How to create a Slideshow in JavaScript for Beginners

Appending to this link, with the advent of CSS3, the slideshow effects can also be rendered in a very elegant manner in your browser.

Reveal-js is one such library that helps users develop really good presentations in a very small span of time. http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/#/

I'm personally a big fan of reveal.js and have used it on many occasions. Demo - http://gkarthik.net/gsoctalk/