Web Programming with JavaScript UK Classes & Lessons (Languages: JavaScript)

About this class

From simple validation messages through to interactive menus, users expect modern web pages to be dynamic. HTML, however, is a static document mark-up language. One approach to adding interaction is to create active content such as Macromedia Flash, Java applets and ActiveX controls. Such approaches require specialist programming or design skills. The alternative is a scripting language that can be placed within the HTML page, which brings more power and flexibility to the user's browser.

Currently the pre-eminent scripting language is javascript. Its C-like syntax has widespread support amongst developers and Web masters alike. A powerful language in its own right, when embedded in HTML it has the capability to interact with HTML forms, the browser, and other objects found on the Web page. It brings interactivity to our static web pages.

This highly practical course will show you how to develop interactive web pages using javascript. The first day covers the basics: how to add javascript to a page, the core syntax and examining how javascript interacts with the web page via objects. The second day covers the important techniques: form validation, image manipulation and interacting with windows and documents. The final day covers advanced techniques: the new event model, dynamic HTML and AJAX.This course uses a mixture of theory and exercises; there are separate practical sessions for each technical chapter which reinforce the javascript syntax and object interactions covered in the course.!

What delegates will learn

add javascript to a web page and cope with non-scripting browsers
write code that is efficient and robust
perform validation using javascript and HTML forms
create image rollovers and other dynamic image techniques
define their own javascript object types
create complex applications incorporating multiple windows and frames
use javascript to create dynamic HTML
write cross-browser javascript code
create sophisticated Web pages using javascript
use javascript in AJAX scenarios

What prerequisites are required

Delegates should have experience of a block-structured language such as C, Java, Visual Basic, VBScript, REXX or Perl. Delegates should also have a working knowledge of the Internet, building Web pages and using HTML. Delegates with little or no HTML experience should consider attending the Building an Effective Web Site course before attending this course.

People who shoudl attend this course include: Web masters, web developers and intranet support personnel wishing to use or evaluate javascript.!

Web masters, web developers and intranet support personnel wishing to use or evaluate javascript.
Delegates should have experience of a block-structured language such as C, Java, Visual Basic, VBScript, REXX or Perl. Delegates should also have a working knowledge of the Internet, building Web pages and using HTML. Delegates with little or no HTML experience should consider attending the Building an Effective Web Site course before attending this course.