Topic: Web programming
I found a link to Eloquent JavaScript somewhere shortly before posting the last blog entry about PCall, and just realized that it is written by the same Marijn Haverbeke. Interesting coincidence.
From a quick skimming, Eloquent JavaScript appears aimed at those new to programming. I like the style and the exercises used, and the coverage of JavaScript appears good without reading like a spec. The books also covers everything you need to know to get started building web applications. If someone wanted to learn programming by jumping straight into the web (a somewhat prudent thing to do in this day and age) I would recommend this book alongside Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, it is certainly a lot better than most of the other JavaScript learning resources I have encountered.
In other Marijn Haverbeke-related JavaScript news, he also has Lisp implementations of a JavaScript parser and a JSON library. The former provides another way besides jwacs to get JavaScript code into Lisp, while the latter provides an alternative to CL-JSON.