Hello all,ããOkay, I'm no JS programmer, but I'd love to learn. One project I think ãmight be fun to write plus useful is something that'll take an RSS Feed and ãplug the downloaded media files into a file area then use details from the ãXML file to create details. Problem is I have no idea where to start!ããFor those seasoned in JS and how it works with Sync, would this be a decent ãfirst project to attempt? I used to program in C++ many years ago in ãMS-DOS, but it's been literally 7-10 years since I wrote a piece of code. ãCurrently I mainly program for web, so that's PHP and ColdFusion, but I ãwnat something that'll be portable and something I can share with others ãeasily, which is why JS might be best.ããThanks for any advice or maybe pointers to do some Hello World apps with JS ãand Sync.ããSamããã---ãSam Alexander - sam.alexander(at)sidebandbbs(dot)comã icq: 5386757 [] AIM/Y!: samalex1701 [] Skype: samalex01ã"Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is notãunderstanding, Understanding is not wisdom." -- Cliff Stoll ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ SideBand BBS -[ sidebandbbs.com ]- Lorena, Texas - Your source for Amateur Radioã

Re: Writing custom scriptã By: Sam Alexander to All on Thu Apr 06 2006 05:50 pmãã > Hello all,ã > ã > Okay, I'm no JS programmer, but I'd love to learn. One project I thinkã > might be fun to write plus useful is something that'll take an RSS Feed andã > plug the downloaded media files into a file area then use details from theã > XML file to create details. Problem is I have no idea where to start!ããRSS-fed media files?!? The RSS feeds I'm aware of feed *text* (snippets of newãarticles with the links to the full article).ã ã > For those seasoned in JS and how it works with Sync, would this be a decentã > first project to attempt? I used to program in C++ many years ago inã > MS-DOS, but it's been literally 7-10 years since I wrote a piece of code.ã > Currently I mainly program for web, so that's PHP and ColdFusion, but Iã > wnat something that'll be portable and something I can share with othersã > easily, which is why JS might be best.ã > ã > Thanks for any advice or maybe pointers to do some Hello World apps with JSã > and Sync.ããhttp://synchro.net/docs/js.htmlããThere are ton of examples in exec/*.js.ããprint("Hello, world\r\n");ãã digital manããSnapple "Real Fact" #135:ãA single coffee tree produces only about a pound of coffee beans per year.ãNorco, CA WX: 54.6øF, 65% humidity, 0 mph SE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: Writing custom scriptã By: Digital Man to Sam Alexander on Thu Apr 06 2006 09:39 pmãã > Re: Writing custom scriptã > By: Sam Alexander to All on Thu Apr 06 2006 05:50 pmã > ã > > Hello all,ã > >ã > > Okay, I'm no JS programmer, but I'd love to learn. One project I thinkã > > might be fun to write plus useful is something that'll take an RSS Feed aã > > plug the downloaded media files into a file area then use details from thã > > XML file to create details. Problem is I have no idea where to start!ã > ã > RSS-fed media files?!? The RSS feeds I'm aware of feed *text* (snippets of nã > articles with the links to the full article).ã > ã > > For those seasoned in JS and how it works with Sync, would this be a deceã > > first project to attempt? I used to program in C++ many years ago inã > > MS-DOS, but it's been literally 7-10 years since I wrote a piece of code.ã > > Currently I mainly program for web, so that's PHP and ColdFusion, but Iã > > wnat something that'll be portable and something I can share with othersã > > easily, which is why JS might be best.ã > >ã > > Thanks for any advice or maybe pointers to do some Hello World apps with ã > > and Sync.ã > ã > http://synchro.net/docs/js.htmlã > ã > There are ton of examples in exec/*.js.ã > ã > print("Hello, world\r\n");ã > ã > digital manã > ããHi DM,ããSorry, I should've said Podcasts, which are basically RSS feeds with files ãattached. I was thinking something that would download and parse the XML ãfile of the feed, stick the data into the file info then place the file ã(generally MP3 ) into the file area. Some of the podcasts I listen to ãdon't keep but a few of the files available on their sites, so 'd like to ãkeep an archive on the BBS.ããThanks for the reply and the links -- I'll start checking them out!ããSamããã---ãSam Alexander - sam.alexander(at)sidebandbbs(dot)comã icq: 5386757 [] AIM/Y!: samalex1701 [] Skype: samalex01ã"Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is notãunderstanding, Understanding is not wisdom." -- Cliff Stoll ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ SideBand BBS -[ sidebandbbs.com ]- Lorena, Texas - Your source for Amateur Radioã

