JavaScript Basic Study Guide

0-619-03160-3 © 2001 Publish date: November 3, 2000 82 pages

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Use this course as a standalone training tool or use it along with other forms of JavaScript Basic courseware. You will learn key concepts including using variables, operators, functions, objects, and scripts for form elements. Five complete units take you through the basics of using JavaScript. You'll gain an understanding of scripting, integrating JavaScript with HTML, using operators, writing scripts, working with objects, handling events, and working with forms.

The Javascript Basic courseware is made up of five units that teach you core concepts to get you started. Because it is a self-directed format you can master the material in as little as a day or you can spread out your studies to fit into your schedule.

Each unit concludes with a section review designed to summarize the unit and refresh your memory. By participating in the review questions and the course's included activities, you will reinforce everything that's been taught.

The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.

Course Length: One Day

Course Contents

Unit 1 introduces JavaScript basics

• Understanding scripting
• Browsing active Web pages
• Integrating JavaScript with HTML
• Working with the SCRIPT tag for writing JavaScript code
• Writing JavaScript code in external files

Unit 2 covers programming basics

• Declaring variables of different data types
• How to assign and display the values of variables
• Working with standard JavaScript functions
• Writing user defined functions
• Working with arithmetic operators
• Working with comparison operators
• Working with boolean operators
• Working with the "if.else" conditional statement
• Working with the for loop
• Working with the while loop

Unit 3 discusses objects

• Objects, methods, and properties
• Displaying the current date and time on a Web page
• How to determine the length of a string

Unit 4 covers working with Document and Window objects

• Working with write methods
• How to display the last modified date on a Web page
• Opening new windows from Web pages with JavaScript
• Changing the attributes of a window

Unit 5 talks about form object and events

• Accessing form elements
• Understanding event handling
• Writing event handlers for the Submit button
• Validating text box data
• Reading value from a list box
• Finding the status of check boxes
• Finding the status of radio buttons