RE: Javascript

["Matt Horn" <mhorn -at- macromedia -dot- com>]

> Well, I started a new job and I love it but there is a new 
> task I have to do that I have managed to avoid until now. I 
> will have to use Javascript with some website content. Does 
> anyone know of a quickie tutorial that I can find to help me 
> get started?

First, congrats on your new job and good luck to you.

JavaScript is a huge topic, believe it or not. What you're asking is
like asking for a quickie Java tutorial. There isn't one because it's an
entire language that has many components. You need to focus on a few
important components of the language that will help you develop a
broader undestanding. I would break up my learning process into the
following parts:

1: Learn the basic syntax rules
2: Learn the DOM
3: Learn the event model
4: Learn CSS

You can probably skip #1. You'll learn the syntax from looking at
examples, unless you have no programming experience whatsoever, in which
case maybe you have the wrong job :) 

I have no specific recommendations for tutorials on using the DOM or the
DOM event model, but I've always found Webmonkey
(http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/) to be helpful. For a good intro
to CSS, I liked
http://www.aglasshalffull.org/css-resources/The-CSS-Resources-Intro-Page
.htm

Then find out what you'll be doing with JavaScript, and you'll have a
pretty good base-line. BTW, if you've ever used Flash, then you already
have some JavaScript syntax knowledge (ActionScript is very close to
ECMAScript/JavaScript). 

Matthew J. Horn
Sr. Technical Writer
Macromedia

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