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Tutorials for Java and Javascript (Re: JavaScript and tech writers)
Subject:Tutorials for Java and Javascript (Re: JavaScript and tech writers) From:JIMCHEVAL -at- AOL -dot- COM Date:Tue, 21 Jul 1998 16:43:57 EDT
In a message dated 98-07-21 16:20:48 EDT, bkane -at- ARTISOFT -dot- COM writes:
<< We have a new engineering dept. head who has said he'd like me to
learn JavaScript because we're going to be doing some Java-based
stuff >>
Since I sometimes receive the responses to questions before the questions
themselves, I believe someone's already pointed out the big hitch in this:
Java has almost nothing to do with Javascript.
Presuming it's actually Java you want to learn, there's a bunch of free
tutorials out there you can use. Most require you to download the JDK (from
Sun's site), but I believe one actually walks you through the examples on-
line. Here's one
