Hey Karl, Thanks for posting ... I've taken your advice and order the Jeremy Kieth book ...
Yours is next on the list! Cheers, Mark. On May 19, 1:04 pm, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another great one for people just starting out with JavaScript is > Jeremy Keith's DOM Scripting. > > --Karl > _________________ > Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com > > On May 19, 2008, at 4:49 AM, Mark wrote: > > > > > Thanks for all the advice guys. > > > I think I'll get 'Simply Javascript' from sitepoint - or something > > similar - and start from there. > > > I've got loads of programming experience so I spose I 've got a head > > start on a total noob! > > > Cheers.... > > Mark. > > > On May 19, 12:32 am, "Josh Nathanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Just to add a bit to this...I recently was forced to write in "pure > >> javascript" rather than jQuery for the first time in a while, and > >> it was a > >> very good exercise in getting back to basics. So I would also > >> recommend > >> learning some of the basics of javascript at least in tandem with > >> learning > >> jQuery. > > >> -- Josh > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Klaus Hartl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> > >> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 12:10 PM > >> Subject: [jQuery] Re: Javascript of jQuery? > > >> Yes, in the end jQuery is nothing else than JavaScript - although a > >> very excellent piece ;-) > > >> --Klaus > > >> On May 18, 4:42 pm, Rey Bango <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Mark, > > >>> You should really get a grasp of how JavaScript works so that you > >>> can be > >>> a more effective client-side developer. jQuery makes things easier > >>> but > >>> you still should know how to handle, at the very least, the basic > >>> constructs of the JavaScript language. It will help in > >>> understanding why > >>> certain things occur. > > >>> Rey Bango > >>> jQuery Project > > >>> Mark wrote: > >>>> Hi, > > >>>> first post here ... I have searched and cant find an answer to this > >>>> but I'm sure it's been asked before ...anyway, here goes: > > >>>> I have only a rudimentary grasp of javascript but I'm very > >>>> interested > >>>> in jQuery - so, is it better for me to learn Javascipt first and > >>>> then > >>>> jQuery > > >>>> Or > > >>>> is it feasible to simply try to learn jQuery?? > > >>>> TIA.
