Crossing Borders: JavaScript's Language Features
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/j-cb12196/

Tate, Bruce
IBM
2006

Abstract:

JavaScript is often ridiculed as the black sheep of programming languages. The development tools, a complicated and inconsistent document object model for HTML pages, and inconsistent implementation in browsers contributes to that sentiment. But JavaScript is much more than a toy. In this article, Bruce Tate explores JavaScript's language features.