Ok, thanks Karl. I didn't state that exactly like I meant it. I should have said "it didn't post, or I've missed his reply, or he hasn't had time." That was why I was talking about searching - to find the post again to see if maybe you did reply. Obviously I didn't get e-mail notification turned on. It would be nice to just have a feature to "turn on notifications on any thread I post in." That would probably work best for me, at least. Perhaps that feature exists. I'll have to look at the config pages again.
Anyway, I imagine I'll be getting the reference book, too. My only comment so far is that - IMHO - the explanation of chaining on page 30 might have been nicer to have earlier on. I think JQuery is kind of cryptic. I imagine lots of people using it come from the C world and so they find this normal, but I'm not real fond of cryptic languages. When I studied computer science at Ga. Tech, the teaching language was Pascal - a concise, readable language. I've used M$ Visual FoxPro for 15 years - a powerful, object-oriented and very readable database language. I agree with your last sentence on page 30 about breaking up the code, adding comments, and how it can save time in the long run. With today's programmers needing to bring together a number of technologies to meet the need of employers or clients, it can be tough to get to the expert level in all of them. So not having to deal with cryptic code when you are programming and when you come back months later for maintenance is advantageous. Anyway, I was getting a little disheartened about the cryptic nature of the JQuery code and did perk up some when I saw it could be chained like you mentioned. It might be nice to know that right off the bat, but I realize the beginning examples were pretty simple and perhaps weren't well suited to demonstrate chaining. On Jul 15, 10:01 pm, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jul 15, 2007, at 9:45 PM, AtlantaGeek wrote: > > > > > Oh, BTW, I did buy the Learning JQuery book (book and e-book). One of > > the posts I am wondering about was to Karl Swedberg in another thread > > with a question about the book and I don't believe he's responded, > > yet. So either it didn't post or he just hasn't had time to respond. > > The problem is I can't remember which thread. I guess I can do some > > searching, but haven't done that, yet. I like the book so far. > > Hi Russ, > > Glad you like the book so far! Do you remember what your question was? > > The only question about the book from you that I could find was this > one ... > > On Jul 11, 2007, at 11:22 AM, AtlantaGeek wrote: > > > So it seems the reference book is not available, yet, correct? > > > On Jul 9, 10:57 am, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> 2. jQuery Reference Guide is a 250+ page complete reference to the > >> jQuery API and selector expressions (up to v1.1.2), plus individual > >> chapters on the Dimensions plugin, Form plugin, and creating your own > >> plugin (and 3 appendices). This one should be available beginning of > >> August. > > ... to which I replied ... > > On Jul 11, 2007, at 4:11 PM, Karl Swedberg wrote: > > > Correct. > > > When the publisher split the book into 2, Jonathan and I took the > > opportunity to add a few chapters to the reference book so that we > > could make it a valuable resource in addition to the tutorial book. > > We're working through revisions on those chapters now. > > ... and Jonathan replied ... > > On Jul 11, 2007, at 4:02 PM, Jonathan Chaffer wrote: > > > That's right. We're still putting the finishing touches on that > > one, but it should be ready shortly. > > If you asked another question that I missed, please post it again and > I'll do my best to reply promptly. > > Thanks, > > --Karl > _________________ > Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com
