Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Jordi Ilmaestro

[Raymond S. <dst...@or...>]

So what your saying, at least metaphorically...,

is that if your rip your programmers shirt off you look a little bit like
Rambo (capable of human interaction) covered with massive progammatic
problem solving scar tissue?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jordi - IlMaestro - Ministral" <jmi...@or...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 3:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Jordi Ilmaestro


> I started with DynAPI1, say, two years ago, and got used to crossbrowser
issues.
> I was there in the very beggining of DynAPI2  and I've participated in
almost
> all discussions since that day. Normally my involvement in any issue being
> discussed depends on the amount of free time I have in that particular
moment
> and, whereas sometimes It seems I've got nothing to say, I've always been
up to
> date with the project.
>
> There's no really wisdom source here. All event knowledge is achieved
throught
> the study of the existing code. Once you know what's in the books (
Nestcape's
> events go from window to target, IE's bubble up, DOM goes back and forth )
and
> manage to find a half-decent reference, then it is no longer a DHTML issue
but a
> software engineering issue.
>
> Want to know how do events work in NS6 ? Create an example, pick up your
> browser, place several alerts around the code and start loosing lots of
hours
> trying to understand "why e.target is null when I move the mouse out of
this
> layer". No magical recipes. I did not sell my soul to Satan.
>
> Last week I had to teach another employee about something DHTML related. I
had a
> lot of trouble trying to put together all my knowledge in order to make it
look
> logical. I guess the years, the battles, somehow leave a lot of knowledge
hidden
> in your brain. You don't know it's there but it pops out when you're in
trouble.
> 90% of my value comes from my experience. If you could see the scars ...
>
>
> Cya
>
> www.cantir.com/dynapi
>
>
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