Netskills Workshop:
Dynamic Web Pages with JavaScript
9:30 - 4:30 Thursday 17th June 1999 Oxford Univeristy
Many people now have the basic skills to develop simple Web
pages using HTML. Having produced these pages which are
attractive and functional, authors would like to progress
to more dynamic and interactive content. Examples include
reacting to user mouse and keyboard actions, configurable
pages and local processing of data, most of which are
beyond the capabilities of HTML. JavaScript provides a
simple extension to HTML which is easy to learn and can
quickly produce sophisticated and effective results.
Anyone with a basic knowledge of HTML can enhance the
potential of their Web site for teaching, learning,
marketing and general information provision using
JavaScript.
This is a practical workshop for World Wide Web authors. The
workshop focuses on the issues and practical aspects of
designing and creating JavaScript-based Web pages. Whilst
it may be attended as a stand-alone workshop, it also
follows on from the popular Netskills workshop 'Authoring
on the Web', and is a natural companion to the Netskills
workshop 'Creating Interactive Web Pages'.
Workshop Content:
The workshop will comprise presentations, demonstrations and
hands-on sessions with opportunities for questions and discussion.
Participants will each receive a workbook which contains workshop
exercises, presentation slides and other relevant materials.
Topics covered will include:
* Gaining a basic knowledge of JavaScript
* Adding interactivity to Web pages
* Examples of JavaScript in action
* The concepts of actions and events
* JavaScript functions and variables
* Dynamic images
* Manipulating forms with JavaScript
* Overview of standards and browser compatibility
* Controlling browser behaviour
* Overview of advanced JavaScript features
By the end of the workshop participants will have...
* Explored a variety of interactive JavaScript techniques
* Investigated a number of examples of use of JavaScript on the Web
* Developed JavaScript-based Web pages
* Integrated JavaScript with Web forms
* Created JavaScript functions and variables
Workshop Requirements:
Participants should have previously used the World Wide Web through a
browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer and MUST have
authored simple Web pages using HTML. Knowledge of basic
HTML tags such as those for including images and hypertext
links is essential. An awareness of how to create Web forms
would be useful. Experience of using the Microsoft Windows
environment would be helpful.
Note that this workshop does NOT require programming skills
from participants, and is not designed to provide comprehensive
programming competency.
The cost of the workshop is 99 pounds for participants from higher
and further education. Other participants should contact Netskills for the
relevant fees.
Note: Costs include lunch, morning coffee and afternoon tea.
For more information about Netskills workshops, including
online booking forms, look at the Netskills event pages on the World
Wide Web at:
http://www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops/
or contact Netskills directly by email:
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or by Fax:
0191 222 5001
or leave a request for booking forms on the bookings hotline:
0191 222 5008
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