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Final Exam Review
Web Programming with HTML and Java
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Topics Covered
• Basic Web Development Concepts• HTML• JavaScript
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Web Internet
Internet: a physical network connecting millions of computers using the same protocols for sharing/transmitting information (TCP/IP) in reality, the Internet is a network of smaller networks
World Wide Web: a collection of interlinked multimedia documents that are stored on the Internet and accessed using a common protocol (HTTP)
e.g., email, telnet, ftp, usenet, Instant Messenger, Napster, …
Key distinction: Internet is hardware; Web is software
Many other Internet-based applications exist
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Static vs. dynamic pages
most Web pages are static contents (text/links/images) are the same each time it is accessed
e.g., online documents, most homepages
HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is used to specify text/image format
as the Web moves towards online services and e-commerce, Web pages must also provide dynamic content pages must be fluid, changeable (e.g., rotating banners) must be able to react to the user's actions, request and process info, tailor services
e.g., amazon.com, www.csuhayward.edu
this course is about applying your programming skills to the development of dynamic Web pages and applications
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Client-side programming
JavaScript a scripting language for Web pages, developed by Netscape in 1995 uses a C++/Java-like syntax, so familiar to programmers, but simpler good for adding dynamic features to Web page, controlling forms and GUI
Java applets can define small, special-purpose programs in Java called applets provides full expressive power of Java (but more overhead) good for more complex tasks or data heavy tasks, such as graphics
can download program with Web page, execute on client machine simple, generic, but insecure
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Server-side programming
CGI programming programs can be written to conform to the Common Gateway Interface when a Web page submits, data from the page is sent as input to the
CGI program CGI program executes on server, sends its results back to browser as
a Web page good if computation is large/complex or requires access to private data
Active Server Pages, Java Servlets, PHP, Server Side Includes vendor-specific alternatives to CGI provide many of the same capabilities but using HTML-like tags
can store and execute program on Web server, link from Web page more complex, requires server privileges, but secure
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
manages the hypertext links that are used to navigate the Web
ensures that Web browsers correctly process and display the various types of information contained in Web pages (text, graphics, audio, and so on)
Uniform Resource Locators
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The protocol portion of a URL is followed by a colon, two forward slashes, and a host
A host refers to a computer system that is being accessed by a remote computer
The host portion of a URL is usually www for “World Wide Web”
Uniform Resource Locators
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HTML Basics
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Hypertext & HTML
HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the language for specifying the static content of Web pages hypertext refers to the fact that Web pages are
more than just textcan contain multimedia, provide links
for jumping within & without markup refers to the fact that it works by
augmenting text with special symbols (tags) that identify structure and content type
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Web development tools
many high-level tools exist for creating Web pagese.g., Microsoft FrontPage, Netscape Composer, Adobe PageMill,
Macromedia DreamWeaver, HotDog, …also, many applications have "save to HTML" options (e.g., Word)
for most users who want to develop basic, static Web pages, these are fine
assembly language vs. high-level language analogy
may want low-level control may care about size/readability of pages may want to "steal" page components and integrate into existing pages may want dynamic features such as scripts or applets
so, why are we learning low-level HTML using a basic text editor?
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Tags vs. elements
HTML specifies a set of tags that identify structure and content type tags are enclosed in < >
<img src="image.gif" /> specifies an image
most tags come in pairs, marking a beginning and ending
<title> and </title> enclose the title of a page
an HTML element is an object enclosed by a pair of tags
<title>My Home Page</title> is a TITLE element
<b>This text appears bold.</b> is a BOLD element
<p>Part of this text is <b>bold</b>.</p>is a PARAGRAPH element that contains a BOLD element
HTML document is a collection of elements (text/media with context)
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Structural elements
an HTML document has two main structural elements HEAD contains setup information for the browser & the Web page
e.g., the title for the browser window, style definitions, JavaScript code, … BODY contains the actual content to be displayed in the Web page
<html><!-- page01.html --><!-- Demo web page -->
<head> <title>Title for Page</title></head>
<body> Text that appears in the page</body>
</html>
HTML documents begin and end with <html> and </html> tags
Comments appear between <!-- and -->
HEAD section enclosed between <head> and </head>
BODY section enclosed between <body> and </body>
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Text layout
the BODY can contain multiple lines of text
text layout and spacing is pretty much ignored by the browser
every sequence of whitespace is interpreted as a single space
browser automatically wraps the text to fit the window size
can layout text in an HTML document for readability, will not affect how it is viewed
<html><!-- page02.html --><!-- Demo web page -->
<head> <title>Title for Page</title></head>
<body> This is a whole lot of text that goes on and on and on and
on . . .</body>
</html>
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Overriding default layouts
for the most part, layout of the text must be left to the browser
WHY?
