Here's my two cents worth on it. A lot of what's happening with HTML 5 is geared toward mobile devices, accessibility and SEO, the newer layout magic is CSS 3 generated. Complex CSS animations, have tools to build them... there's A LOT of code involved.
1) take a basic JavaScript class, even as a refresher, a lot of what's going on in the JS Libraries will make more sense 2) get up to speed on CSS, all of the JS libraries depend on a good understanding of CSS, especially selectors. 3) Understanding the new toys in HTML 5 / CSS 3 depend on the above 4) I'd normally say get thee to jquery.com, but it really depends on what your doing.. there's a lot to be said for ExtJS in terms of building web app gui's, plus this is the library that CF uses to build it's layout widgets. In the end use the one that will suit your needs the best. On 11/25/2012 9:56 PM, Justin Scott wrote: > Over the last several years I've had a heavy focus on back-end > programming... database work, business logic, reporting, > administrative interfaces, server management, network stuff, etc. > I've been developing since 1998, but my back-end focus in recent years > has left my front-end skills somewhere back in 2007 and I'm not up on > the new HTML5 hotness, latest JavaScript goodies, CSS stuff, and the > like. I am essentially looking for recommendations on training > resources to get up-to-speed with the latest in front-end technology > and methods. If someone knew HTML already but was starting from a > clean slate on everything else related to front-end, where would you > point them? > > > -Justin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358787 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
