Tag Archives: Javascript
AJAX
So, I think I should create a script specifically to query the server, call is, say, query_server.js. This is called everytime the user does something that requires the server to be queried. query_server.js will then change some global data in … Continue reading
JavaScript reference semantics
I’ve decided to have the program grab the events from array, sort them by their unique ID, and put them into cumulative data structures which will be remembered throughout the course of the program. Each time the API is queried, … Continue reading
professional code
I think I am actually, finally, starting to grasp JavaScript at a pretty competent level. Time to start being more professional with my code, i.e. I should do more documentation and versioning.
week 9 update
I made the mistake early in this project of not taking JavaScript seriously. As if it weren’t actually a programming language. I have suffered from this mistake. I am learning more and more about this language (and web programming in … Continue reading
2010-Feb-16 presentation notes
*project rebooted *JS learning curve not as shallow as I thought *haven’t been able to be as squared-away as I would prefer *faceted search now only objective *still drawing out new plan -root_set.js: will hold the description of the current … Continue reading
week 2 update
Began week 2 rather sluggishly, but I now feel like I’ve recovered my momentum/motivation. Did some more reading on JavaScript, on event-driven programming. I am also doing, finally, a bit of implementation, specifically a “base set,” i.e. a set of … Continue reading
starting implementation
Winter break was pretty fun and relaxing, but now winter quarter is on, and I am about ready to begin implementation. I am going to use Git versioning software to track the changed to my code. I also will figure … Continue reading