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Answer 1

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Not if you only want to use HTML and javascript. You will need a server side script of some kind to write to a file.

The comments got me thinking, I know this is not really what you were asking but you could play around with server side javascript with node.js

HurnsMobile 2010-08-16 17:46:51

While not yet fully supported, this should be possible using HTML5's local storage.

Jamie Wong 2010-08-16 17:49:19

@Jamie Wong that came to my mind as well.

mhitza 2010-08-16 18:26:04

Using current technology my answer stands...

HurnsMobile 2010-08-16 19:26:13

but the script will be on my computer so my pc will be server and client in same time. I think it should be possible somehow.. :D

dimitar 2010-08-16 19:48:48

Why? JavaScript is sandboxed so it can't touch the local machine (except through certain very limited channels). A web server running locally is just another web server accessed over the network (even if it is the loopback interface) as far as JS is concerned.

David Dorward 2010-08-16 20:21:00

Even though the script is on your computer, its executed by an engine running in browser.

Tushar Tarkas 2010-08-16 20:21:20

Answer 2

A:

You can do it like this:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"&gt;

<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
    <title>CD Collection</title>
    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
        var cds = ['cd1', 'cd2', 'cd3'];
        $(function() {
            $(cds).each(function() {
                $('#cd_list').append('<li>' + this + '</li>')
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <p>
        <ul id="cd_list"></ul>
    </p>
</body>
</html>

The inline js with the cd list can be loaded in as a separate file in the same way jquery was pulled in.

Matt Williamson 2010-08-16 20:56:12

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