Web Development
DART 230

• JavaScript site of the day from:
  Jake

Today’s topic is JavaScript and jQuery.
Remember that Java is not JavaScript (see Web Teacher link below), and that
EVENT+OBJECT=ACTION defines what JavaScript does (here is a demo of event handlers).

JavaScript is used in HTML & CSS Chapter 9. There are lots of sites and resources that deal with JavaScript, often under the heading of DHTML (e.g. The JavaScript Source ) which has a link to easy cut-and-paste scripts.. Some other standards include:

• Dynamic Drive with free scripts including Lightbox 2.0 and my Lightbox demo
• Website Abstractions with good Q&A and scripts
• Tutorials, free scripts (from javascriptcity.com) and other links from PageResource
• A basic tutorial from Web Teacher

Most important, understand the code behind this demo that I put together using mainly pre-defined functions.

jQuery is a set of prebuilt JavaScript functions that are called by jQuery() or $() (shorthand). The best place to start is the official site. Here is the Getting Started tutorial at jQuery.com,

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