Bugs and Candy
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livingdebBugs in the programming, candy in my mouth. A typical work day. Could be worse.
JavaScript Update
I still like the book Beginning JavaScript after having read 32 additional pages.
I'm doing all this to get a job in course development at my current employer within a specific department. Those guys have a sample course people can look at. Today I printed the source code for the one page that looks like it might have JavaScript on it, and for the Cascading Style Sheets they use (three different ones for one page).
The code looks pretty good, except that it's really, really long. I've decided I need to figure out what everything means as preparation for the job I want, which might also come in handy at an interview.
JavaScript Update
I still like the book Beginning JavaScript after having read 32 additional pages.
I'm doing all this to get a job in course development at my current employer within a specific department. Those guys have a sample course people can look at. Today I printed the source code for the one page that looks like it might have JavaScript on it, and for the Cascading Style Sheets they use (three different ones for one page).
The code looks pretty good, except that it's really, really long. I've decided I need to figure out what everything means as preparation for the job I want, which might also come in handy at an interview.
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on 2005-12-20 06:48 pm (UTC)Yeah, could be candy in the programming, bugs in your mouth. That would be worse.
The Javascript that I know I learned bit by bit. Like, I'd want to do something on a page and had to look up how to do it; I'd use it for a while, then I'd finally click to what it did. I learn a lot of html/css/javascript stuff that way. I should really do something more formal like take a class.
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on 2005-12-20 07:12 pm (UTC)About learning--I like (good) books because they're thorough. Things are more likely to make sense. I'm better at understanding things well enough to apply them than memorizing things well enough to apply them.
But then I also like classes because you get more insider information and more judgement calls on what's important and what's dumb, etc.
But of course none of it sticks unless I use it.