A Sunday Update

This week I finished up tutorials of Javascript (JS) and Document Object Model (DOM). I also spent some time reviewing a concept called "DHTML" which stands for Dynamic HTML. DHTML is the concept of making a website dynamic vs. static. A dynamic website has the ability to react to its visitors' actions. DHTML is a combination of: JS, DOM, HTML and CSS. I now have a good base knowledge of these web-building languages.

The next tutorial I am going to walk through is a PHP Tutorial. After that, I am probably going to spend some time learning Fireworks and redesigning my website.

Once I do this, I should be able to jump into my calendar project and staring working with PHP and mySQL.

Quick Update on Progress

As an update, I have finished tutorials of HTML, XHTML, and CSS. I have created a static website using HTML and CSS at www.richardlindquist.com (let me know what you think). It will likely improve dramatically over the new few weeks as I learn more about website design and related applications.

Everything so far has been fairly straight-forward and I have used sites like www.cbblitz.com and www.tylerking.net as examples in creating www.richardlindquist.com. My calendar project is coming along nicely. I am going to focus on creating a CSS file for my Calendar as a project for this week.

I am using Macromedia (now Adobe) Fireworks to design my website, so I will have to learn alot more about how the program works. Additionally I want to make my website (and Calendar) dynamic.... so, the next tutorials on my list are:

1. PHP

2. Javascript

3. Fireworks Tutorial

I am thinking I am going to jump into a PHP tutorial to start playing around. I am going a little faster than Tyler (see www.TylerKing.net) can write tutorials, so I am using http://www.w3schools.com/ to learn these languages.

New Website

I just started learning HTML today and am putting up my website.

It will be very bland and boring at first, but I am using this experience to learn out to build web-based applications.

My first project is creating a calendar application. You can see my progress here. I am using a tutorial that my friend and co-worker, Tyler King, is creating at www.tylerking.net.

Please feel free to leave feedback and advice.