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how advanced is layers in dhtml? any books or tutorals that teach it well?
thanks
-matt

They range from sinple 'look at me I can do DHTML no probs!' kind of simple, all the way up to 'oh god, my head hurts, and I can't remember what day it is' kind of impossible. It just depends what you want to do with them.

But one thing's for sure. If you want to do DHTML you have to learn to use layers. That's what the whole of DHTML is based on! Anything that moves, anything that flashes, andything that disappears or appears onMouseOver - they're all layers! (And they're actually called <DIV> or <SPAN>, just to confuse you some more).

Can't point you towards any books in particular which may be good for beginners. But it depends how deeply you want to get into JavaScript. If you're really serious about understanding programming in general, I recommend you teach yourself some C, or even some Java. The scripting will just come naturally then (and you'll end up being a lot better scripter). (That's kind of what I did anyway).

However, if you're just a weekend programmer, you can find a lot of stuff online. Just type the words 'tutorial' and 'JavaScript' into your fave search engine. Or if you want to learn from a book (which is infinately better than just looking at web-pages, and nicking other people's code), go to Amazon, serch for any books on JavaScript, and you'll get a list of about 50 decent books, ranging from beginner to advanced levels. (Most of them have comments by peoploe who have already bought the book, which in my experience are usually quite accurate).

Just a few suggestions about how to get started. Hope it was useful.

osh