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[chili5]

I just got somewhat far into a book and I was wondering some ideas that I could practice what I learned.

I got to:

• Loops
• Variable Math
• Form elements
• Switch cases
• Random numbers
• If - else - else if - switch case

Thanks for any ideas.

[chili5]

Thanks Jordan,

I got the random selector done, now I'm working on the calculator.

Thanks a lot.

[Xav]

You could try Spartan Ajax to create an online application.

[chili5]

I'm just going to stick with some simple things, I'm not ready for Ajax yet.

[Xav]

OK. There's nothing new to learn, only a new set of concepts - Home.

[chili5]

Ok i check it out.

[Xav]

Yeah - I heard about it from a UK magazine. It's no new language syntax or anything - it's simply a way of using JavaScript to build websites. You just have the shell in HTML, which loads two scripts that you create. One contains the constructors for the controls on the page, and the other decided which one to use. Once it's set up I think it might be useful, but I've never personally actually tried it. Maybe you could give it a go.

[chili5]

Yeah i think it would be useful, I'll find some articles to find out how to get started but yeah I think it will be useful to learn. I tried a little of it and figured out how to get buttons to do things so essentially I could convert all my code to spartan and it wouldn't be that hard.

[Xav]

Great to hear you're getting use out of it.
It's not so good for pages laden with text, images etc, but if you're writing a page that's more like a desktop application within the browser, Spartan Ajax sounds like a good idea.

[chili5]

Yeah i was thinking it's not so good with web pages that use a lot of images and text but it would be good for making a application sort of gmail i suppose.

[Xav]

I agree - I still can't believe how Gmail (or Google Mail, as it's known as in the UK) is constructed out of JavaScript. It shows how much JS can really do, with the right programmers...