Learning javascript properly

[Kick-flare]

^^ hiya everyone ^^;

As im' sure you've all seen in the support, i've been querying a lot with javascript and how it works... i was wondering...

Could anyone teach me javascript, i have a very crude grasp of it [its practically nonexistant in my view ;p] and i would really love to be do and 'dirty' with the code ^^;

I am silly quick learner if the code is dumped in front of me with each marked as what does and such as well bits of explaination on the code that is being shown... ^^;

if you can... my msn and aim details are in my profile or you can email me ^^;

thanks again.

[Jordan]

The best thing to do is go learn the basics first before you start trying to code anything which actually does something significant. I recommend sites like htmlite.com/ and w3schools. Learn to understand how variables, if statements, loops, arrays, functions etc. work. Play around with them, and if there is something you don't understand about them feel free to post about it or send me a private message. Once you have a good feeling for the basics, you can move onto more difficult codes which will use the basics you have learned to make something happen.

Coding for Proboards is a good way to learn because you have to loop through elements on the page which helps you understand the DOM (Document Object Model) and how it is structured.

I'd be willing to help you learn as well as others here, but just know that you will only really learn if you put in enough time and effort to figure things out on your own as well cause we can't teach you everything.

[Kami]

as someone also trying to learn js, i also recommend looking at the codes you like (i'm guessing you're mainly doing this for PB?) and learning what each portion of those codes do.

[Kick-flare]

partial for pb and for creating my own forum from scratch ^^

i did try the w3school site and found myself sitting going duh ^^; mind you 72 hours of no sleep does that xD

I was actually hoping there was someone i could pop questions off to about javascript if i get stuck ^^;

But im completely willing to learn on my own, once i get over the step of how its all structured [i've been learning html for ages so i have a really good grasp of it ^^;]

I'll give those links a read through and if i have any questions i'll post here ^^ thank for the support!

[Kami]

if you want to create your own forum from scratch, you'd probably need to look into something other than JS, like... uh. MySQL, i think. I'm sure the coders have other languages they could suggest.

[Kick-flare]

Well I'm going to try with javascript, PHP, MY SQL ^^; Although its the javascript giving me the most trouble with learning it ^^; php and mysql lessons seem to be going well ^^;

if anyone has my code request thread, you'll see what i am mean by trouble, lol ^^: javascript is driving me up the wall

[Thesealion]

i understand...thought i knew a bit about coding when i wrote my first code...i didn't...i can use HTML for most stuff and do some javascript but i can't write my own code without looking at other codes and figuring out how they do it....

[Kami]

Jul 29, 2010 16:36:32 GMT -8 Kick-flare said:

Well I'm going to try with javascript, PHP, MY SQL ^^; Although its the javascript giving me the most trouble with learning it ^^; php and mysql lessons seem to be going well ^^;

if anyone has my code request thread, you'll see what i am mean by trouble, lol ^^: javascript is driving me up the wall

lol, i know enough of js to get by and to edit things if i break it or make minor modifications. last time i wrote a code for practice, someone rewrote it into 3 lines (from my ... ten, i think). xD

[RyanDiamond]

Hey KF,

As someone who uses Javascript, PHP, and MYSQL on a daily basis, I'd love to help you learn! I even may have a test site you can use to learn, with a few databases for your use. Let me know.