I've got a lot of time on my hands before I start classes in the Fall. To avoid going stir crazy and to get my brain back in gear, I'm going to start some sort of programming project. I thought that little Word clone was nifty using AJAX, so I've decided AJAX is going to be my toy.
What I'm asking for advice on is should I learn XML or Javascript first? Does either of them require an in-depth knowledge of just plain HTML (I've got a good foundation in HTML, just rusty)
So, what's the story?
Web guys
XML is sort of like a data format; you could in one sense consider it like nicely formatted HTML. It won't be that hard to get the hang of. If you're going to learn AJAX from scratch then you'll want to become very well acquainted with javascript, the DOM model, and XMLHttpRequest.
I'm thinking about playing around with AJAX, not from scratch but with premade scripts that do the brunt work. This looks very cool:
http://www.modernmethod.com/sajax/
It does 99% of the work, as long as you're doing simple AJAX stuff.
I'm thinking about playing around with AJAX, not from scratch but with premade scripts that do the brunt work. This looks very cool:
http://www.modernmethod.com/sajax/
It does 99% of the work, as long as you're doing simple AJAX stuff.