On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 2:07 AM, biotech <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Cesar, > As I said I saw a lot of threads with common issues...and I know the > feeling of answering the newbie posts for 100th time so these > questions get overlooked and left to die out. > > Yes I saw that page but thought of 'jumping into' UI since it has most > of the plugins for nice effects...and figured no need to re-invent the > wheel with just core of Jquery. > I have even flipped through the book of Dan Wellman - jQuery UI > 1.6....which was as exiting as clicking through the demo pages, > learned nothing of practical use (and saw a proof that it Can be done) > especially since there is a new version of UI out. I downloaded one of > the themes and found a spaghetti of css files calling another set of > css files which then have...chained classes....yay....I should be able > to go through it in about 6 months or so...man what a headache just to > position a few things. The download comes with a single, production ready css file (and additionally, individual files in the development folders). > > Let's say I want to use sprites on my headings and not 4 classes that > do nothing but add radius to round my object edges....there goes 3 hrs > of my life into nothing. > It is very frustrating to be able to crease xhtml and css how I would > want it to look in 15-20min and then waste days on trying to adopt it > to jQuery UI. Documentation...beyond technical & dry, 'getting > started' is a page long that points to download... ? The documentation is even bundled with the demos, so you can *live* see what's going on, and then check out the options you would need. I really don't understand how this would be any "dry" - in fact, I have not seen anything else that seriously bundled demos with docs. > > I know...being a newbie in any field sucks but I also don't want to > copy-paste either. There's nothing bad about copy and paste, as long as you learn what's going on. Go to the demo page, click on the 'View source' link and look how the demos are done - this is the best way to learn! > > > So the better question would be....do I learn jQuery from scratch and > sort of re-invent the wheel or learn jQuery UI and not question how > things are done? > > Thanks for your time! Answered above, the best way to learn any sort of framework is to look at implementations, and explore how something is done. Generally though, in order to use jQuery UI, you must have a basic understanding of jQuery, so I would start with that first. jQuery UI builds on top of jQuery. Cheers, Paul > > > On Jul 24, 3:39 pm, "Cesar Sanz" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Additionally.. You can subscribte tohttp:// > groups.google.com.ni/group/jquery-en?hl=en > > > > And you are right... It is not he best way to start with jQuery. > > I recommend you the oficial site for learning purpose.. > http://www.jquery.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Nathan Maves > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:11 PM > > Subject: [jquery-ui] Re: Is this group even ACTIVE? > > > > This is the official users forum. > > > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:07 PM, biotech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Thanks Nathan, > > I am not used to googlegroups and I was wondering why isn't there an > > 'official forum'. > > Just seems quiet in here...not very encouraging for newbie like me :) > > > -- Paul Bakaus UI Architect @ smart.fm -- http://paulbakaus.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbakaus --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery UI" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-ui?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
