Sometimes in web development it would be nice to open a window with Javascript, enter some data, then close that window and refresh the parent window. Well, it took me a better part of a couple days to find a solution to this on the Internet.

opener.document.location.reload();self.close();

   When you open a new window in Javascript, the child window retains a reference to the parent. So to reference the parent you just need to append the word 'opener' to the beginning of the document object.

   Javascript is a very usefull language to learn if you do web development. Like any other language, it takes time to learn. However, if given the time it's well worth it.