Reference

Best practice with JavaScript

• JSDoc is a system for documenting your code and generating the documentation on a web site
• JavaScript the Right Way
• W3 Schools
• W3.org

Tutorials

• W3Schools
• Tutorials Point

Frameworks

• BootStrap
• JQuery
• Dojo
• AngularJS
• Backbone.js
• Prototype

See the Wikipedia comparison of JavaScript frameworks.

Examples and Libraries

• JSAV JavaScript Sequence Alignment Viewer
• BioJS Bioinformatics components for JavaScript
• D3.js Data driven graphics
• Google charts Graph plotting
• ChartJS Graph plotting
• Highcharts JS Graph plotting

See the Sitepoint and Wikipedia comparison of JavaScript graph plotting libraries.

Books

• Falanagan D (1997) "JavaScript The Definitive Guide", 2nd Ed, O'Reilly
• Castledine E and Sharke C (2012) "jQuery: Novice to Ninja", 2nd Ed, Sitepoint
• Holdener AT (2008) "Ajax The Definitive Guide", O'Reilly
• McLaughlin B (2006) "Head Rush Ajax", O'Reilly