can override some text layout
can cause a line break using the <br/> tag (no closing tag)
can specify a new paragraph (starts on a new line, preceded by a blank line) using <p>…</p>
can force a space character using the symbol for a non-breaking space:
<html><!-- page03.html --><!-- Demo web page -->
<head> <title>Title for Page</title></HEAD>
<body> <p> This is a paragraph of text<br/> made up of two lines. </p>
<p> This is another paragraph with a GAP between some of the words. </p>
<p> This paragraph is<br/> indented on the first line<br/> but not on subsequent lines. </p></body>
</html>
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The concept of aCascading Style Sheets™ (CSS)
HTML Forms and JavaScript
Event-driven programs and HTML form elements event-driven programs
ONLOAD, ONUNLOAD HTML forms & attributes
button, text box, text area selection list, radio button, check box, password, hidden, …
JavaScript form events properties: name, type, value, … methods: blur(), focus(), click(), … event handlers: onBlur(), onFocus(), onChange(), onClick(), …
advanced features & techniques windows & frames, timeouts, cookies
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Event-driven programsin C++, programs are serially executed
start with main function, execute sequentially from first statement may loop or skip sections of code, but the program proceeds step-by-step
the programmer specifies the sequence in which execution occurs (with some variability due to input values)
there is a beginning and an end to program execution
computation within a Web page is rarely serialinstead, the page reacts to events such as mouse clicks, buttons, …
much of JavaScript's utility is in specifying actions that are to occur in the page as a result of some event
the programmer may have little or no control over when code will (if ever) be executed, e.g., code that reacts to a button click
there is no set sequence, the page waits for events and reacts
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OnLoad & OnUnload
the simplest events are when the page is loaded or unloaded
the ONLOAD attribute of the BODY tag specifies JavaScript code that is automatically executed when the page is loaded
the ONUNLOAD attribute similarly specifies JavaScript code that is automatically executed when the browser leaves the page
<html> <!-- form01.html -->
<head> <title>Hello/Goodbye page</title>
<script type="text/javascript"> function Hello() { globalName=prompt("Welcome to my page. " + "What is your name?",""); }
function Goodbye() { alert("So long, " + globalName + " come back real soon."); } </script> </head>
<body onLoad="Hello();" onUnload="Goodbye();"> Whatever text appears in the page. </body></html>
view page in browser
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HTML forms
most event-handling in JavaScript is associated with form elementsan HTML form is a collection of elements for handling input, output, and events
in a page
<form name="FormName">…</form>
form elements include:for input: button, selection list, radio button, check box, password,
…for input/output: text box, text area, …
we will revisit forms when we consider CGI programming a form groups together elements, whose contents are submitted as one
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Button element
<html> <!-- form02.html --> <head> <title> Fun with Buttons</title> </head>
<body> <form name="ButtonForm"> <input type="button" value="Click Me" onClick="alert('Thanks, I needed that.');" /> </form> </body></html>
the simplest form element is a button analogous to a real-world button, can click to trigger events
<input type="button" … />
attributes include: VALUE : specifies label that appears on the buttonONCLICK : specifies code to be executed when clicked
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Buttons & JavaScript
<html> <!-- form03.html --> <head> <title> Fun with Buttons</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.creighton.edu/~davereed/csc551/JavaScript/random.js"> </script> </head>
<body> <form name="ButtonForm"> <input type="button" value="Click for Lucky Number" onClick="num = RandomInt(1, 100); alert('The lucky number for the day is ' + num);" /> </form> </body></html>
view page in browser
the ONCLICK event-handler can specify any JavaScript code can be a sequence of statements inside quotes, can call functions, …
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Buttons & functions
<html> <!-- form04.html -->
<head> <title> Fun with Buttons</title>
<script type="text/javascript"> function Greeting() // Results: displays a time-sensitive greeting { var now = new Date(); if (now.getHours() < 12) { alert("Good morning"); } else if (now.getHours() < 18) { alert("Good afternoon"); } else { alert("Good evening"); } } </script> </head>
<body> <form name="ButtonForm"> <input type="button" value="Click for Greeting" onClick="Greeting();" /> </form> </body></html>
