30 October 2008

Importance of Javascript

If you are a fresh web developer and just finished learning your very first server side scripting language aka ASP.NET, then you probably must be thinking why in the world should i learn another client side language aka Javascript. I mean you probably can get most of the things done by using the all mighty "ASP.NET" technology, can't you?
Well its time to get a reality check!! No web developer these days can survive without knowing javascript...take my word for it!!
Even i used to think the same way but soon realized that its not possible to stay without js. Take for example you want to show a alert message or get a confirmation from the user on the client side. You might think that using MessageBox.Show() would do the trick but it fails on many occasion as its a windows class library function. Instead you have to write something like this. in the head section of your html document inside the scripts tab("script").

var ans= confirm("Are you sure you want to do this?")
if(ans==true)
----
else
----

Well this is a good example for very first starters and you might find many other stuff accross the internet.
My point remains that you cannot ignore javascripts and start learning it immediately. A good webiste to get started is www.w3schools.com.

12 October 2008

Starting Web Development

As a fresh web developer myself, i have been facing many new challenges and hurdles during my development career. This blog has been started to discuss about any minor or major difficulties that any web developer would come across.. I would be regularly posting any code or examples of my work/importance to share it with others.
Also would like my reader to post their problems may it be of any nature.
Currently i am following ASP.NET 2.0 and PHP5.