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I am proficient in C++, I dont 开发者_C百科know Java Script and want to learn JS, What should be the way/process for me? I know basic html, CSS.

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Check out the one and only JavaScript Guide from MDC:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide

Besides that, forget everything you know about C++ it won't help you in any way. JavaScript is a completely different beast on its own.

It will take a lot of type to learn all the quirks of the language and the Browsers it runs in, if you want to do server side JavaScript check out Node.js, but be advised, learn a lot about JS before doing that.

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An answer that takes things in a different angle: Have you heard of Emscripten?

Emscripten is basically a C/C++ to Javascript converter. It allows you to write code in C/C++, compile it, and then convert your compiled bitcode to Javascript.

Clearly, this isn't aimed at teaching a C++ programmer to write Javascript, so it isn't a direct answer to this question. But it does allow him to create Javascript code, in a round-about sort of way.

Of course, he could always try using it a learning tool, by writing some C++ code and studying the converted Javascript. It might be helpful in simple cases, although I suspect it wouldn't be ideal code to learn from.

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Check out http://codeavengers.com to learn JavaScript, it's the best and easiest way.

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Good browser + a debugger plugin (both firefox and opera will suffice). Plus for the start its good to start on top of some good JS library: jQuery or Mootols (my favourites).

The hardest issue for me were the differences in the implementation. C++ compilers tend to break the standard, or implement just some parts of it, but the differences between javascript implementations are just insane.

If you are OK with C++, you will be able to code pretty easily, the syntax is similar, but everything is a lot simpler and dynamic.

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There is no relation between c++ and javascript anyway, so being proficient in C++ does not help you learn javascript, altough it gives you heads up in getting accustomed to the writing code in javascript easily.

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