If you are new to javascript and want to learn it, do so without adding jquery to mix. It will confuse you - especially so with the meaning of 'this' inside functions!
Do not mistake me - jquery was (and still is) a fantastic tool that made web propgramming interesting to many including me. But now that web apps have got complex, separation of concerns (like model, view, event handing) have become a bigger issue than just selecting elements and animating them - jquery's primary strength. To think in terms of 'separation of concerns' or the big picture 'architecture' of your applications (you do if you want to make a career out of programming), learn the language well first - without being distracted by frameworks. I have said this earlier and will say it again: read the Rhino book. Then learn a framework like Backbone (I know only backbone and like it, but there are others too) that operates at the app architecture level. Following is a link to a pretty good explanation of backbone and jquery in stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/a/9730645/751002 Once again, learn the lang javascript well. Its being used in more than just the browser (nodejs: appserver, couchdb: db server). regds, mano -- Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. -Sen. Morris Udall _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
