Hello to everyone, i am web developer and want to learn javascript. I have a littlebit knowledge about javascript but i want to learn how to design any page using the javascript. Can anybody give me idea how can i learn???
@lovely12Mar 30.2012 — #I suggest you go to college and also buy some books about javascript.
I learned that the hard way, I was trying to learn it all online using e-books and going by tutorials, It made me understand how to read it but not how to fix the problems that come with javascript.
Like I'm having a problem right now where it just keeps on loading and none of the pages shows in the e-book/ e-magazine I'm making with javascript.
which I didn't even fully make.
It's still hard for me to make something out of scratch and I've been trying to learn this for 6 years now!
I think it's best if you go to community college and get a one on one teacher who will help each and every one of the class mates one by one to talk them through their problems they have learning the concept of javascript and how to make java from scratch.
@PadonakMar 30.2012 — #as it seems to me the way to choose depends on one's goals and personality. learning something by yourself is not the worst way also <wink>
@nap0leonMar 30.2012 — #Work through the problems posted on message boards.
Someone asks "how can I hide/show a div"... go Google the answer and develop an HTML page that does the hide/show that matches what they are asking. Then, the next time someone asks a similar question, use that as a base to develop a solution that fits their question (perhaps the first time it is based on a radio-button selection, the next time it might be on a drop-down selection, another time it might be using a timer, etc.)
Soon, you will have a library of examples to use *that you understand* (because you coded them).
@wbportMar 30.2012 — #A lot of what any programmer does will be by themselves, but there's nothing like being able to ask a [B]person[/B] (teacher, knowledgeable classmate, boss, or the person in the next cubical) about a problem that has you stumped.
I am learning from two books and from simple sites (means I could follow the code) I could adapt to my purposes. Still have a LOT to learn about objects (my books don't mention them) and just recently used "getElementById()" in original code. Had I been a class I would have been MUCH futher along by now.
P.S. I have received much help from this site (sometimes gave it), but you need to show your work before help is forthcoming here or similar websites.
@spufiMar 30.2012 — #I suggest you go to college and also buy some books about javascript.[/QUOTE]
Yes on the books, no on college. You may or may not find a JavaScript specific class. You are rolling dice in terms of it being good. It will cost far more than what you get in return. "JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual" by David Sawyer McFarland would be a good place to start for books. After that, I would tend to Google any questions I had.
By the way which online site you refer. Can you give me url address so i can start atleast.[/QUOTE] I had started www.codecademy.com but they don't seem to tie JS to web pages until much later.
@WyCnetMar 31.2012 — #The question is johnhernandez, do you know how to program? Have you programmed assembler, fortran, or any other procedural language?
Javascript is inherently different from procedural languages because it can be event driven, and its engine sits in a full-duplex asynchronous environment. It is a big bad world there, in the javascript engine, with optional library extensions like Jquery.