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COMP 266
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This group supports the SCIS course, COMP 266, Introduction to Web Programming. COMP266 is a course about building dynamic web pages, covering the Web development process, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, the use of JavaScript libraries and AJAX. See http://www.athabascau.ca/syllabi/comp/comp266.php for more information.
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A guide to CSS support in browsers
By David H. Scott 6 February 2019 @ 5:04pmwww.smashingmagazine.com - Good article with tips on ways to create fallback CSS for browsers that don't support new featuresFirefox Quantum
By Jon Dron 14 November 2017 @ 11:09am Comments (1)www.mozilla.org - The new version of Firefox is very sleek and very fast, while retaining backwards compatibility with older plugins. An easy upgrade for users of the previous version, a quick install for everyone else. An absolute must-have for any web developer....Why Every Developer Should Learn Javascript
By Jon Dron 1 September 2017 @ 8:44pmtrendintech.com - Not the greatest use of English in the world, and not the most sophisticated explanation of the benefits of the language, but none-the-less a fairly good explanation from TrendinTech of why it is useful to learn JavaScript, that closely mirrors the...JavaScript Is Eating The World
By Jon Dron 25 August 2017 @ 1:37pm Comments (3)dev.to - Welcome news for students of COMP266 - skills in JavaScript are becoming more and more valuable every day, albeit driven mainly by NodeJS, the dominant server-side variant of JavaScript that is not (yet) addressed in the course. JavaScript...DebugCSS Bookmarklet for easily fixing CSS/HTML.
By Joseph Lien 31 March 2017 @ 9:21amimbrianj.github.io - Here's a neat tool I found recently that is really helpful when you are working with CSS and HTML. It's a bookmarklet you can just drag to your browser's bookmark toolbar. Click it, and it will show several messages of note that will help you write...PCjs: The Original IBM PC in Your Browser
By Jon Dron 23 November 2015 @ 4:02pm Comments (2)http://www.pcjs.org/ - This is one of the most remarkable uses of in-browser JavaScript I have ever seen. It is an IBM PC emulator, and it really works. Actually, I think it is a fair bit faster than my first (mid-80s) PC and it certainly looks a lot better on my modern...LiveCoding - JavaScript channels
By Jon Dron 22 August 2015 @ 11:32amwww.livecoding.tv - Livecoding is a site where you can watch people code, in real-time. If you sign up, you can sometimes interact with them and other watchers too. This is, at least potentially, an extremely valuable educational experience, with a whole bunch of...
Unit 5: 3 JavaScript Ideas
By Harsheen Sodhi 19 hours agoAttached below is the pdf of the 3 JavaScript ideas for Unit 5.Unit 4 Learning Diary
By Harsheen Sodhi 20 hours agoAttached below is a zipped folder of my Unit 4 HTML, CSS and Javascript files (and cited references) and a pdf of my learning diary. The link to my website is: http://student.athabascau.ca/~harsheenso/Comp266/Unit4/Unit 3 Learning Diary
By Harsheen Sodhi yesterdayAttached below is a zipped folder of my Unit 3 HTML and CSS files (and references) and a pdf of my learning diary. The link to my website is: http://student.athabascau.ca/~harsheenso/Comp266/Unit3/index.html/ ThanksHarsheen SodhiSubmitted final portfolio may 4th and school needs mark by May 15th
Started by Sepehr Mansouri May 14, 2021 - 7:13pm Replies (2) Last reply by Sepehr Mansouri May 15, 2021 - 12:49pmHello, i submitted my final portfolio on May 4th through moodle in the form of 3 zipped folders, one with code, one with all learning diaries and self-assessment, and one with images I have not heard anything back and my school (McMaster) needs my...Unit 4: Script use and Augmentation
By Mipam Lauder February 13, 2021 - 12:07amI didn't like how my marina webpage was cluttered with a long list of marinas. I found a solution that involves collapsing the categories with javascript here: https://www.w3schools.com/howto/tryit.asp?filename=tryhow_js_collapsible_symbol The code...
- Harsheen Sodhi published a blog post Unit 5: JavaScript Design
- Harsheen Sodhi published a blog post Unit 5: 3 JavaScript Ideas
- Harsheen Sodhi published a blog post Unit 4 Learning Diary
- Harsheen Sodhi published a blog post Unit 3 Learning Diary
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Firefox Quantum
By Jon Dron 14 November 2017 @ 11:09am Comments (1)www.mozilla.org - The new version of Firefox is very sleek and very fast, while retaining backwards compatibility with older plugins. An easy upgrade for users of the previous version, a quick install for everyone else. An absolute must-have for any web developer....PCjs: The Original IBM PC in Your Browser
By Jon Dron 23 November 2015 @ 4:02pm Comments (2)http://www.pcjs.org/ - This is one of the most remarkable uses of in-browser JavaScript I have ever seen. It is an IBM PC emulator, and it really works. Actually, I think it is a fair bit faster than my first (mid-80s) PC and it certainly looks a lot better on my modern...
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