My first plug in

[C. J. W.]

I am trying my first plug in
what does the * and /* mean and do?

[Jordan]

It's a multi-line block comment.

/*
  Anything you write here will not effect your
  script in any way. You can type as much as
  you want to.
*/
There are also single line comments.

// This is a comment
// This is another single line comment
Comments are useful for documenting your code. In a script, you can't just start typing text that isn't Javascript because it will cause errors since the browser's Javascript parser will think it's Javascript code.

[DarkPikachu]

if you need help understanding anything about basic JS, feel free to ask me directly
I'm just getting into JQuery, so I don't know TOO much in that area yet...

I'm more of a Python(2.7) programmer, and know a little C++ to compare it with JS.
but I'm not a JS pro, so there's things you may hit that I'll even have questions for.

[Texas]

C. J. W.: If your learning javascript, I'd suggest w3schools.com

It's got extensive tutorials, and all the basic stuff for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, PHP, and some other stuff.