---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tharindu Mathew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Dev] Web-based Configuration using Mapbuilder for GSoC 2008 To: Cameron Shorter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I already have looked into javascript. I'll look into XSL. Are other XML stuff like XPath or XQuery used? I will look into the links you gave me. Thanks for the assistance. On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 3:48 AM, Cameron Shorter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Mathew, > Nice to meet you and great to hear this project is of interest. > > In my opinion, understanding of good programming practices and design is > more important than specific language issues which can be learned as you > code. The structure of Java is similar to Javascript which will give you > a good start. Probably the best way to start is to read some tutorials > and have a look at the code in existing applications. (Things like > inheritance are done differently in javascript). > Understanding XSL will be beneficial for the Mapbuilder parts of this > project. > > http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Documentation > http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Developers+Guide > http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Tutorials > > (Plenty of pages here, I don't suggest you read them all yet) > > > > Tharindu Mathew wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm interested in this project and is looking for an oppurtunity to > > learn the technologies associated with this project. But my experience > > with JavaScript is limited. I have manly used Java as my language and > > worked with XML web services, spring framework, etc in Java. > > > > Will my limited JavaScript experience be a problem in this project? If > > not, how may I gather more knowledge for this project? > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Tharindu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > > > > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Systems Architect > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Commercial Support for Geospatial Open Source Solutions > http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/SupportedProducts.html > > -- Regards, Tharindu -- Regards, Tharindu
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