[TurboGears] Re: Should I know javascript before learning mochikit?

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:06:53 -0700

On 8/6/06, isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Aug 6, 2006, at 6:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Okay, I'm attempting to learn mochikit.... Is it assumed that I
> need to
> know _javascript_ beforehand, or at least learn it concurrently?  Or is
> mochikit an abstract layer above _javascript_, so that I can safely
> forego knowing anything about _javascript_?

You'll need to know the basics to do much more than use things like
roundClass... syntax and control structures, objects would be
helpful... var scope, etc. I think you should get the basics down
first, and learn the rest concurrently. It'll give you a good sense
of all the hard stuff that MochiKit makes easy, without having to "go
there".

At least pick up the pocket guide for reference to all the built in
functions, math stuff, etc.

MochiKit is not exactly an abstraction "above" JS (it's no
replacement)... more like it fills up a lot of holes in JS, adds some
Pythonicity, and also handles most of the nasty cross-browser
platform issues so you don't have to think about them and can just
get your work done.

(Ahh, if only something like mochikit existed in the days of IE3 and
NS4... when I was writing an almost-all-JS shopping cart in frames!
oh, the horror.)

I couldn't say it better. :)

-i




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