JavaScript/DHTML newbie -- general questions

•

What is DaniWeb IT Discussion Community?

You're currently browsing the JavaScript / DHTML / AJAX section within the Web Development category of DaniWeb, a massive community of 392,309 software developers, web developers, Internet marketers, and tech gurus who are all enthusiastic about making contacts, networking, and learning from each other. In fact, there are 2,861 IT professionals currently interacting right now! Registration is free, only takes a minute and lets you enjoy all of the interactive features of the site.

Join our community!

Please support our JavaScript / DHTML / AJAX advertiser: Lunarpages Web Hosting

Thread Tools Display Modes

Views: 2258 | Replies: 6

Previous Post in Thread

Next Post in Thread

•

Join Date: Jul 2005

Posts: 4

Reputation: sergiu is an unknown quantity at this point

Rep Power: 0

Solved Threads: 0

sergiu

Offline

Newbie Poster

JavaScript/DHTML newbie -- general questions

Jul 28th, 2005

Hi all,

I am new to Web programming, most of the time have done GUI development in C++/MFC and played a bit with Java/Swing.
I have read about DHTML and its ability to enable interactive Web applications.
Before delving into DHTML programming I would like to know what are the surprises; people in my group ask the following questions:

1. Why do we need this DHTML stuff? (after all, we already have Java)
2. Does it work across browsers?
3. Are there any development tools that support DHTML programming?
4. Can we use DHTML to develop GUI applications like we do with Java?

Thanks for your time,
Sergiu.