CIS179 Web Script Programming

My Description of the course.
(This is not the official course description.)

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: General computer knowledge and familiarity with the World Wide Web and web browsers.
Knowledge of HTML and programming is helpful but not required.
General Education Skill: problem solving

This course covers the creation of dynamic Web pages using popular web scripting languages including JavaScript.
Students will build applications from the bottom up. Client side and server side scripting will be explored.
The goal of this course is to create web pages that have dynamic and/or interactive content.
 

Grading policy and Syllabus

Grades Fall 2000

Student Data Files

Lecture Notes

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Useful Links

javascript.internet.com

www.dynamicdrive.com

www.javascript.com

www.javascriptcity.com

www.javascripts.com

Netscape page on JavaScript

Netscape JavaScript indexl

Netscape's JavaScript Debugger            This is a Java application that helps you debug your JavaScript code.

Examples

***** SCROLLING TEXT BOX *****

The following code displays a text box and two buttons. Click on the "Scroll" button to start a message scrolling in the text box.

SOURCE CODE


<SCRIPT LANGAUGE="JavaScript1.2">
<!-- HIDE FROM INCOMPATIBLE BROWSERS
  var message = "Web Script programming is FUN :)";
  var msgSpace = "...           ";
  var curChar = 0;
  var curSpace = 0;
  var startScrolling;

  function scrollingMsg() {
    document.msgForm.scrollingMsg.value =
       message.substring(curChar,message.length) + msgSpace.substring(curSpace,msgSpace.length) +
       message.substring(0,curChar);
    curChar++;
    if (curChar > message.length) {
      curChar--;
      curSpace++;
      if (curSpace > msgSpace.length) {
        curChar = 0;
        curSpace = 0;
      }
    }
  }

// STOP HIDING FROM INCOMPATIBLE BROWSERS -->
</SCRIPT>

<FORM NAME="msgForm">
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="scrollingMsg"><P>
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="scroll" VALUE=" Scroll "
onClick="startScrolling=setInterval('scrollingMsg()',100);">
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="stop" VALUE=" Stop "
  onClick="clearInterval(startScrolling);">
</FORM>


Demo of Scrolling Text Box

***** PAGE HIT COUNTER *****

A simple page hit counter using server side JavaScript for Microsoft Internet Information Server (MIIS).
Each time a user access counter.asp the page count will be incremented by one. Note, this counter
prevents simple page reloads from incrementing the count.
 

SOURCE CODE


<%@ LANGUAGE=JScript %>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Prof. Chuck Kelly (A.K.A. Prof of Borg) MCCC</TITLE>
<%
if (!Session.Contents("sameClient")) {
  Application.Lock();
  if (!Application.Contents("counter"))
    Application.Contents("counter") = 1;
  else {
    Application.Contents("counter") = Application.Contents("counter") + 1;
  }
  Application.Unlock();
  Session.Contents("sameClient") = "true";
}
%>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H2>Web Script Programming Demonstration Page</H2>
<H3>Welcome</H3>
<P>
This page demonstrates using JavaScript in an Active Server Page to implement
a simple page counter. This counter uses environment variables to maintain
the counter which means it may get reset to zero if the web server is restarted.
<P>
<HR>
<B>Number of Borg drones assimilated to date is <%=Application.Contents("counter")%></B>
<HR>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Demo of page counter


 
 

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Last Updated August 23, 2005