title: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (Nutshell Handbooks)
author:  David Flanagan 
description: In typical O'Reilly & Associates fashion, this book documents every nuance of the JavaScript 1.1 language specification. It may appear dry on the surface (many pages have the spare style of UNIX online documentation), but this is the book you'll pull off your shelf when you want to know which method returns the primitive value of an object. Flanagan's book comes out ahead of its competitors in a few other areas, too. <I>JavaScript</I> features a useful discussion of the limited JavaScript support found in Microsoft Internet Explorer and provides excellent documentation of LiveConnect, the software that allows JavaScript to communicate with Java applets. It also offers a taste of what's in store for the just-released JavaScript 1.2.<P> With a relatively small number of examples and no CD-ROM, this guide is more of a reference than a tutorial. It will serve experienced JavaScript programmers far better than those who are just starting out with the language.
zlib_text: Early Praise for Async JavaScript
  Async JavaScript is the first full book I’ve seen dedicated to a key topic in Java-
  Script development today: how to deal with concurrency and concurrent tasks
  without going crazy! For the sake of your sanity, check this out.
  ➤ Peter Cooper, editor of JavaScript Weekly
  Trevor delivers a concise guide to writing asynchronous JavaScript with a perfect
  balance of browser and server-side examples. Part guide, part overview, wholly
  engaging, this book is a must-read for any JavaScript developer looking to level
  up.
  ➤ Wynn Netherland, co-host of The Changelog
  This is a complete guide to the asynchronous realm of JavaScript. The concepts
  and tools covered by this book are essential to anyone willing to build full-blown,
  well-structured and efficient JavaScript applications.
  ➤ Julien Biezemans, Ruby/JavaScript developer, author of Cucumber.js
  
  Async JavaScript
  Build More Responsive Apps with Less Code
  Trevor Burnham
  The Pragmatic Bookshelf
  Dallas, Texas • Rale