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title: "Good JavaScript reference and help"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/10/5/good-javascript-reference-and-help.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/10/5/good-javascript-reference-and-help.html"
published: "2003-10-05T22:23:00"
updated: "2003-10-05T22:23:00"
tags: ["Cool sites"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "This site looks like a very promising resource for learning the basics (and no so basics) of JavaScript. It's something I'm just getting the hang of, and already I've found it very useful with a discussion about the…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# Good JavaScript reference and help

By Roy Osherove October 5, 2003 In [Cool sites](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-sites)

**Historical article** · Originally published October 5, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

This site looks like a very promising resource for learning the basics (and no so basics) of JavaScript. It's something I'm just getting the hang of, and already I've found it very useful with a discussion about the various ways of using an IFRAME.

[ppk's JavaScript Section](http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/js/)

This site is by no means “complete” but it serves as a good “A real-world developer's JavaScript toolkit”.

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## About the author

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