beginnersjavascript.co.uk

Advantages: Quality scripts, site speed,layout, free!
Disadvantages: could do with more scripts

Programming languages used to be "geek talk", not any longer. With this site, Learning to build effective javascripts is quick and informative. This site is based on "quality is better than quantity" ideas. Thats a *good thing* Allthough there aren't many tutorials, the quality of them are all excelent and very easy to understand. There is often an overview section explaining what you can do with this particular piece of code. The code itself is ...
...cutting and pasting. There is also an explanation section describing what is going to happen if you start to change the settings and values in the script which is ideal if you want to tweak somthing to your exact specification. Another useful section is where it tells you what can go wrong. Javascipt programming can be hit and miss sometimes but with this site it can point you towards possible problems. As the scripts themselves are very clearly ... Read review

Advantages: clear detailed explanations, e-mails to the webmaster actually get answered
Disadvantages: needs a bit more content

When learning a new programming language, things can be hard even if you already know a few, there are always slight differences that can catch you out. When it comes to learning Javascript, I have found a site that seems to cater for the complete beginner without being patronising or over complicated. Beginners Javascript (http://www.beginnersjavascript.co.uk) breaks the subject into two key areas - LEARNING the syntax of language and PRACTICAL ...
...through the PRACTICAL section picking up tips and ideas whilst those who already have some experience can go straight to the LEARNING section to find out how to use it. The site recently went through a redesign anf is greatly improved and much easier on the eye. The only problem is that in the course of the redesign, some pages were lost and have not yet been put back online. This is obviously fairly easy to fix and one would hope that the site ... Read review