jcsandals
20 Jun 2009, 10:39 PM
Hello,
I have been learning PHP for a little while now and have made a couple fairly interactive web pages (for keeping in touch with family). I have and have read a couple books on PHP and am very pleased with the functionality that it has given me.
I also have read a book on CSS, though it was more of a speed read. With these two technologies I can pretty much do everything I need to do, but I am looking to take things a little bit further.
I want to be able to have more "fun" features like having drop down menus and dynamic content. I bought a book on javascript, but it seems to be very inefficient for what I am trying to do. Maybe the book just sucks, but it is just teaching me how to do similar things that I already know how to do with PHP (i.e. form validation, string manipulation, and yadda yadda).
So far the only two things that I have seen javascript being useful for (in my case that is) are popup windows and drop down menus, though I think its easier to make simple drop down menus with just CSS.
Does javascript really provide me with anything other than the headache of learning another scripting language? Should I just say screw it and look into flash? Sorry for such a long post, btw. Javascript just seems so primitive... Thanks for any help =)
I have been learning PHP for a little while now and have made a couple fairly interactive web pages (for keeping in touch with family). I have and have read a couple books on PHP and am very pleased with the functionality that it has given me.
I also have read a book on CSS, though it was more of a speed read. With these two technologies I can pretty much do everything I need to do, but I am looking to take things a little bit further.
I want to be able to have more "fun" features like having drop down menus and dynamic content. I bought a book on javascript, but it seems to be very inefficient for what I am trying to do. Maybe the book just sucks, but it is just teaching me how to do similar things that I already know how to do with PHP (i.e. form validation, string manipulation, and yadda yadda).
So far the only two things that I have seen javascript being useful for (in my case that is) are popup windows and drop down menus, though I think its easier to make simple drop down menus with just CSS.
Does javascript really provide me with anything other than the headache of learning another scripting language? Should I just say screw it and look into flash? Sorry for such a long post, btw. Javascript just seems so primitive... Thanks for any help =)