I agree with that :) jQuery HowTo Resource - http://jquery-howto.blogspot.com
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Ricardo Tomasi <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm sure most will agree that 240 hours is more than reasonable time > to learn the basics of Javascript, and then jQuery and a third library > of your choice. You can learn the workings of the jQuery API in a few > hours if you're good at JS. I haven't counted but I probably don't > have more than 240 hours of practice with jQuery. > > - ricardo > > On Jan 9, 5:36 am, "Alexandre Plennevaux" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> hi Ricardo, it's actually 120 hours per year, and it's the last two >> years. so 240 hours. >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Ricardo Tomasi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Yes but what happens when you find an error in your script? It might >> > be a very basic mistake but you won't have a clue if you don't know >> > javascript itself. What happens 5 years from know if a totally >> > different library, with different syntax, takes over? >> >> > I agree with Peter Higgins, it's much more useful to teach the basics >> > first, then introduce jQuery, if they got the very basics then they >> > can learn the rest on their own. It's like teaching someone to use the >> > Blueprint CSS framework and not explaining what classes really are. >> > They`ll find themselves lost at the first adversity. >> >> > - ricardo >> >> > Do you mean 2 hours a week for 3 years? That's enough to learn well 5 >> > different languages :D >> >> > On Jan 8, 8:30 pm, Kean <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Your audience are designers, they will pick up jQuery faster because >> >> they think in CSS. >> >> >> At what point do you teach them javascript? >> >> When you teach them how to create plugins for jQuery. >> >> >> I hope this helps. >> >> >> On Jan 8, 2:13 pm, Nikola <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > Why not integrate the basic "JavaScript Fundamentals" in each jQuery >> >> > lesson. You could show some general examples and explain the >> >> > rudimentary JavaScript principal (I'm thinking a 15 minute >> >> > introduction...) then teach the jQuery and demonstrate how and why >> >> > jQuery is the "write less, do more" JavaScript library.. This way, >> >> > students get the gist of the JavaScript while learning jQuery. This >> >> > may not be as desirable as learning jQuery on top of a strong >> >> > JavaScript foundation but it can certainly help them to become >> >> > stronger jQuery developers while giving them an introductory >> >> > foundation in JavaScript principals.
