[Web4lib] understanding javascript

[Robert L. Balliot]

Thanks for correcting my error.  I think Will's
explanation is very good.  I put my glasses on
and re-read Ray's question.

I am unclear, however, on what Will means by "snarky".

In this case, it would appear to mean: "posting
to a discussion group as quickly as possible in order to 
correct disinformation thereby demonstrating prodigious
proficiency in the nerdish arts"

:)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Will Kurt [mailto:wkurt at bbn.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 2:02 PM
To: rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com; 'Raumin "Ray" Dehghan'; 'web4lib'
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] understanding javascript

At 12:56 PM 8/29/2007, Robert L. Balliot wrote:
>http://javaranch.com
>
>http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
These are both Java resources, I'm sure someone will likely beat me 
to it but...

JAVA != JavaScript the only connection the 2 languages have is based 
almost solely on marketing.  JavaScript is an interpreted scripting 
language which is officially named 'ECMAScript' and also developed 
under Netscape as 'LiveScript'.  Netscape briefly partnered with Sun 
and they renamed it JavaScript purely for marketing purposes.

Java is a compiled programming language which is syntactically much 
more like C++ than Javascript.  Learning Java is nothing like 
learning JavaScript, and the 2 are almost never used for the same 
type of development work.  Most of the Java you'll see on the web is 
server side ( .jsp is the JavaServer Page extension), all of the 
JavaScript work you'd do on the web will be used for client side scripting.

Java- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29

JavaScript- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript


I hope I don't come across as snarky, but I did want to clear that up 
as it can lead to a lot of confusion.
--Will







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>-----Original Message-----
>From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
>[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Raumin "Ray" Dehghan
>Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:06 PM
>To: web4lib; css
>Subject: [Web4lib] understanding javascript
>
>Colleagues,
>
>I really am trying to understand javascript.  I would appreciate links to
>any websites that explain javascript well, especially for a beginner in
>javascript.
>
>Thanks
>Raumin "Ray" Dehghan
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