Hi ,

I begin to use Javascript recently. I understand very well and I'm already able to make little scripts. I like Javascript , it adds interactivity to the page.

But sometimes , it is not so good ( Alerts while a page is loading ) So when do you use it , and when do you think Javascript is the most useful on a page.

Thanks

Mathieu

I too like javascript. It is extremely versital. You can accomplish just about anything with it.

When to use it?

Well, I use javascript on just about every site I build in one form or another depending on what it is I am trying to accomplish. Primarily I use it from graphical effects such as random image and html.

It works well for image roll-over scripts, although I mostly use a text roll-over script like the one in my tutorial I post on creating a text roll-over verses an image roll-over.

Javascript works well for creating code generators. I often write a code generator in javascript to create additional pages for my client's site so that they can add pages and text themselves and not have to pay me to do it for them.

Combined with SSI, javascript can be as powerful as any other language allowing you to create pages on the fly depending on user interaction and it can write to and retrieve from a database.

As I have stated quite a few times, I am self taught and I found javascript to be easy to comprehend and implement. I will always use javascript in my design, but as I am finding out, languages like php are more stable, while offering the same, if not more versitility.

pete

I myself have had the privilege to play around with java scripts. I think java scripting has the same feel like server side scripting like asp and php for interactive purposes. I am employed to work with hardware and my job keeps me very busy so I have not had the chance to learn php, which I think is the way to go. I did a bit of asp but like php better and really want to learn it inside out. If only I could make the time.

I have accumulated a lot of tutorial on php though, and plan to do something about it this year. I have to juggle that with a cisco course I’m doing hmmm, if only I could duplicate myself.

For myself, i think javascript is necessary for every site, it will make your site so beautiful for small site to medium site and security for medium site to big site...
For me i ussually download from free script site or written script by myself(about easy code - open/close window, alert/confirm form, randon code, etc...), i love that.

Javascript has its place. If done improperly can cause a multitude of problems from crashing your computer to making your site slow. You just have to be careful and make sure your code runs well in a test environment on any browser. It can be used for a great many things from dhtml to simple form validation.

i don't use javascript to add "style" to my page. i use for stuff like, people not being able to right click so they can't steal my stuff!! and also not being able to see where a link goes to when it shows up in the bottom of your browser (you know, where it says Done?) and other stuff. js is great

The no right click script will onlt keep a newbie out.

pete

JavaScript being exeuted on the client side also gives a huge amount of explotability to a website if used badley, storage of passwords etc in JScript vaiables can easily be read by anyone. It is interesting to see how it can be used though in a website although i prefer Server Side scipting like PHP.

javascript is pretty useful. But i don't like how some people make their pages too flashy with excessive rollovers and/or too many flashing/moving images floating around the site. Otherwise, i believe javascript is wonderful for little things like expandable sidebars.

Although i'm not a great programmer, I do know my way around Javascript. It was one of the first script-languages I knew and could control I have used it in my countless never finished projects of mine.