Week 8

Lecture Notes:

·         Javascript is ‘client side’ – there are some extensions in Jquery as well

·         The diagram in the video lecture is what they expect to see in your diagram for your report

·         Things I can do with java: drop down menus (can also do this with CSS), hover states (when you hover over the pointer it changes colour), active states (when you click on it, it changes colour) – you can also define these features.

·         Common uses – mouse over, ‘on-click’, validation (contact forms on websites, etc.), redirection (if your site has been moved), browser detection (cross-browser/platform)

·         Programming – it involves a scripting language but it is client-side

·         Interacting with a user – hovering over and creating pop-ups on the screen.

·         Forms – you can also set where you want the client to start filling in their information – you can also determine the order you want them to fill it in.                 Alerts – pop-up alerts

·      You can also pre-load images and pre-set values in a form field. You can also activate certain things once the user has entered values into a form.

·         Functions – can be re-used multiple times (you only need to specify what it does once)

·         jQuery is the biggest library for javascript