The Web continues to evolve due to the forward march of standards and browsers. As browsers introduce new features, we can see the browser becoming a pseudo operating system, complete with access to hardware and the filesystem. When deciding between a native desktop application and a web application, our uses must be taken into consideration. With the universality and power of the browser, combined with ease of access, the decision is a simple one. The future is in web applications, driven by JavaScript. Here is a list of useful resources, for the JavaScript journeyman, to the JavaScript elite:
Mozilla Developer Network (Everyone) http://gswg.io#mdn the Mozilla Developer Network is a great resource for all things in frontend development. It contains documentation for nearly every browser API, for both legacy and modern features.
Code Academy (Beginner) http://gswg.io#codeacademy for an interactivity-based JavaScript learning experience, Code Academy has built a web application...