Nate Reed http://blog.natereed.com Thoughts about anything I think about Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:21:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Learning http://blog.natereed.com/?p=42 http://blog.natereed.com/?p=42#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:20:02 +0000 admin http://blog.natereed.com/?p=42 I have many interests.  Too many, perhaps. :)

Although I do server-side Java development in my day job, I’m brushing up on Javascript, HTML (including HTML5) and CSS in my spare time.  I’ve been looking for low-cost online resources to supplement my reading, and I’ve come across several that look promising:

  • Learnable
  • net|tuts+
  • Udemy
  • Youtube (lots of lectures and online screencasts on web development topics)
  • Appsumo (time-sensitive deals for web geeks, includes courses from some of the sites listed above)

I think I will have a lot of fun with this one: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/build-your-first-game-with-html5/

 

]]> http://blog.natereed.com/?feed=rss2&p=42 0 Running JavaScript from the command line http://blog.natereed.com/?p=38 http://blog.natereed.com/?p=38#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:52:52 +0000 admin http://blog.natereed.com/?p=38 I was looking for a way to develop and test JavaScript outside of a browser, and I came across Rhino, an open source Java implementation of JavaScript.  Interestingly, it has been part of Java as of Sun’s JSE 1.6 (released 2006).

To run a JavaScript file, use ‘jrunscript’:

jrunscript -f hello.js

It also supports inline scripts:

jrunscript -e 'print("hello");'

 

 

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