Consultant In Residence 2000
Technology Training

Term 2 begins the technical training necessary for teams to move into the technical production phase of our project - the creation of the CDROM.

Team training is an integral part of the CIR2000 project. This page represents a jump point for recommended readings and organisational details requested by trainers for team members.

JavaScript Training

You can download the Training Materials in DOC form

Required Pre-Reading

These links send you to your required reading. Students need to familiarise themselves with them.

The order they are listed below is a good order to read the articles in:

• http://webdeveloper.com/javascript/javascript_beginners_guide.html
  -- Beginner's Guide to Javascript
• http://www.webdeveloper.com/javascript/javascript_js_tutorial.html
  -- Javascript Tutorial
• http://wdvl.com/Authoring/JavaScript/Tutorial/
  -- Javascript Tutorial for Programmers
• http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/JavaScript/
  -- Javascript Authoring

It's no big deal if students can't get through all of the above links, but it would be a good idea if they particularly went through the first two closely.

Here are some other Javascript links which could be quite useful:

• http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/JavaScript/Scripts/
  -- Links to cut-n-paste Javascript code
• http://developer.netscape.com/tech/javascript/
  -- JS Developer Central (Netscape)
• http://www.javascript.com/
  -- Everything Javascript
• http://javascript.internet.com/
  -- Javascript Source

It would also be a good idea to download the Javascript Guide and Reference (if possible), in whichever format suits best. They are very useful for looking up those obscure Javascript calls.

• http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/client/jsguide/ClientGuideJS13 .pdf
  -- Javascript Guide 1.3 (PDF)
• http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/client/jsguide/ClientGuideJS13 .zip
  -- Javascript Guide 1.3 (HTML)
• http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/client/jsref/ClientReferenceJS 13.pdf
  -- Javascript Reference 1.3 (PDF)
• http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/client/jsref/ClientReferenceJS 13.zip
  -- Javascript Reference 1.3 (HTML)
• You can download a Shareware Editor that makes the writing of raw Javascript easier

Regards,

Gareth Oakes
Multimedia Unit, GFLS
phone (07) 3382-1429
email g.oakes@mailbox.gu.edu.au