[TonyB]

i don't know java at all. where can i get some information on java tutorials? any good sites out there that i can go to?

[Tangent210]

Javascript

I find that to be really helpful to learn some basic javascript. Once you go through that you can try to work with some of the more advanced tutorials.

[mtajim]

Start reading tutorials on tutorialized.com and then start coding with real live snippets forund on hotscripts, that way you will learn faster

[randle]

Isn't javascript html or some sort?

[britjojo]

No, the two are nothing alike. HTML is a text and formatting language. Javascript allows you to embed things like clocks and moving images, and things that have to be live into your page. I am not doing well at describing I know-it's stupid, I've been doing it for years and so explaining at a basic level is now beyond me!

HTML would build you a page, but javascript is more like flash. You use it as a tool for checking forms and a whole host of other things, like I say things that need to be done in real time.

[TonyB]

thanks guys. i'll look into reading some tutorials and doing the trial and error way.

[trick-r-treat]

I agree - that was probably a question that I was afraid to ask about Java. I have used it in certain programs, but as far as implementing it, I really have never known where to start.

[mtajim]

Java and javascript is are two diffrent things , java is a hardcore programmming language whereas Javascript is used in html to make websites more dynamic

[britjojo]

Exactly. Java is the currently popular language with most schools that teach computer engineering, where as javascript falls under the web design courses in the school that I attended. They are worlds apart when it comes to learning, or implementing them. I personally cannot stand Java-and object orientated language for that matter, but javascript is far less complicated.

So make sure when you look for tutorials, that you look for the right thing.

[SageMother]

an example of what you can do using javacript is rotating banners or links through a specific place on a webpage. It is one of my favorite scripts.