Not particularly well written, over-complicated and inaccurate in some places. Certainly not a 10 min read! I recommend checking out the W3Schools javascript tutorials.
Yea, okay, we get it... JavaScript is not Java is not JavaScript... Some folks here happen to want to know where to look for a good intro to programming... as in a programming language... which Java happens to be, and a good one, in my opinion, for people who have no programming skills but want them. However, this is probably not the ideal place to argue the point. For here be comments about a website about the popular scripting language JavaScript, and a supposed 10 minute lesson for beginners, a task at which it fails miserably. But hey, it got a lot of diggs!
No idea why anyone would want to use javascript anyway. If you learn to program properly you can program in any language. If you want to learn to programe start with a procedual language like c or perl. Learn to do if/else,while,for,declaring and using variables, understand function and how to parse stuff to them. Then learn tricks like sorting, opening files, hashing. Then once you have mastered that pick up an object orientated language like C++ or JAVA. It will take you a while just to get your head around object.This is from someone who admittedly was taught in University but had zero experience programming and initialy found it very difficult who now knows around 10 languages and uses them daily for work.
Exactly... I have no real programming experience besides some advanced html/css, which doesn't really relate much here, it seems. I'd be interested to learn javascript, but these guides assume you already know the basics from another language. Real pain for people looking for a REAL intro that's brief and simple. Something like TryRuby ( <a class="user" href="http://tryruby.hobix.com/">http://tryruby.hobix.com/</a> ) was a good guide. Guides like this do nothing for the people who need an intro the most.Edit: sorry, that link isn't working for some reason... keeps appending the URL to the digg domain. copy/paste it i guess.
abbtechMar 2, 2006
Would be a bit more than 10 minutes for me but it looks very interesting!--------------------------------------<a class="user" href="http://hackedgadgets.com">http://hackedgadgets.com</a>
internetuserMar 2, 2006
Not particularly well written, over-complicated and inaccurate in some places. Certainly not a 10 min read! I recommend checking out the W3Schools javascript tutorials.
blonkmMar 2, 2006
nice reference, but it has nothing to do with *learning*
severalMar 2, 2006
Yea, okay, we get it... JavaScript is not Java is not JavaScript... Some folks here happen to want to know where to look for a good intro to programming... as in a programming language... which Java happens to be, and a good one, in my opinion, for people who have no programming skills but want them. However, this is probably not the ideal place to argue the point. For here be comments about a website about the popular scripting language JavaScript, and a supposed 10 minute lesson for beginners, a task at which it fails miserably. But hey, it got a lot of diggs!
alphanerdMar 3, 2006
No idea why anyone would want to use javascript anyway. If you learn to program properly you can program in any language. If you want to learn to programe start with a procedual language like c or perl. Learn to do if/else,while,for,declaring and using variables, understand function and how to parse stuff to them. Then learn tricks like sorting, opening files, hashing. Then once you have mastered that pick up an object orientated language like C++ or JAVA. It will take you a while just to get your head around object.This is from someone who admittedly was taught in University but had zero experience programming and initialy found it very difficult who now knows around 10 languages and uses them daily for work.
Closed AccountMar 4, 2006
Exactly... I have no real programming experience besides some advanced html/css, which doesn't really relate much here, it seems. I'd be interested to learn javascript, but these guides assume you already know the basics from another language. Real pain for people looking for a REAL intro that's brief and simple. Something like TryRuby ( <a class="user" href="http://tryruby.hobix.com/">http://tryruby.hobix.com/</a> ) was a good guide. Guides like this do nothing for the people who need an intro the most.Edit: sorry, that link isn't working for some reason... keeps appending the URL to the digg domain. copy/paste it i guess.
chillywilly373Sep 19, 2008
Did you know java is a script language developed by netscape?