Re: Can anyone Help a Newbie...

[Mike Darrin <msd111@psu.edu>]

Pat McCarty wrote:
> 
> >-- [ From: Blake Natker * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
> >
> >Hi,
> >       I'm a Computer Information System student at American University and I'm
> >in the process of teaching myself Javascript. Can any one give me a few
> >pointers- It would be a greatly appreciated!!!
> >--
> >This Email Sent To You By: Blake Natker
> >
> >Email me back at any of these addresses:
> >bn7591a@american.edu (
> >det130@chuck.acc-lab.american.edu (For Air Force Related Info)
> >blake.natker@american.edu
> >
> Blake, a good place to start is the Netscape JavaScript Authoring Guide...
> http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/handbook/javascript/index.html
> Another good idea is to join the JavaScript mailing list, but I see you have
> done this already. As of now there are no JavaScript books. Here's my advice:
> First, tread through the NS JS site.
> Then use webcrawler or yahoo to find some sites which use JS
> (like mine: http://www.ids.net/~pmccarty/), and try to step through the
> source of those pages.
> Once you feel comfy, start writing your own little scripts.
> Keep an eye on this mailing list - you may not understand everything
> everybody has to say, but you'll pick up on it...
> 
>                         Pat McCarty
> 

I must say that this is about a perfect response to that question.  Maybe a 
paragraph or two like this should be sent to people when they subscribe, I'd 
bet that many people when they are first subscribing are looking for such 
introductory material (yes, I am aware that it's not very difficult to find 
this info. for yourself, but...).  The FAQ might also be referenced.

Mike D.

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Michael S. Darrin
Legislative Data Processing Center
Pennsylvania General Assembly

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msd@palegis.cmic.state.pa.us
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