I'm sure most will agree that 240 hours is more than reasonable time to learn the basics of Javascript, and then jQuery and a third library of your choice. You can learn the workings of the jQuery API in a few hours if you're good at JS. I haven't counted but I probably don't have more than 240 hours of practice with jQuery.
- ricardo On Jan 9, 5:36 am, "Alexandre Plennevaux" <aplennev...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi Ricardo, it's actually 120 hours per year, and it's the last two > years. so 240 hours. > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Ricardo Tomasi <ricardob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yes but what happens when you find an error in your script? It might > > be a very basic mistake but you won't have a clue if you don't know > > javascript itself. What happens 5 years from know if a totally > > different library, with different syntax, takes over? > > > I agree with Peter Higgins, it's much more useful to teach the basics > > first, then introduce jQuery, if they got the very basics then they > > can learn the rest on their own. It's like teaching someone to use the > > Blueprint CSS framework and not explaining what classes really are. > > They`ll find themselves lost at the first adversity. > > > - ricardo > > > Do you mean 2 hours a week for 3 years? That's enough to learn well 5 > > different languages :D > > > On Jan 8, 8:30 pm, Kean <shenan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Your audience are designers, they will pick up jQuery faster because > >> they think in CSS. > > >> At what point do you teach them javascript? > >> When you teach them how to create plugins for jQuery. > > >> I hope this helps. > > >> On Jan 8, 2:13 pm, Nikola <nik.cod...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > Why not integrate the basic "JavaScript Fundamentals" in each jQuery > >> > lesson. You could show some general examples and explain the > >> > rudimentary JavaScript principal (I'm thinking a 15 minute > >> > introduction...) then teach the jQuery and demonstrate how and why > >> > jQuery is the "write less, do more" JavaScript library.. This way, > >> > students get the gist of the JavaScript while learning jQuery. This > >> > may not be as desirable as learning jQuery on top of a strong > >> > JavaScript foundation but it can certainly help them to become > >> > stronger jQuery developers while giving them an introductory > >> > foundation in JavaScript principals.
