Re: JavaScript/jQuery Question

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've used NetBeans a little for an IDE - I'm not that familiar with it, 
but it is free, as I recall.

I also highly recommend getting the Firebug plugin for Firebox - there's 
a developer here who is quite expert in web stuff, and he does his 
coding in a text editor, then tries it with Firefox, then changes things 
in Firebug to see what happens. Very powerful combination.

There's also the HTML Validator plugin that can be very helpful, in my 
experience.

Vern

On 7/7/2010 2:09 AM, Paul Tuohy wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> Yep, Sitepoint have some great Javascript books (see previous posts) and
> they also have a book on JQuery (JQuery: Novice to Ninja) which I think
> you can grab a PDF of for $10 at the moment.
>
> They also have a Javascript course - which is really good.
>
> Vern is correct - you will need some knowledge of CSS to get to grips
> with JQuery. I also recommend that you get a basic knowledge (at least)
> of CSS before starting Javascript - since a lot of what you will be
> doing with Javascript is manipulating CSS values.
>
> Good free IDEs for Windows (most of them cover HTML, CSS and Javascript)
> are HTML-Kit (my favorite for Windoze) and Kompozer. In Ubuntu there is
> Bluefish. And, if you happen to be using PHP on the i, Zend Studio will
> also fit.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul Tuohy
> ComCon
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>
>
>
>
>
> Mike wrote:
>    
> > I asked this on Twitter already, but want some more opinions.
> >
> > Is W3Schools the best location to get a firm grasp of the basics of
> > JavaScript/jQuery? Should I learn the basics of JavaScript first? (
> > http://twitter.com/BizDevTalk/status/17900783527)
> >
> > What OS X IDE do you like for JavaScript/jQuery/HTML editing? Free is better
> > for me.(http://twitter.com/BizDevTalk/status/17904366474)
> >
> > I am ashamed to admit that I have done very little JavaScript development
> > and thus have avoided it as long as I could. Now one almost has to know
> > JavaScript to do any amount of web development.
> >
> > Thank you guys for any direction on this. Tonight I am going to try to do a
> > cram-course on JavaScript 101.
> >
> > --
> > Mike Wills
> > http://mikewills.info
> > P: (507) 933-0880 | Skype: koldark
> >
> >