OK - I’ll admit, I don’t know enough about JavaScript. I’m totally aware of its similarities to ActionScript but I just don’t often find myself wanting to work on jobs that would require it.
Lately I’ve been keen to explore a few more languages. On my PC, I’ve got PHP, Python and Perl installed and ready to go. I’ve dabbled in them enough to get a feel for what they’re about, but I haven’t really done anything significant in them… except in PHP where I often use it to get my Flash talking to online databases (still, not all that impressive).
So as I skulk through my local Borders (mega bookstore) trying to extract as much free knowledge as possible - yes, this is fun for me - I often struggle to choose a programming career path. Dont’ get me wrong, I’m ActionScript all the way and with AS3/Flex/Apollo the future is bright for me/us… but lately, I’m feeling a little incomplete.
The conclusion is that I’m going to brush up on JavaScript first - which may sound like an odd decision. I figure the learning curve should be quite easy and manageable and it will be a required step towards AJAX and things like creating Firefox extensions (something that I’m keen to look into).
For the ActionScript rookies that are reading this - make sure you check out the following videos as you’ll no doubt pick up a trick or two that will help you along the way. There are 10 quality videos in total - check them out…
Here’s the first video in the series - and check afterwards for links to the remainder and others that may be of interest.
Douglas Crockford: The JavaScript Programming Language (1 of 4)
More videos in this series:
- The JavaScript Programming Language (2 of 4)
- The JavaScript Programming Language (3 of 4)
- The JavaScript Programming Language (4 of 4)
- Theory of the DOM (1 of 3)
- Theory of the DOM (2 of 3)
- Theory of the DOM (3 of 3)
- Advanced JavaScript (1 of 3)
- Advanced JavaScript (2 of 3)
- Advanced JavaScript (3 of 3)
