[dba-Tech] Javascript list

I second that thought and will subscribe as soon as the list comes into 
being.  :-)
T

Tina Norris Fields
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On 10/5/2012 6:28 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> People interested in web development are turning increasingly to
> Javascript, and this turn in part reflects a more general turn away from
> server-side scripting and toward client-side scripting. This is NOT the
> same as saying that all the logic of a web app leaves the BE and becomes
> part of the FE, which impression you might get even upon reading the name
> of the most popular Javascript library, jQuery. I admit that I was one of
> those dismissers. As soon as I heard that word, I assumed that jQuery was
> some sort of front end for SQL -- and it is that, but I soon learned that
> there exists a wealth of wonderful things that jQuery can do that have
> nothing at all with SQL queries. What Javascript (hereinafter JS) is really
> about is modifying the data (page) returned by the web server.
>
> There are two other JS libraries of immediate relevance, jQuery UI and
> jQuery Mobiles, the former providing some way kewl UI controls and the
> latter able to deal with various mobile platforms, abstracting away their
> differences so you can write once and deploy everywhere.
>
> I propose that we open a new list on our beloved site, devoted to all
> things concerning Javascript, jQuery, JSON (Javascript Object Notation) and
> related stuff.
>