Javascript Programming

The courses COP3530 (Data Structures) and COP4813 (Web Systems I) make extensive use of Javascript in the course. This site contains links to code excerpts and Youtube Video covering topics in Youtube,

Getting Started in Javascript – filmed for COP3530 Data Structures course. This video covers all the basics of the Javascript language necessary to get you started in understanding the language and getting started programming Javasccript.

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Getting Started with XHTML – To truly be effective in programming you need to know and understand HTML. The current HTML standard has a tremendous amount of power and capability. This short video will introduce the programmer to the basic concepts of HTML. To get a full understanding of HTML and HTML5 the tutorials at W3 Schools ( https://www.w3schools.com/ ) are more than sufficient.

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The Document Object Model – To use Javascript in a browser environment you should have an understanding of the document object model. This is not terribly difficult, and this simple lecture will take you through the concepts necessary to have a simple developed understanding of the DOM

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Understanding Javascript Variables and Scope Rules  – Moving on with the concept of programming in Javascript, we have to understand variables and scope. This is also important to being able to create functions and call functions. This is covered in this video with accompanying code at  http://jsfiddle.net/reaglin/nM9rN/

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Javascript Arrays – Once you get an understanding of variables in Javascript you next need to develop an ability to use arrays. This video covers the concept of arrays in Javascript and how to use them. An accompanying fiddle is at http://jsfiddle.net/reaglin/2PHrJ/ .

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