Students will develop and refine basic programming skills. The student will acquire skills needed to design, develop, and produce practical applications with a specific scripting or programming language.

• Course Materials
  • Textbook: Javascript and AJAX: VQG by Tom Negrino
  • Course Syllabus
  • HTML Cheat Sheet (from ilovejackdaniels.com)
  • CSS Cheat Sheet (also iljd)
• Week 1
  • DOM Lecture [pdf]
  • CSS Basics Notes [pdf]
  • Lab Assets
  • Reading: Chapters 1 and 11
  • Homework
• Week 2
  • CHM version (zipped) of the textbook
  • CSS Rules Lecture [pdf]
  • CSS Rules Lecture (Audio) [pdf]
  • Lab Exercises
  • Homework
  • Reading: Chapter 12
• Week 3
  • In-Class Video: Fixed Width, Fluid Width, Elastic Width (this will only be run in class so if you miss it you must see me later to view it)
  • Lab Exercises: Interacting CSS
  • Lecture: CSS Fonts [pdf]
  • Homework [pdf - due Week 5 - please bring what we've done to class next week]
  • Reading: Chapters 2-3
• Week 4
  • Homework [pdf - due Week 5]
  • Week 4 Lab [3 exercises in navigation with CSS]
• Week 5
  • Mid Term Exam
  • Homework 3 and 4 both due
• Week 6
  • Lecture: Javascript Fundamentals
  • Mid Term Review
  • Revisiting the Style Changer Lab
• Week 7
  • In-Class Assignment - For this assignment, you must bring: 1 digital photo, a short bio (including birthday, hometown, high school, siblings and something interesting about yourself), and your top 10 lists (songs, movies, books, web sites)
  • Rob Anderson will be subbing tonight
• Week 8
  • Drag & drop lab/lecture
• Week 9
  • Discussion, critique and code analysis of 4-8 portfolio review class submissions:
    Derrick Treadwell
    Ryan Dooley
    Scott Kraske
    David Cox
    Tiffany Tien
• Week 10
  • Final Examination
• Week 11
  • Final Examination Review
  • Lecture: Javascript Referencing of DOM Objects [slides 2638K PDF]
  • Handout: List of all Javascript language syntax [300K PDF]
• Extra Credit Assignments
  • EC Assignment A
  • EC Assignment B
  • EC Assignment C
  • EC Assignment D
  • EC Assignment E
  • EC Assignment F [new - posted 06/04/08]