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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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Brief description: COMP 266: Introduction to Web Programming
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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 7: Using External Data Sources
By Jiaying Zhao May 22, 2021 - 2:59pmIn this job, I need to make clear the registration information I need to collect and write out the layout of the form on HTML. I have used jQuery language for the web page to receive and verify the data, initiate the registration request to the...Unit 6: Using Libiraries
By Jiaying Zhao May 22, 2021 - 2:40pmThis job is based on the web page has been a series of JavaScript writing and through the basic debugging and testing, on this basis, using jQuery library to further optimize and deal with the interaction of the web page. JQuery library can be added...Submitted 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...
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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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