Crockford videos

Douglas Crockford (the guy who wrote the "Javascript: The Good Parts" book) has made a series of videos that cover 3 important topics.
1)Is javascript of course, he shows how to use it to its potential
2)Programming language history. If you are into programming language design, watch the first video, you will learn a lot of information you wont find anywhere.
3)Web Standards. He shows why html/css is broken beyond repair and should be replaced

Doug is on the javascript standards committee and he invented JSON which is an improvement of XML in javascript

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preferring JavaScript, the Definitive Guide to JavaScript The Good Parts

That's practically the difference between a codemonkey and a decent theory versed programmer. The Definite Guide is practically totally replaceable by MDN and other resources. Douglas' book goes in theoretical detail over what to use and what to avoid and why and that's irreplaceable and much harder to find online.