Learning JavaScript… Should I skip straight to the good stuff (the frameworks)?

Question

I learnt HTML/CSS a good few years back, then PHP a little later. I\'ve recently become interesting in web development again, just started playing with frameworks like Djang

Answer 1

This is one of the best videos for beginner javascript developers that understand how to program in other languages:

It's a talk the John Resig did last year at Northeastern, most of it is devoted to talking about core javascript, then the last quarter of the talk jumps into jQuery:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7485992465859932389&ei=jhZUSu73OpfSrQLgyYV3&q=john+resig&hl=en

It's actually a really interesting tech talk and presentation since he does live examples and Resig is pretty good at presenting.

Like others in this question, I also highly recommend reading Javascript: The Good Parts for a better understanding.