@Book{crockford08a,
  author =	 {Douglas Crockford},
  title =	 {JavaScript: The Good Parts},
  publisher =	 {O'Reilly},
  year =	 2008,
  isbn =	 {0596517742},
  abstract =	 {Most programming languages contain good and bad
                  parts, but JavaScript has more than its share of the
                  bad, having been developed and released in a hurry
                  before it could be refined. This authoritative book
                  scrapes away these bad features to reveal a subset
                  of JavaScript that's more reliable, readable, and
                  maintainable than the language as a whole-a subset
                  you can use to create truly extensible and efficient
                  code. Considered the JavaScript expert by many
                  people in the development community, author Douglas
                  Crockford identifies the abundance of good ideas
                  that make JavaScript an outstanding object-oriented
                  programming language-ideas such as functions, loose
                  typing, dynamic objects, and an expressive object
                  literal notation. Unfortunately, these good ideas
                  are mixed in with bad and downright awful ideas,
                  like a programming model based on global
                  variables. When Java applets failed, JavaScript
                  became the language of the Web by default, making
                  its popularity almost completely independent of its
                  qualities as a programming language. In JavaScript:
                  The Good Parts, Crockford finally digs through the
                  steaming pile of good intentions and blunders to
                  give you a detailed look at all the genuinely
                  elegant parts of JavaScript, including: Syntax
                  Objects Functions Inheritance Arrays Regular
                  expressions Methods Style Beautiful features The
                  real beauty? As you move ahead with the subset of
                  JavaScript that this book presents, you'll also
                  sidestep the need to unlearn all the bad parts. Of
                  course, if you want to find out more about the bad
                  parts and how to use them badly, simply consult any
                  other JavaScript book. With JavaScript: The Good
                  Parts, you'll discover a beautiful, elegant,
                  lightweight and highlyexpressive language that lets
                  you create effective code, whether you're managing
                  object libraries or just trying to get Ajax to run
                  fast. If you develop sites or applications for the
                  Web, this book is an absolute must.}
}