ITEC 334 Fall 2008
Computer Programming in the Web Era

JavaScript Notes

Last Updated 9/30/08

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BasicsAnimationJS Objects  Forms  Examples

JavaScript Basics

• The <SCRIPT> tag
• Variables and Expressions
• For Loops: Factorial Calculation Example
• IF Examples
• Function Examples
• Miscellaneous examples
• Finding errors in JavaScript  (more on debugging)

Cool Animations

• Mouse Banner
• Mouse Eyes
• Mouse Swirl
• Mouse Dot Trail
• Modifying the Dot Trail
• More free cool JavaScript effect
• And some more

Useful Objects in JavaScript

• The window object
• The document object
• Form and other objects  (more about JavaScript objects)
• History object: Navigation buttons

Forms and Event Handlers

• Event Handlers  (more on this)
• Calculations in a Form

Examples

• menu_wScript_Subtotals.html *
• menu_wScript_NoSubtotals.html