Today I learned jQuery.
It was intense. I was at Starbucks. The first code I saw I was like, “What?” I still don’t understand exactly how they do it, but I get the syntax.
$(…)
The builder pattern is also very interesting.
I was able to get a nice fading pull down menu working today. It even fades in and out without flicker if you move the mouse in and out quickly. I used to develop animation code so I knew what to look for to get it right.
jQuery is nice, I look forward to doing some amazing things with it.
3 Comments
Anna Green
Im really interested by JQuery its something i would like to become fluent in. What basic knowledge would you advise i need to know, before i have a go?
Matt
The thing about being a developer in any language is there’s nothing stopping you from doing it. You just need drive and determination.
I would start with the jQuery web site which has lots of docs and some tutorials. When you see even a small thing you don’t understand, take the time to figure it out, eventually the pieces are going to come together.
People used to ask me at Microsoft how to become a developer. What they were really asking me was how to get the pay of a developer while having neither the desire nor inclination to do the work. That I don’t know.
The truth is, you just do it because you want to. If you don’t do it, you probably don’t really want to, because nobody’s stopping you.
I was a better developer than many of the MIT grads we hired, and I didn’t even have a CS degree. It’s because I actually like it.
Anna
Thanks for the advice, this is all very true… Just got to get stuck in find a problem and then ask for advice.