"I don't mind responses that go beyond the narrow bounds of what I asked. It's like learning a new language: sometimes it's best to immerse myself in the new culture and see what I can absorb."

The method described in the post you're replying to wont help you achieve what you asked to do. If you're interested in learning about JavaScript and HTML/DOM manipulation there are better resources (from the Mojolicious docs):

"All web development starts with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, to learn the basics we recommend the Mozilla Developer Network. And if you want to know more about how browsers and web servers actually communicate, there's also a very nice introduction to HTTP."

"I've downloaded and installed Vagrant, VirtualBox, and Git for Windows on my computer"

What part of problem does this solve?

"Is this a good resource? (https://wpengine.com/resources/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-wordpress-rest-api/)"

I've no idea, you need to register to download an ebook.

"Do you know of any better (perhaps newer) tutorials for the WordPress REST API?"

What is missing from the official WordPress documentation?

Update: Re^3: Running JavaScript from within Perl (or just use the API)/https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/1.1/get/sites/%24site/stats/followers/.

In reply to Re^3: Running JavaScript from within Perl by marto
in thread Running JavaScript from within Perl by anautismobserver

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