Brain-dump for the beginning JavaScript programmer

A while ago I got the idea to write a “my experiences with JavaScript” post; unfortunately, I’ve forgotten what I was going to put in it. However, yesterday someone said approximately “I need to learn JavaScript in 3 hours, what should I know?”, and I thought of quite a few not-immediately-obvious things to point out.

( Brain-dump for the beginning JavaScript programmer )

GSoC update: Stuff done, more to do.

Stuff done:

• Implemented generic literals.
• Implemented cyclic references in Data-E.
• Various cleanup, debugging support, and committing of stuff previously written.
• Wrote a wiki page documenting Caja-CapTP's major components and files.

Stuff to do:

• Write more documentation/comments.
• Commit as much of the work-in-progress as I can.
  • ...including the incomplete CapTPConnection, even though its tests don't pass yet, so that the partial work can be counted.