learn javascript

I have a fairly sound knowledge of HTML & CSS. Now I want to master Javascript. I’ve made several attempts to learn the basics, but found things way too confusing. I just need to apply myself and focus on really understanding each thing before moving onto the next. I’ve bought a book – DOM Scripting by Jeremy Keith – which I’m hoping will be my saviour.

I AM NOT GOING TO LET IT BEAT ME!

I am already a ridiculously competent HTML coder. Time to branch out and learn some more code.

But, I think that I need to learn a more basic programming language first, such as Perl, Ruby, or Python. Not sure which one I’m going to learn first yet.

discovered scriptaculous and prototype last week. Pretty awesome. Will incorporate it into my church’s website…

I don’t really need to learn this.

I find http://eloquentjavascript.net/ to be quite helpful, it’s simple but not ‘dumb’ from the start, and explains things like closures, functions as a type of variable and ehr.. stuff like that, better than me :-)

ps. I’m pretty good with PHP/SQL (freelancing), and JavaScript turns out not to be the toy language I thought it was ;-)

working through the head first javascript book; finished 2 chapters. So far, looks pretty good…

Though I’m not the greatest at programming anything. Like the previous said, I relearn a lot of it all of the time. Things like prototype and jquery have made javascript fun.

Javascript is important for my other goal (of becoming an IA)

like a previous poster said you will never completely learn javascript – I use it in my job a lot but every now and then I need to learn a new function/ a new way of doing something. And sometimes I even need to relearn parts of it. Done let that discourage you though, as my knowlege of javascript and other web languages has landed me a great web design career :)

Well, I’ve just completed my JavaScript course – several weeks early, I might add. Did I “learn JavaScript”? I don’t think so. Did I “learn SOME JavaScript”? Sure. Everything is a process and I now at least have an introductory level understanding/appreciation for what JavaScript can do. It’s enough to build on.

Goal completed.
Moving on to tackle my AJAX goal…