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An Introduction to JavaScript


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Course Description
Students will learn how to use JavaScript to enhance their Web pages.

Prerequisites: Solid knowledge of HTML, solid knowledge of standard programming techniques, some knowledge of object-based programming techniques.

Performance-based objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Understand what JavaScript is, what it can do, and how it works
  • Use JavaScript to display messages in the Netscape status bar, display the current date, and display and dynamically update the current time
  • Use JavaScript to create scrolling text banners and to create a RoloURL to access URLs from a list
  • Use JavaScript to validate then submit user-entered HTML form data
  • Use JavaScript to generate an HTML table to display a monthly calendar in its own window
  • Use JavaScript to manage the final multiframe JavaScript Central! home page


Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting started with JavaScript

JavaScript: What is it?
JavaScript: What can it do?
JavaScript: How does it work?

Lesson 2: JavaScript scripting basics, part 1

Displaying messages in the Netscape status bar
Displaying the current date
Displaying and dynamically updating the current time

Lesson 3: JavaScript scripting basics, part 2

Creating scrolling text banners
Creating a RoloURL to access URLs from a list

Lesson 4: Validating user-entered data

Validating user-entered text data
Validating user-entered numeric data
Validating user-entered check box data
Enabling the Surveys Submit button

Lesson 5: Generating tables and windows

Generating an HTML table to display a monthly calendar
Displaying the current month in the calendar table
Enabling users to display other months
Displaying the calendar in its own window

Lesson 6: Managing frames

Laying out the final multiframe JavaScript Central! page
Displaying documents in windows and frames
Creating Back and Forward frame-history navigation buttons

Appendix A: JavaScript scripting reference

 


 

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