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Espruino is a JavaScript interpreter for low-power Microcontrollers. This site is both a support community for Espruino and a place to share what you are working on.
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TTL Cookbook by Don Lancaster an oldie but a goodie. Othe3r cookbooks CMOS, OP-Amp etc.
ftp://apollo.ssl.berkeley.edu/pub/cinema/04.%20Science/TTL%20Cookbook_0672210355.pdf
Lancaster did the first microcomputer 8008, used 8 track tape to save data and programs.
Famous for TV Typewriter in Popular Electronics magazine.
This kind of prototyping board doesn't require solder. But if wired and left for weeks or months the connections oxidize and you have to unplug and replug every connection.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protoboard_Unitec.jpg
A temperature regulated soldering iron
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11704
A solder vacuum
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13203
Which end of the soldering iron to pick up is left as an exercise for the reader :)
For surface mount there are vendors that provide adapter boards that pin to dual-inline DIP patterns for prototyping. Some will solder the chips to the adapter for a small fee.
http://www.proto-advantage.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=2200069