During class, students will:

• Clearly define the following terms: client side, server side, Browser, Server, WWW
• Identify how each of the above technologies fit together in the development of Web pages
• Write Web pages which validate user input
• Process Mouse events triggered by the client
• Design and produce interactive forms
• Manipulate client side status with "cookies"

1. Introduction To JavaScript

Perspective and Background
Uses of JavaScript
Browser Wars
A Simple JavaScript Example
The JavaScript Language
Core Language Features
Object Oriented Features

2. The Core JavaScript Language

Local vs. Global variables
Semi-Colons and Comments
Identifiers and Reserved Words
Strings + Booleans
String Methods
Functions
Arrays
Operators
Control Flow Constructs
The arguments Array

3. Object Oriented JavaScript

Building Your Own Objects
The Math Object
Date Objects

4. An Overview Of The Document Object Model

The Document Object Model (DOM)
Accessing Object Properties in the DOM
Document Object Properties
Document Object Methods
Document Object Events

5. The Window Object

Windows and Frames
The Window Object
Window Methods
Window Events
Window Properties
The location object
The history object

6. Validating Form Data

Validating Data
Form Element Event Types
Text + Button Events
A Validation Example
Batch Validation
Verifying Radio Buttons
Libraries
Databases

7. Images

A Simple Rollover
More Complex Rollovers
Timed Rollovers

8. The Document Object

The forms array
The anchors array
The applets arrays
Other document properties
Cookies
Document methods