Topic awaiting preservation: How to start learning Javascript?

Hey, guys! How's it going?

Well, I really need your advice about the way to learn Javascript and HTML. I am a silly student at the moment. I really want to be a web designer. So my lovely tutor told me to study handcoding Javascript and HTML. I wonder if you guys know any good book or web tutorial, would you please let me know.

OK. I am checking this site every couple of hours. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Cheers.

Hiroki Kozai

I'd suggest that you start with going through this place: http://www.gurusnetwork.com/tutorials/
You'll find ton's of good stuff there, the main thing is that these tutorials teach you a technique, not copy-paste. Most everything you need to get a grasp of is there except maybe basic HTML-coding.

To really get down to HTML from scratch, you can try this: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/
That's the start, there is also advanced HTML and basic CSS available at that same place.

My advice is to really learn HTML first of all, to be able to use javascript in a good way you need to know how HTML works since that's what you will manipulate.
Good luck and welcome back with any questions once you have tried a bit yourself.

/Dan

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Checkot http://www.w3schools.com for tutorials in (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript and much more.

And our beloved FAQ also has a section about javascript/dhtml and one about html

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[This message has been edited by Veneficuz (edited 12-12-2002).]

If you have prior programming experience, check out JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 4th edition ( www.oreilly.com ); that's how I learned it (actually, I learned from the 3rd edition).

I learned all the basics from www.webmonkey.com.

Edit: By the way, if your teacher said to hand-code, your teacher is my friend.

[This message has been edited by Perfect Thunder (edited 12-12-2002).]

I've found the following book helpful in learning the fundamentals of javascript coding:

Title: Beginning JavaScript
Author: Paul Wilton
Publisher: WROX
ISBN: 1-861004-06-0

Hi, guys. Thanks for your advice. I will try them.
cheers.

Hiroki Kozai