Topics Covered by Day

August

24: intro, schedule

25: simple javascript examples

27: identifiers, strings, booleans, if, switch, while, do while, for, try/catch, throw, break with label, typeof, &&, ||, ‘+’
31: dragon game exercise

2: object literals, object retrieval and updates, references, object properties exercise

4: prototypes, DOM video part 1
9: more on objects, DOM video part 2

11: functions, function invocation patterns, function literals
14: multiplication quiz exercise

16: DOM video part 3, function closures

18: quiz
21: callbacks and method cascading, arrays: vs objects, literals, length, detecting, delete, enumeration

23: regular expressions

25: intro to breakout asst, intro to jquery
28: jquery selectors

30: exercise: jquery selectors on CIT page mockup

2: breakout game revisited
5: tictactoe solution, quiz solution, intro to using regular expressions

7: photo gallery asst, intro to jquery events

9: jquery events
12: finished jquery events, breakout demos

14: breakout demos
19: jquery effects

21: finished jquery effects

23: canceled
26: intro to calendar asst, DOM manipulation

28: photo gallery demos

30: photo gallery demos

2: DOM manipulation part 2

4: finish DOM manipulation, intro to ajax

6: ajax continued
9: finish ajax, discuss project checkpoint as final asst, breakout solution

11: calendar demos

13: calendar demos, in-class implementation
16: table sorting exercise

18: final calendar demo, demo table sorting

20: exercise: random website demos and javascript analysis
23: final project status updates and presentations
30: form validation exercise