You might encounter a situation where you need to Post to a web page and read it’s response. Here’s a function that uses System.Net.HttpWebRequest and System.Net.HttpWebResponse to do just that. ‘ Usage: ‘ Dim xmlDoc As Xml.XmlDocument ‘ xmlDoc.Load(MakeHttpRequest( _ “request=listPersons&filter=last(a*)”, _ “/requestManager.php”, _ “application/x-www-form-urlencoded”)) Protected Function MakeHttpRequest( ByVal data As String, _ ByVal url [...]

JavaScript is one of those technologies that you can use for years knowing only very little about it.  Do you know what the following <script> block will do?  Post your guess as a comment before you test it out! <script> (function() {   function A() { document.write(A) }   A(); })() </script> Read a great book: [...]