WEBT/CINS 157 Intro to JavaScript

Classes by Week

5/12/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

  • Test. Monitors off, mobile items stowed.
  • Final presentations.

5/10/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

Lab/Homework:

  • Work on your final project. There are 40 hours in the work week and 48 hours on the weekend.
  • Skim chapter 9 - lab work on Thursday will focus on this

5/05/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

Lab/Homework:

  • Work on your final project. There are 40 hours in the work week and 48 hours on the weekend.
  • Skim chapter 9 - lab work on Thursday will focus on this

5/03/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

Lab/Homework:

  • Work on your final project proposal. Must be posted by the start of the next class, no exceptions.
  • Skim chapter 9 - lab work on Thursday will focus on this

4/28/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

Lab/Homework:

  • Test 2 on Tuesday
  • Make a page that uses jQuery (the page itself should tell me what you are doing with jQuery). Find at least one plug-in, like the cycle plug-in or a form validator and use it.

4/26/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

Lab/Homework:

  • Create a form for a company that has the following sets of fields:

    ship to name
    address one
    address two
    city
    state
    zip
     and also
    billing name
    address one
    address two
    city
    state
    zip

    There should be a check box that says "Use Shipping address as billing address" that copies the shipping information to the billing fields and clears them again when unchecked.

4/14/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

Lab/Homework:

  • Find Three good examples of sites that use JavaScript. Make sure they don't use Flash. Look at the source code and see if you can understand how they work. Post these to your student site and be prepared to briefly discuss them.
  • Read Chapter 5

4/12/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

Lab/Homework:

  • Code the example on p.595 - this is similar to the previous unicyle assignment, except we will load the images with the Image[] object. Images are here.
  • Create a new page using a strict DOCTYPE and allows the user to change at least three styles on the page. Try using .getElementsByTagName and getElementByID. Allow the visitor to change the size of the text.
  • Skim Chapter 7 on working with strings

4/7/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

  • Test One. Monitors off, modbile deviced stowed, please.
  • History (and not just because the Internet is 42 today)
  • Start on the DOM class files are here

Lab/Homework:

  • Code the example of setInterval() shown on p. 219. The images you need are here
  • 4-3 on p. 235
  • Please read Chapter 4

4/5/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

  • BOM

    Lab/Homework:

    • Create a new document and external .js file. When the page loads, call a function that populates and array with the following items:
      • colorDepth
      • path
      • protocol
      • user agent
      • the href
      • are cookie enabled?
      • platform
      Use document.write() to display the contents of the array on the page. Hint, you might take advantage of array_name.length (40 pts)
    • Test on Thursday

3/31/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

3/29/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

Homework:

    1. Create a page that prompts a user for 5 favorite things. No more than 5, please.
    2. You will need to create an array
    3. Use a loop to populate the array.
    4. Using document.write();, display the results back to the user.
    5. Use an external .js file
  2. Read Chapter 3 in the book

3/24/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

Homework:

  1. BMI assignment, part one (50 points). Using what we've learned tonight, write code that will calculate someone's BMI. Create and populate variables (using a prompt() contained in a function) for the weight, height and BMI. Display the variables on the page, along with the results.
    BMI chart
    Use comments, and while you don't have to spend time styling the page, please make it presentable and logical. This, along with tonight's lab, should be linked from your student page.
  2. Read Chapter 2 in the book

3/22/2011

Tonight we will accomplish the following:

JavaScript, 5th Edition

Homework:

  1. Before the start of the next class, please E-mail me from the account with which we will be corresponding this semester. If your identity is not readily apparent, please include your name (GiantRobot666@hackerthreat.com doesn't tell me who you are). Use WEBT 157 in the subject line.
  2. Is there anything that you want me to know, as your instructor, this semester?
  3. A link (URL) to your student Web space, with the landing page established.
  4. Read Chapter 1 in the book

Students