From: John Joyce Date: 2007-04-07T02:25:36+09:00 Subject: Re: A few beginners questions It depends on what you want to do. But here goes, 1. You can learn Ruby and at the same time learn XHTML + CSS 2. Before concerning too much about AJAX you'll need to learn some JavaScript and DOM scripting as well, but while learning that, you need an understanding of how web sites really work: how pages are requested, served and then handled by user-agents (browsers). Don't worry, none of it is all that difficult, it's just a lot to learn at once! 3. After you feel comfortable with XHTML and CSS, and perhaps a little bit about XML, take a look at AJAX and if you haven't, XML too. AJAX itself is not complicated. The fancier things are not simple, though. But at this point, the skills you learn in Ruby and in XHTML + CSS (actually XML!) and a bit of DOM scripting (JavaScript) things start to converge with AJAX (and things like REST, SOAP) But if you go to all this effort, you should go ahead and learn some SQL of some sort too, because most of this stuff ends up going into or out of a database. So add MySQL or PostgreSQL or SQLite to the mix! The big hint though: to really make use of AJAX you need to understand the DOM and that each browser has a slightly different implementation (well this is true of so many things!) AJAX is basically simple, but there is a lot to learn to get there. The question is, is the reward worth the effort? In the end you may find that it is just a really difficult way to make a Flash page... (now I duck for cover...) On Apr 7, 2007, at 12:28 AM, wannaberor wrote: > Guys, > > What is http://start.clickuni.com developed in? > > Also, what path do you suggest for me to start learning AJAX and Ruby? > > Do you suggest I independently learn JavaScript, XML and CSS and hit > AJAX and then Ruby? I'm already familiar with some ruby. > > Any sources, info, tips.. asbolutely anything at all would be very > welcome. > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. >