HTML 5 is here, okay... but wait, to understand the power of html5 and actually use it, you need to know javascript.
While searching for a good book and reading reviews on HTML5, one comment struck my attention: "You better get into javascript before... and I recommend DOM Scripting by..."
After searching for this book I decided to go with it. It is simply amazing and does teach you the basics of javascript for any beginner entry level.
The book is well explained and above all, it doesn't only tells you to copy paste the code, but it actually explains step by step why you use this and why you use that and the thumb rules and shows you not one way to do it, but two ways and it's up to you to choose which way you want to code javascript.
Without any prior knowledge of javascript, this has definitely opened a new door.
This is really the book that anyone who is starting to learn Javascript from scratch needs. I have been avoiding it for very long and also intimated by taking this step, but if you look into the future, if you don't know javascript, you can't use HTML5 and its rich features. HTML5 will be the new standard, also as browser manufacturers are racing into implementing new standards and features. NOT learning javascript is no longer an option, but a MUST if you want to survive in the Web Industry as HTML5 is here to stay!
You can't go wrong with this book. You just can't.