If you want to learn JavaScript, you'll need "The Rhino Book". It really is "the Definitive Guide". That being said, it is also true that only real programmers find the book to be a suitable first text. My advice is to go ahead and get Flanagan's book -- you're going to want it. If you find that you get the hang of JavaScript programming from JavaScript: The Definitive Guide and online sources, you're done. If not, you will have a better idea where you're struggling when looking for a bit more tutorial walk-through.
JavaScript is not an easy language to learn as some believe (maybe the "script" part makes it sound simple). It is a fully functional computer language that can accomplish some amazing things. As it was designed specifically to run within a web-browser, it is an ideal way to set and read cookies, determine browser attributes, and generally give a little pizazz to web pages. It is also liable to be trusted, since there are specific security features included in the language itself (e.g. no disk writes.)
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