Ajax in Action
Ajax in Action is an excellent book by Dave Crane, Eric Pascarello, Darren James
I first approached Manning about writing this book before the term ‘Ajax’ was coined, having spent several years battling through JavaScript and web-based projects and wishing that someone had written down the lessons that I was learning the hard way. I hope the book can help to smooth your introduction to programming using Ajax.
SOURCE : Dave Crane
Obviously Dave has a lot of background to offer us in JavaScript, even before Jesse James Garrett coined the term Ajax in February 2005. This is still one of my favorites and will help anyone digging into JavaScript and Ajax.