There are some things that are quite nice about JS, but it can be hard
to get used to closures over classes, and that kind of thing.
If you are looking for library suggestions, I loved Backbone.js, but
Flex folks seem to prefer Angular.js. QUnit is actually a lot of fun too
(I haven't found another Unit testing framework on other platforms that
I like quite as much).
One more unsolicited suggestion - add "use strict"; inside your JS files
(inside a closure). This turns on some compiler like functionality in JS
consoles, to cache typos and things like that, which normally fail
silently. Also, you can enable stack traces in FireBug, if you are
developing in Firefox (took me a while to find that).
Good luck!
Kevin N.
On 10/25/12 11:35 AM, Merrill, Jason wrote:
I'm about to start my first HTML5/CSS3/Javascript job - wish me luck! :) Going
through a lot of courses on Lynda.com - completed some Javascript courses and
jQuery, now enjoying Lee Brimlow's HTML 5 For Flash Developers course right
now. Good stuff - I wish Javascript was a more advanced language but it has
some pretty cool features.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
Bank of America Global Learning
703.302.9265 (w/h)
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