Lessons

Projects & Videos

• Lesson 1
  Introduction to the Client-Server Model, OOP, HTML, & the network model. (Chapters 1,3 & 4)
  
  Chapter 1 Slides
  Ron.htm (first demo)
  Expression Demo 1
  

• Introduction to Creating Web Pages
  • A basic web page
  • In Line tags
    
• My HTML for programmers video series:
  Intro to html part 1
  Intro to html part 2
  Intro to html part 3
  Crash Course in XHTML is in Murach Chapter 4
  
  
• HTML controls
  • Hyperlinks
  • Anchor tags
  • Buttons, text boxes, & labels
  • Lists
  • Dropdown/Select menus
  • Tables, more tables
  • Forms
  • Group Boxes
  • Radio buttons & check boxes
  • Special characters
• XHTML Pages
  • Introduction to XML documents
  • XHTML overview
    

• Lesson 2
  HTML formatting & Cascading Style Sheets (Chapter 5)
  
  Chapter 5 Slides
  Floating elements slides
  Formatting Blocks slides

• Basic CSS Formatting
  • Why CSS? Look here.
  • Block tags
  • CSS 1: for specific tags
  • CSS 2: for ID's
  • CSS 3: for a class
• Summary: Options for Selecting HTML Elements (Slides)
  
• Rollovers
  • Hyperlink rollovers with CSS formatting
  • Zooming rollover links with CSS formatting
    
• External CSS files
• CSS 3 with external CSS
  • Get the .css file here.
• Zooming rollover links with external CSS
  • Get the .css file here.
• Tags & Statements & Events
  • Button with onclick event
• Using onClick without variables

• Lesson 3
  Learning to code JavaScript (Chapter 2)
  
  Chapter 2 Slides
  HTML Events

• JS Functions
  • Basic syntax rules
  • First simple function
• JS Variables & Data entry
  • Data types, & identifiers
    • How to create & use variables.
    • Simple string variables
  • Data Entry Part 1 (String concatenation)
  • Data Entry Part 2 (Sales tax calc)
    
• The Document & Window Objects
  • Windows Object tricks (Pop ups, status bar, button links, close window)
    
    
• Creating External JS Files
  • First simple function (review)
  • First function with external .js file
  • Get the .js file here.
    
• External JS & CSS files
  • Data Entry Part 3 (Tax calc with external CSS & JS files)
    • Get CSS page
    • Get .JS page
• Message Box
  • Alert demo with links & buttons

• Lesson 4
  Making Decisions with If and Switch (Chapter 6 & 8)
  
  Slides:
  if statements
• Using switch
• Exercise 4-1 Book Store

• Using "if" structures  Slides
  • if demo 1: Simple
  • if demo 2: Nested if-else
  • Multiple else if demo
  • Data Entry part 4 (Scribbler Books)
  • List boxes
  • Using radio buttons
  • Using checkboxes
• Confirm pop up box
• Prompt pop up box
• Using "switch" (slides)
  • Switch demo

• Lesson 5
  Using Loops (Chapter 8, p. 290)
  
  Slides

• C# Demo: Loop Test (Overview of all loops)
• for loops
  • 1-Demo 1: Simple
  • Data Validation
    • 2-Validating textboxes for letters only
    • 3-Validating textboxes for numbers only
    • 4-Finding selected items in listbox
  • 5-Demo 2: Nested Loops
• while loops (see slides for now!)
  • Simple while loop
  • Simple do-while loop

• Lesson 6
  Custom Functions, Events, Arrays & Objects (Chapters 9, 10, 11)
  
  JavaScript events  (Summary table)

• Passing arguments to functions
  • 1- Function with one parameter
  • 2- Open new windows using functions and a parameter.
  • 3- Using "helper" functions. (this also shows how to create a function that streamlines 'document.getElementById')
  • 4- Functions with two parameters
• Using Data Arrays
  • Simple example(Array addition)
  • Adding items to a listbox via array & loop(also shows how to sort the data)
• Working With Images
  • Rollover & fader effects

• Lesson 7
  Client-Side Validation, try-catch error handling. (Chapter 12)
  
  Exercise 7-1 Bookstore Ver.2

• How to validate text boxes
• Structured Error Handler
  • Simple try-catch

• Lesson 8
  Introduction to Server-Side scripting using ASP.Net, Visual Studio, & Expression Web.
  Please look at my CS206 page if you want to learn a ton more!
  
  • Exercise 8-1: Access & Grid
  • Send email (C# code)

• Introduction to Active Server Pages
  • Using common server controls
    • Introduction to Posting Back to Web Server
      • Mr PostBack Project (C# version)
  • 401K Future Value Calculator I
    • C# Version
    • VB Version
    • Future Value demo with JS validation we did in class
  • 401K Future Value Calculator II
    • C# Version
    • VB Version
• Introduction to Databases & ASP.Net
  • How ADO works with ASP.Net (Slides)
    The ADO Model diagram I showed in class
• Get my Access 2003 customers DB
• Welcome to AJAX
  • Ron's Train Store using AJAX
• Regular Expressions
  • How to validate SSN