Java Scripts I Have Known and Loved

Christy Sheffield Sanford.21.0 Share your favorite script names and addresses. (Christy1, 3/25/99 9:27:40 AM)

I often come across wonderful scripts and would like to share them with others. Please don't paste any scripts here, but do leave descriptions and URLS for scripts, tutorials and examples. If you have any advice or tips they would be welcome, too. If you have some scripts that have caused you grief, tell us about those as well. This morning I came across a whole page of Java Script scrolls, some for the page and some for the status bar. Check out the horizontal scroll, for example. JavaScript Planet: http://www.js-planet.com/text/

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Margaret Penfold (Saada, 3/25/99 2:29:32 PM)

Christy, I have heard that Java scripts are supposed to be cross-platform and the next best thing since sliced bread but what are they exactly. Would yoou use the source code t for status bars in your own web site in between your html or do you insert it into something in your start-up files. Is there a good explanation somewhere?

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Christy Sheffield Sanford (Christy1, 3/26/99 11:16:25 PM)

Hi, Margaret, JavaScript is a programming language embedded directly into an HTML page. When a reader views a page and performs some action, JavaScript can interpret this action and respond to it. With the addition of this special scripting, you can create interactive pages. HTML determines what a page looks like; JavaScript determines what a page does.

This is a combination of information from Web Guru and Cosmo. It gets more complex when they start talking about how JavaScript is an object-based language. Here is the address for Voodoo's Tutorial: http://www.webconn.com/java/javascript/intro/part1/part