Sam Alexander wrote:ã> Okay, I'm no JS programmer, but I'd love to learn. One project I think ã> might be fun to write plus useful is something that'll take an RSS Feed and ã> plug the downloaded media files into a file area then use details from the ã> XML file to create details. Problem is I have no idea where to start!ããThere's a few JS based implimentations of the W3C-DOM for XML, however,ãthey load pretty slowly, and take up a bit of memory for the object model.ããsee <http://xmljs.sourceforge.net/>ãã> For those seasoned in JS and how it works with Sync, would this be a decent ã> first project to attempt? I used to program in C++ many years ago in ã> MS-DOS, but it's been literally 7-10 years since I wrote a piece of code. ã> Currently I mainly program for web, so that's PHP and ColdFusion, but I ã> wnat something that'll be portable and something I can share with others ã> easily, which is why JS might be best.ã> ã> Thanks for any advice or maybe pointers to do some Hello World apps with JS ã> and Sync.ããIf you are going to play with message areas, nntp*.js, and news*.js areãwhere I would start... There are a few other examples that come with JS..ããHonestly, read "The JavaScript Bible" 5th edition, it's a decent read, and ãonly really need about the first half, the second is very browser specific.. ãthe first half can apply pretty aptly to the bbs... there are a few links on ãthe website that may help as well, in addition to looking at the samples...ãã-- ãMichael J. Ryan - tracker1(at)theroughnecks(dot)net - www.theroughnecks.netãicq: 4935386 - AIM/AOL: azTracker1 - Y!: azTracker1 - MSN/Win: (email)ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ theroughnecks.net - you know you want itã

Re: Re: Writing custom scriptã By: Tracker1 to Sam Alexander on Thu Apr 13 2006 02:50 amãã > Sam Alexander wrote:ã > > Okay, I'm no JS programmer, but I'd love to learn. One project I thinkã > > might be fun to write plus useful is something that'll take an RSS Feed anã > > plug the downloaded media files into a file area then use details from theã > > XML file to create details. Problem is I have no idea where to start!ã > ã > There's a few JS based implimentations of the W3C-DOM for XML, however,ã > they load pretty slowly, and take up a bit of memory for the object model.ã > ã > see <http://xmljs.sourceforge.net/>ã > ã > > For those seasoned in JS and how it works with Sync, would this be a decenã > > first project to attempt? I used to program in C++ many years ago inã > > MS-DOS, but it's been literally 7-10 years since I wrote a piece of code.ã > > Currently I mainly program for web, so that's PHP and ColdFusion, but Iã > > wnat something that'll be portable and something I can share with othersã > > easily, which is why JS might be best.ã > >ã > > Thanks for any advice or maybe pointers to do some Hello World apps with Jã > > and Sync.ã > ã > If you are going to play with message areas, nntp*.js, and news*.js areã > where I would start... There are a few other examples that come with JS..ã > ã > Honestly, read "The JavaScript Bible" 5th edition, it's a decent read, andã > only really need about the first half, the second is very browser specific..ã > the first half can apply pretty aptly to the bbs... there are a few links onã > the website that may help as well, in addition to looking at the samples...ã > ããHi Michael,ããThanks for the great info! I'm not sure when I'll have time to jump into ãthis, but most definitely I'd like to get something rolling soon. And ãif/when something is good enough for production I'll throw on my site for ãanyone to use :)ããSamããã---ãSam Alexander - sam.alexander(at)sidebandbbs(dot)comã icq: 5386757 [] AIM/Y!: samalex1701 [] Skype: samalex01ã"Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is notãunderstanding, Understanding is not wisdom." -- Cliff Stoll ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ SideBand BBS -[ sidebandbbs.com ]- Lorena, Texas - Your source for Amateur Radioã