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In a previous post, I mentioned how a JavaScript object can be thought of simply as a collection of properties. But a property in JavaScript is more than just a value - property’s themselves have… well properties.

I've been messing around with JavaScript for years now, but have been more of a JQuery hacker. I thought it was time to learn the language properly as its becoming increasingly common in web applications these days. This is a bit of a dummies guide, but I guess you need to start somewhere...

Twitter's typeahead JQuery plugin provides excellent auto suggest functionality that you can use on text boxes. It transforms a rudimentary lookup facility into a very useful search tool. There's a great example on the project homepage ...