Re: JavaScript/jQuery Question

[Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

I forgot about Aptana which appears to be free. I am trying that first.

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Mike Wills
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On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
> > www.comconadvisor.com
> > www.systemideveloper.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
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