Javascript Question or Opinion

[sleepin]

What is the best book for someone to get started learning Javascript and
then one for the next level? Thanks a lot!

 

[Steve Easton]

As for a book, it's hard to say, but there is a fairly informative web site
here:
http://www.gatescript.com/default.asp

 

[sleepin]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the link. (I'm still looking for a book, though).

I've seen you answer lots of questions here and want to ask an unrelated
question. I signed up for ABC's "Nightline Breaking News" E-mail and
receive one whenever the producers think a story is important enough to send
out an E-mail "alert", notifying me of the breaking news, with a link to the
news story. I think the producers must have the list in a DB and whenever a
story breaks, they quickly make up a headline and then just "click a button"
to send the E-mail to everyone on the list. I assume this list could be tens
of thousands to a few million subscribers.

This morning I had a customer ask me if something similar to that could be
set up on their site to first gather the names/E-mail addresses of people
who might want an alert and the engine to send it out. Unlike the Nightline
list/DB, this list would contain only a few hundred to a few thousand
contacts. I sure don't know how to set one up (as you can tell by my asking
for a beginner's Javascript book!) and cost will be a factor. Can you please
tell me where I could start looking for something?

 

[Steve Easton]

imho, books are great, but JavaScript is a design time thing, and you'll
find that you will want to run / test your script as you go. Also the
online resources usually have a *demo* of the scripts that you can cut and
paste into your application.
It's kind of difficult to copy and paste from a book ;-)
Also the site at the link I gave you has an extensive list of sites,
downloadable scripts and even several scripting programs.
Take some time to peruse it.

As for an email application list manager, take a look at the free ListMaster
Pro from AnalogX:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/lmpro.htm
It may not be exactly what you're looking for, but it should be a step in
the right direction.

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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[sleepin]

Thanks very much.

imho, books are great, but JavaScript is a design time thing, and you'll
find that you will want to run / test your script as you go. Also the
online resources usually have a *demo* of the scripts that you can cut and
paste into your application.
It's kind of difficult to copy and paste from a book ;-)
Also the site at the link I gave you has an extensive list of sites,
downloadable scripts and even several scripting programs.
Take some time to peruse it.

As for an email application list manager, take a look at the free ListMaster
Pro from AnalogX:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/lmpro.htm
It may not be exactly what you're looking for, but it should be a step in
the right direction.

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed..................
..............................with a computer


whenever

 

[chris leeds]

it would depend on the scripting languages available to you on that
particular server but a good place to start is www.hotscripts.com and search
for newsletter (or other things that would match).
I'm lucky enough to have .asp available to me on my server so I usually
search www.aspin.com and www.fuzzysoftware.com
as for a beginner's JavaScript book I liked "Designing with JavaScript" from
O'Reilly.
HTH

 

[sleepin]

How does .asp differ from javascript? Can both of them be used on the same
site/page?

 

[Kevin Spencer]

ASP is a server-side technology for dynamically generating HTML documents.
It writes an HTML document to the browser. JavaScript is a client-side
technology for creating scripts that run in the client browser.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

 

[sleepin]

Thanks. Can ASP be used on the same site/page with Javascript?

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Yes and no. ASP creates the HTML document that is sent to the browser. The
document can contain JavaScript that will run in the client browser. So, the
answer depends on how you define your terms. They do not run at the same
time, or in the same environment. However, they DO run "on the same page".

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

You may want to have a look at the various articles and tutorials on my web
site to find out more about ASP:

http://www.takempis.com

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

 

[sleepin]

Thanks. The articles helped. I don't think they will make me an overnight,
or even a 90 day wonder, though. (I may still be wondering or wandering
after the 90 days are up!