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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 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...Unit 4 - JS
By Calvin Carley December 21, 2020 - 12:35pmI chose a timer for my JavaScript. My personas do not have a lot of time and are typically stressed or anxious already. Having to “set a timer” is an extra step, possible causing more stress or panic as they are currently not able to...Unit 6 - Using Libraries Proposal and Submission
By Dave Boyle November 10, 2020 - 6:13am"If I had to do it again, I would look at their additional mods and plugins for their library and allow for a search box. Admittingly, at 6 current reviews, this is not needed, but as I add more to my page if I continue to maintain it after this...Unit 4: Script Use and Augmentation
By Dave Boyle October 27, 2020 - 6:43am Comments (1)"Unit Four went smoothly for me, with our tasking being to introduce some JavaScript to our site that would improve the experience of the personas created in Unit One. One of the reoccurring themes of the personas was the ease of being able to find...
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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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