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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 #6 - JavaScript Libraries
By Matthew Zarowny April 30, 2021 - 5:00amHere is a .zip of all of my code used in this unit. CSS, HTML and JS files are stored in their respective folders: Here is my diary entry that also includes a link to the unit 6 version of my site: My site can also be accessed from the...Unit #4 - Script Use and Augmentation
By Matthew Zarowny April 29, 2021 - 12:26amHere is a .zip of all of my code used in this uni. CSS files are in the ccs folder and HTML files are in the HTML folder: Here is my diary entry that also includes a link to the unit 3 version of my site: My site can also be accessed...Unit 5: Javascript Program Designs
By Mipam Lauder February 18, 2021 - 12:44pmProgram 1: MapPopup This javascript class will show a pop-up of the marina’s current location when the user hovers over the marina link.The MapPopup class will use the leafletjs library.This program will also be used to satisfy Unit 6: Using...Unit 5: Three javascript ideas
By Mipam Lauder February 17, 2021 - 9:08amI'm going to work on the 3 javascript ideas I've outlined below, and I'll likely use #2 for Unit 7 as well. 1) Display a pop-up mini-map showing the location of the marina when the user hovers over the marina name on the Marina's page. I'd...Unit 6 - Using Libraries Proposal
By Dave Boyle November 3, 2020 - 5:03am"Both proposed implementations greatly enhance the functionality of my site and the user experience."
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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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