Where can I learn about using custom javascript in a form?

[#1]

I'm not allowed to do anything but use custom javascript to create a switch calculated value. I am new to all of this. Where can I learn what NWF$ is? Where can I learn the correct ways to access the data and to set values? I want this to run constantly or when a field is updated. Where can I learn how to achieve these goals?

Thank you

[jesse_mchargue]

Hello Michael Ellis​ -

I would recommend that you check out https://www.codecademy.com/learn/javascript to get the basics or even http://www.w3schools.com/Js/

Once you have a grasp on it, you can start to search for specific function examples and how to get them working to accomplish what you needed. I would also check out the community here as there are a lot of examples of what other users did.

Hope this helps!

[#3]

Yes, but code academy and w3schools don't explain that nintex is using jQuery. I kind of figured it all out thanks to w3schools but I had to learn what jQuery was first. I still can't find an answer for why I need NWF before my $. and I'm still not sure if there are better ways to do what I already did.

[john_luangci · Accepted solution]

You can generally find some good content on the web, especially if you type the specific functionality you are trying to achieve e.g. custom validation, prepopulate fields etc.

Basics

Enhancing Nintex Forms with JavaScript | Summit 7 Systems

Nintex Community

https://community.nintex.com/search.jspa?q=javascript&type=document

I find Vadim and Dan Stoll's blog quite interesting.

Blog - Posts in Category: Javascript - Vadim Tabakman

http://www.sharepointpub.com/tag/javascript/

[#5]

Those would have been great links a couple days ago, but thank you I can still use the bookmarks.