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Re: Javascript replacing Java?

From	Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Javascript replacing Java?
Date	2017-05-16 12:23 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On Tue, 16 May 2017 04:58:53 -0700, Eric Douglas wrote:

> On Monday, May 15, 2017 at 7:58:42 AM UTC-4, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>> 2) I learn languages best by reading books but I was utterly unable to
>> find even a barely adequate book on JavaScript. The O'Reilly book I
>> eventually ended up with was one of their worst, little more than a
>> recipe book for JavaScript fragments. It had no satisfactory
>> description of the language constructs and syntax. Even
>> comp.lang.javascript was unable to suggest a good book.
> 
> books? who reads books anymore? https://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp
> https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-javascript

Its rather difficult to stick bookmarks in a PDF or to see more than half 
a book page of text at a time. Dead tree books don't have either of these 
failings. They also work during power cuts, in wifi notspots and in 
Faraday cages.


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Javascript replacing Java? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-05-03 07:24 -0700
  Re: Javascript replacing Java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-05-03 10:51 -0400
    Re: Javascript replacing Java? Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2017-05-04 05:52 +0800
      Re: Javascript replacing Java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-05-03 23:14 -0400
        Re: Javascript replacing Java? a.laforgia@gmail.com - 2017-05-05 14:44 -0700
          Re: Javascript replacing Java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-05-05 22:28 -0400
            Re: Javascript replacing Java? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-05-06 13:25 +0000
              Re: Javascript replacing Java? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-05-08 05:14 -0700
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-05-08 17:58 +0000
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-05-08 13:12 -0700
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-05-08 22:23 +0000
            Re: Javascript replacing Java? a.laforgia@gmail.com - 2017-05-09 13:41 -0700
              Re: Javascript replacing Java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-05-14 20:30 -0400
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-05-15 11:55 +0000
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? a.laforgia@gmail.com - 2017-05-15 10:46 -0700
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-05-15 19:49 +0000
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-05-15 19:08 -0400
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-05-16 10:43 +0000
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-05-16 19:14 -0400
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-05-17 00:13 +0000
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 04:58 -0700
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-05-16 12:23 +0000
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-05-16 10:46 -0400
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-05-16 19:17 -0400
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2017-05-22 18:17 -0700
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 07:51 -0700
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? a.laforgia@gmail.com - 2017-05-15 10:44 -0700
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2017-05-15 15:07 -0500
                Re: Javascript replacing Java? lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-05-15 13:30 -0700

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