Tutorials for Beginners

[jmeckley]

I am begingin to develop web based applications for my organization and was wondering if anybody new of a good tutorial web site for java script beginners.

Thanks in advance



Jason Meckley
Database Analyst
WITF

 

[palbano]

Look in the Partners box at the bottom of the left column of this web site.

-pete

 

[TruthInSatire]

step 1) type

http://www.google.com

in your address bar of your browser.

step 2) type "JavaScript Tutorials" in the search box

Step 3) Click "Google Search"

repete steps 2 in multiple search engines.

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

bombboy's suggestion is an excellent one.

Here's what I did: I nabbed a copy of David Flanagan's "JavaScript: The Definiteive Guide" and started reading. Then I started searching via Google for tutorials to kinda' get an idea of what was possible.

Then I picked a Complicated Project and started programming it. Here's my Complicated Project, which is still used every day by hundreds of the most odd and marvellous people I've ever met online:

http://www.petting-zoo.org/Calculator.html

(encryption people, Talmudic studies people, etc.)

Then I came here and started reading. I picked a question a day and really tried to produce a good answer for it.

A year ago, I was a drooling stoolie and today I can leap tall buildings at a single bound, bend steel in my bare hands, and correctly identify seashells by their taste.

So, maybe that path'll work for you, too.

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[TruthInSatire]

that's exactly what I did.

my complicated project.

D&D fans will like it.

http://www.travmak.net/dd/

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Wow, you can identify seashells by their taste, too? What are the odds?

Yeah, I actually considered doing a D&D character generator. I wrote a really neat-o one in '82, but when I realized how many JavaScript AD&D Character Generators there were out there (hundreds), and how many different darn systems there were (more than two), I just figured to heck with it (for mine, I rolled the dice first, then allowed the players to choose from a list of possible classes, then allowed them to choose from a list of possible races, in that order. Even then, I was a process/interface nut. I came up with the most interesting alignment-choosing widget...).

So I considered writing a Star Frontiers character generator, since that system's been long dead (thus stable) and I'll be slapped if I didn't find JavaScript Star Frontiers character generators out there!

I was a math nerd in college, so then I thought about the arbitrary precision calculations and what a pain they were. I looked around and found none (well, I found downloadable EXE applications, but That Would Not Do!) Foolishly, I chomped right into that project. However, now, the result is quite nice and handy!

My next Complicated Project is a pure client-side JavaScript Word Processor. Bits and pieces are coming together, but slowly... I could, for example, tell you how you can implement your "Save Character" link, which is currently disabled.

A Word Processor's much more Complicated, plus I've been working on a feature film for a while and that kinda stuff takes up some serious time.

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[TruthInSatire]

haha AD&D character generators has always been my project for learning a language since pascal. I've never finished one because of the changes TSR (now WoTC) make, and the number of generators out there. As for the saving, I know how to in a db with asp or CF. My next project is ActionScript, only I'm going to try a chat program to impliment on my site as my learning curve, if its possable, if not i'll default back to D&D