[thelist] DHTML
Peter-Paul Koch
gassinaumasis at hotmail.com
Tue May 22 16:52:17 CDT 2001
>I'm a budding web designer/developer and in the
>process of learning DHTML and wanted to know whether
>designers/developers actually *create* dhtml code from
>scratch or whether they get it off of websites.
I usually write from scratch. If I don't, I use functions that I myself have
written before. The reason is that most script libs, pre-written scripts
etc. are far too complicated, usually containing lots of stuff that you'll
never use.
Two of my own pages for your edification:
http://www.digital-web.com/features/ an article that explains the purpose
and history of the DOM. Background info that you'll need if you really want
to understand DHTML.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/js/index.html?introdh.html My Introduction to
DHTML. What is it, what can it do, what can't it do, how to write it.
>I've seen many job descriptions that say you need to
>know DHTMl but I'd like to get the inside scoop on
>things. Will they actually tell me to write the code
>or is more of "know what it looks like and you'll be
>okay"?
I guess the second, unless you come across someone who is like me <g>. If
someone applies for a job and says he can write DHTML from scratch, I gently
ask him to name the problems with layers in Netscape 4 and wait for his
answer. I don't mind hiring someone who only knows how to copy/paste
scripts, as long as he says he can only copy/paste.
But this depends entirely on the person that decides whether to hire you.
Knowing DHTML (and *really* knowing it, including its problems) is of course
an asset in each job application.
ppk
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