Advice on what language to learn

[Daniel]

Welcome to the club! Definitely JavaScript. Here are a couple threads on great JS resources:

JavaScript Learning Resources

The approach to JS in Hype is oriented towards people who are already highly proficient in JS. I have years of high-level experience in Lingo (which is not all that different from JS) doing game design and so on, so I understand how things work. I just don’t know the JS-specific terms and such. Rather than spending months mastering all aspects of JS (including ton’s to stuff I do not need to know) I am looking for something that is more task-oriented and more Hype specific. Can anyone recommend…

Great resource for learning Javascript online

All: If you are very new to writing javascript take a look at It’s Free and they also have other links to learning sites and a podcast. This is a great way to put your toe into the Javascript Pool. Then if you want to swim out further take a look at http://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/javascript It’s summer and HOT here in the states so sorry for the swimming pool analogy [image]