Subj : Re: Writing custom script
To   : Tracker1
From : Sam Alexander
Date : Thu Apr 13 2006 10:55 am

  Re: Re: Writing custom script
  By: Tracker1 to Sam Alexander on Thu Apr 13 2006 02:50 am

 > Sam Alexander wrote:
 > > Okay, I'm no JS programmer, but I'd love to learn.  One project I think
 > > might be fun to write plus useful is something that'll take an RSS Feed an
 > > plug the downloaded media files into a file area then use details from the
 > > XML file to create details.  Problem is I have no idea where to start!
 > 
 > There's a few JS based implimentations of the W3C-DOM for XML, however,
 > they load pretty slowly, and take up a bit of memory for the object model.
 > 
 > see <http://xmljs.sourceforge.net/>
 > 
 > > For those seasoned in JS and how it works with Sync, would this be a decen
 > > first project to attempt?  I used to program in C++ many years ago in
 > > MS-DOS, but it's been literally 7-10 years since I wrote a piece of code.
 > > Currently I mainly program for web, so that's PHP and ColdFusion, but I
 > > wnat something that'll be portable and something I can share with others
 > > easily, which is why JS might be best.
 > >
 > > Thanks for any advice or maybe pointers to do some Hello World apps with J
 > > and Sync.
 > 
 > If you are going to play with message areas, nntp*.js, and news*.js are
 > where I would start... There are a few other examples that come with JS..
 > 
 > Honestly, read "The JavaScript Bible" 5th edition, it's a decent read, and
 > only really need about the first half, the second is very browser specific..
 > the first half can apply pretty aptly to the bbs... there are a few links on
 > the website that may help as well, in addition to looking at the samples...
 > 

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the great info!  I'm not sure when I'll have time to jump into 
this, but most definitely I'd like to get something rolling soon.  And 
if/when something is good enough for production I'll throw on my site for 
anyone to use :)

Sam


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