COAP:COAP-2100/week6

Week 6

Topics Covered

We shall have a (superficial) look at key elements of client-side web page interactivity

• HTML forms
• JavaScript
• DOM
• DHTML (HTML + DOM + JavaScript + CSS)

Teaching materials

• Javascript tutorial - basics
• DHTML
• HTML forms tutorial (only parts)
• DOM (just some links)

Classroom activities

Monday

• Exam feedback
• JavaScript lecture using Javascript tutorial - basics
• Some JavaScript code modifications

Wednesday

• HW feedback
• Term projects
• DHTML lecture
• Code modification to examples shown in the DHTML tutorial

I suggest to pick:

• tree-walking3.html(save link as)

If you want something slightly simple (only change colors):

• tree-walking2.html (save link as)

Homework 5

Task

• Create a DHTML page that has a least one button allowing the user to change a style or something else in a page
• You may reuse code from the DHTML page starting from the Collections and creation of elements section. "May reuse" means of course that you can code your own or build on top of other code (but if you choose the latter, make sure to give credits somewhere, e.g. in the code)

To get an A

• Create a page with real contents and implement DHTML changes that make sense for a given target population.
• Add some extra CSS style
• Explain somewhere in the page what pressing the button(s) will do or at least make the button labels self-explaining.

Due

• Before Monday week 7 class

Submission

• Submit the file to the worldclassroom.