for complex tasks, should define function(s) and have the ONCLICK event trigger a function call
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Text areas
a TEXT box is limited to one line of input/output
a TEXTAREA is similar to a text box in functionality, but can specify any number of rows and columns
<TEXTAREA NAME="TextAreaName" ROWS=NumRows COLS=NumCols WRAP="virtual">
Initial Text</TEXTAREA>
Note: unlike a text box, a TEXTAREA has closing taginitial contents of the TEXTAREA appear between the tags
WRAP="virtual" specifies that text in the box will wrap lines as needed
as with a text box, no HTML formatting of TEXTAREA contents
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JavaScript & frames
<html> <!-- frame13a.html -->
<head> <title>Table of Squares</title> </head>
<frameset rows="20%,*"> <frame name="Input" src="form13.html"> <frame name="Output" src="about:blank"> </frameset>
</html>
alternatives for program output:1. alert box : good for small messages2. separate window : good for longer text, outside of page3. text box / text area : integrated into page, but awkward & no formatting4. frames : can easily write lots of output, integrated & fully formattable
src="about:blank" loads a blank page into the frame (ready to be written to)
JavaScript
client-side programming with JavaScript
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JavaScript is not Java
• JavaScript is a very simple scripting language.• Syntax is similar to a subset of Java.• Interpreted language.• Uses objects, but doesn't really support the creation
of new object types
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Client-side programming
recall: HTML is good for developing static pages can specify text/image layout, presentation, links, … Web page looks the same each time it is accessed
in order to develop interactive/reactive pages, must integrate programming
client-side programming programs are written in a separate programming language
e.g., JavaScript, JScript, VBScript programs are embedded in the HTML of a Web page, with tags to identify the
program componente.g., <script type="text/javascript"> … </script>
the browser executes the program as it loads the page, integrating the dynamic output of the program with the static content of HTML
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Scripts vs. programs
a scripting language is a simple, interpreted programming language
scripts are embedded as plain text, interpreted by application simpler execution model: don't need compiler or development
environment saves bandwidth: source code is downloaded, not compiled
executable platform-independence: code interpreted by any script-enabled
browser but: slower than compiled code, not as powerful/full-featured
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Common scripting tasks
adding dynamic features to Web pages validation of form data image rollovers time-sensitive or random page elements
defining programs with Web interfaces utilize buttons, text boxes, clickable images, prompts, frames
limitations of client-side scripting since script code is embedded in the page, viewable to the world for security reasons, scripts are limited in what they can do
e.g., can't access the client's hard drive since designed to run on any machine platform, scripts do not contain platform
specific commands script languages are not full-featured
e.g., JavaScript objects are crude, not good for large project development
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JavaScriptJavaScript code can be embedded in a Web page using SCRIPT tags
the output of JavaScript code is displayed as if directly entered in HTML
<html><!-- js01.html -->
<head> <title>JavaScript Page</title></head>
<body> <script type="text/javascript"> // silly code to demonstrate output
document.write("Hello world!");
document.write("<p>How are <br />" + "<i>you</i>?</p>"); </script>
<p>Here is some static text as well. </p></body></html>
document.write displays text in page
text to be displayed can include HTML tags
the tags are interpreted by the browser when the text is displayed
as in C++/Java, statements end with ;
JavaScript comments similar to C++/Java
// starts a single line comment
/*…*/ enclose multi-line comments
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Final questions to ponder…
• What technologies are available for the internet?• Why would you want to use a scripting languages?• What the difference between client side and server
side applications?• How can HTML be used with other languages?• What are the basic parts of an HTML, and JavaScript
document? • How would you use these technologies to accomplish
a task or provide a solution to a problem?
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20 Questions
Short answer questionsSome minimal programming will be required
Good Luck!