

Other

• Meteor – Wikipedia.
• asm.js – Wikipedia.

Free Books

• Marijn Haverbeke. Eloquent JavaScript, 2nd Edition.

Articles

• Allen Pike. A JavaScript Framework on Every Table. Feb. 28, 2015.
• Jeff Walker. The State of JS Build Tools 2015. June 17, 2015.
• Juri Strumpflohner. Node, Grunt, Bower, and Yeoman – A Modern Web Dev’s Toolkit. Sept. 17, 2014.
• Uri Shaked. AngularJS vs. Backbone.js, vs. Ember.js.
• Stephen Young. Developing with AngularJS? Forget jQuery Exists. Aug. 2, 2014.
• Jack Franklin. Predictions on JavaScript in the Next 12 Months. May 30, 2015.

Stuff to Analyze

• Grunt, Gulp, Yeoman.

General

• W3Schools.
• Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) JavaScript.
• JavaScript.com.
• Eloquent JavaScript.
• ECMAScript (Standard ECMA-262).
• WebPlatform Javascript.
• Learn JavaScript.
• Learn X in Y Minutes: JavaScript.

Tools

• JSLint.
• JSBeautifier.
• JavaScript Minifier.
• Karma – For testing code.

Libraries

• jQuery.
• Backbone.js
• AngularJS – Written by Google; using Microsoft’s TypeScript that compiles to JavaScript in 2.0.

Runtime

• Node.js
• Node-webkit – For creating desktop applications using web technologies running on Node.js and a webkit browser engine.

See Also

• CoffeeScript – Compiles to JavaScript.
• Dart – An attempt by Google to replace JavaScript which now focuses on compiling down to JavaScript.
• TypeScript – By Microsoft.

News

• Reddit.

Know This

• Use a single equals sign (=) when setting a value (e.g. x = 2).
• Use double equal signs (==) when comparing two values (e.g. 2 == 2).
• If..Then Statements: if (condition to be tested) { command to be executed }
• Use var to declare variables (e.g. var x = 1).
• Math:
  • var x = x + 1