EclecticMuse wrote:HEHE PERL IS BEYOND ME (SAME FOR ALMOST ALL ADVANCED CODING). I HAVE A DEGREE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN BUT SOME BACKGROUND IN VANILLA WEB CODING (HTML, CSS, BASIC JAVASCRIPT). CURRENT WEBPAGE AT WORK IS A FRONTPAGE NIGHTMARE THAT I INHERITED. ME AND MY BRO-IN-LAW THE COMPUTER PROGRAMMER ARE WORKING ON A COMPLETE OVERHAUL IN ASP.NET. HE WROTE ME A FULLY-FUNCTIONAL CMS AND SOME DATABASES. BRO-IN-LAW IS AWESOME!
HEH, MY DEGREE IS IN WILDLIFE RESOURCES (AKA BIOLOGY - WITH A SIDE OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION). I HAD A COOL COMPUTER TEACHER IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT TAUGHT US HOW TO WRITE VERY SIMPLE BASIC PROGRAMS (MOSTLY TO DRAW PICTURES WITH X'S). I TAUGHT MYSELF VISUAL BASIC MACRO WITH THE HELP OF MY HUSBAND'S VB 6 COLLEGE TEXT (MY HUSBAND WAS GOING TO BE A PROGRAMMER AND SWITCHED TO MANAGERIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS). I HAVE A FEW FRIENDS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPING ME, BUT MOSTLY I'M JUST WINGING IT AFTER A WEEK OF GOING THROUGH THE TUTORIALS ON PERLMONKS AND READING THE LEARNING PERL BOOK (MY HUSBAND FEARED I'D GET LOST IF HE GOT ME SOMETHING HARDER, NOW I WANT THE CAMEL BOOK AND MOD_PERL BOOK.)
UNFORTUNATELY BEFORE THIS THE LAST WEBPAGES I MADE WERE 1) HAND CODED HTML AND 2) WRITTEN IN COLD FUSION, SO A LOT HAS CHANGED. WHILE I HAVE A FUNCTIONAL SITE IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING FOR ME TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD TOO. I'D LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CSS, SINCE THAT IS ALL NEW SINCE THEN.
FOR THIS PROJECT I AM DELIBERATELY AVOIDING JAVASCRIPT, WHILE I IN GENERAL DON'T CARE FOR JAVA, THERE ARE LOTS OF "WANTS" THAT WOULD BE EASIER TO DO WITH IT!
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Paper Napkins on the Edge of Insanity
Thanks so much Secret Santa!!