Any JavaScript Tuts?

[MikeD]

Any good tuts on features in JavaScript that would be good for a text based browser games?

Kindof in the same boat as I was with PHP, I had read the book, understood functions, arrays etc, just didn't know how to apply them to create a game until watching Halls tut. So I am wondering if there is anything similar for Javascript.

[Jackolantern]

Did you see Halls' JS video tuts linked above in this forum?

[hallsofvallhalla]

yep it is a great start. I actually got offered a position as a javascript programmer but they require Jquery so I am back at that, so I may have a tutorial on it soon as well.

[Jackolantern]

jQuery is where it is at. End of story lol. Once you get used to it, you will have no idea why it took you so long! It is so advanced beyond vanilla Javascript that some of the new Javascript APIs being rolled-out with HTML5 are adding jQuery features directly into vanilla Javascript (like the selector engine, although jQuery's will still be better since it has full CSS3 selector support).

[MikeD]

Nope, I missed that lol. Will start watching those. Thanks.

[Chris]

yep it is a great start. I actually got offered a position as a javascript programmer but they require Jquery so I am back at that, so I may have a tutorial on it soon as well.

If you would have taken the time to learn jQuery that would have been the easiest job in the world.

[hallsofvallhalla]

haha well they also require heavy knowledge of raw javascript which I would not have if I would have spent my time learning Jquery. They also require Ajax and other things so I would much rather have to learn jquery than to attempt to relearn some of the other stuff.

Now if I would have spent my time learning jquery over spending it on uncompleted projects is a different story!

[Jackolantern]

haha well they also require heavy knowledge of raw javascript which I would not have if I would have spent my time learning Jquery.

That is just the thing: You never stop using raw Javascript when using jQuery! You still have to know Javascript to use jQuery effectively. All jQuery does is make common things much, much easier that should have been much, much easier in raw Javascript.

[Chris]

That's a good quote to put in your sig Halls until your understand it XD

[hallsofvallhalla]

I understand that but the point was missed so nevermind