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Bad Form, Coder
No matter how many different methods I try, I can’t seem to collect form data from my HTML page.
I’ve tried collecting the information with PHP and JavaScript, and so far neither has worked even though I replicated the examples I was following precisely. The PHP problem seems to have something to do with my computer’s settings… but I haven’t been able to work it all out. The JavaScript is just still over my head at this point, I guess.
On other fronts, I’ve had more success. I more or less wrapped my brain around loop functions and click triggers. Now when my webpage loads, there’s a popup dialogue. If you enter the correct name, it displays a couple funny images, and counts how many times you click the one on the left.
This is all still incredibly basic stuff, but after putting weeks and months into learning static HTML and only slightly more interesting CSS, the dynamics of JavaScript are fascinating.
I added a few coding blogs to my RSS reader, and this morning I glanced through an article on the world top ten most popular coding languages. The top three were Java, Python, and JavaScript. The post sort of made the point that js is the most popular because it’s the most versatile. I have no idea if that’s true.
