Subj : Re: Writing custom script
To : Sam Alexander
From : Tracker1
Date : Thu Apr 13 2006 01:50 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 and
> 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 decent
> 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 JS
> 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...
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