Dynamic HTML Series

Total Items: 5 Total Time: 18.00 hour(s)  

Summary:

This training  is intended for Web page developers who want to implement Dynamic HTML in their Web site design.

It examines the basic concepts of DHTML and the use of Cascading Style Sheets, implementing JavaScript with DHTML, and the DHTML object model.

Other topics covered include objects, events and event handling, style sheets and content formatting, and binding data from other sources to Web pages.  

Learning segment 1: DHTML and Style Sheets    

Summary:

This learning segment introduces users to Dynamic HTML and shows students how to use style sheets to define the format of Web pages.  

Objectives:

• Explain the basic concepts of Dynamic HTML
• Use Cascading Style Sheets
• Define Style Sheet properties  

Topics:

• Dynamic HTML Overview
• Microsoft Versus Netscape
• Specifying Cascading Style Sheets
• Using Cascading Style Sheets
• Cascading Style Sheet Properties
• Advanced Cascading Style Sheets    

Learning segment 2: Using Javascript    

Summary:

This learning segment shows users how to use JavaScript for work with Dynamic HTML.  

Objectives:

• Create a basic JavaScript
• Use JavaScript expressions and variables
• Use JavaScript functions and flow control
• Use JavaScript objects and arrays  

Topics:

• Introduction to JavaScript
• Data, Expressions, and Variables
• Functions and Flow Control
• Objects and Arrays
• Putting JavaScript to Work  

Learning segment 3: Objects and Events    

Summary:

This learning segment explains the Dynamic HTML object model and how objects and events are used to interact with users.  

Objectives:

• Explain the Dynamic HTML object model
• Discuss objects, collections, and elements
• Use common objects
• Define and describe events
• Create pages to look for and respond to events  

Topics:

• The Dynamic HTML Object Model
• Collections and Elements
• The window ObjectEvents
• Event Handling
• The window
• event Object
• More Event Handling    

Learning segment 4: Styles and Content    

Summary:

This learning segment introduces students to style sheets and content formatting.  

Objectives:

• Change font attributes
• Show and hide elements of a page
• Position style sheets
• Set position properties
• Use layers
• Create dynamic content  

Topics:

• Dynamic Styles
• Hiding and Showing Elements
• Positioning Style Sheets
• Using the Position Property
• Positioning Properties
• Layers
• Moving Elements
• Dynamic Content
• The Object Model and Dynamic Content    

Learning segment 5: Data From Other Sources    

Summary:

This learning segment introduces users to binding data from other sources to Web pages using DHTML and Data Source Objects. The learning segment focuses on the Tabular Data Control, which dynamically displays data from text files.  

Objectives:

• Explain the differences between server-side and client-side data binding
• Describe Data Source Objects and their applications
• Describe the Tabular Data Control (TDC) Data Source Object
• Create a text data file for use by the TDC
• Bind the data in the file to a Web page using both single-value and set binding
• Navigate and sort the data using the TDC's properties and methods  

Topics:

• Introduction to Data Binding
• DHTML Client-Side Data Binding
• Using Data Consumers
• Data Source Objects
• Using the TDC
• Managing the TDC

Features:

• Activities allow learners to apply learning segment concepts in an interactive questioning environment.
• Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied.
• Supplied sample files include sample documents, application files, programs, and programming code that enable learners to practice with these files, enhancing the learning experience.
• A Learning segment Topics list contains active hyperlinks, permitting quick access to specific topics.
• Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, or in a dictionary. In addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
• Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a learning segmentto easily retrieve information required.
• Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
• A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.

• A glossary provides a reference for definitions of unfamiliar terms
• Bookmarking tracks the learner's progress in a course.  

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