This course is designed as an introduction to webpage scripting for the designer. Students will learn how and when webpage scripting is used, how scripting affects the behavior and presentation of a webpage, and how to communicate programming requirements to web developers. Students will perform hands-on exercises using JavaScript, the most popular scripting language currently in use on the Web. 

• HTML and CSS: Level 2 or equivalent knowledge  

Lesson 1: Scripting and its role in web design 

• Effects of scripting on a webpage 
• Client-side vs. server-side scripting 
• Viewing and manipulating code in the browser 

Lesson 1 Assignments 

• Complete homework assigned in class using the following for reference: JavaScript for Beginners, Chapters 1 and 2 

Lesson 2: Introduction to JavaScript 

• A short history of JavaScript 
• Placing JavaScript in an html file 
• Syntax rules and best practices 

Lesson 3: Basic JavaScript building blocks 

• Primitive data types 
• Variables 
• Operators 
• Expressions 
• Statements 
• Commenting code 

Lesson 4: Diving deeper into JavaScript 

• Arrays 
• Conditional statements 
• Dialog boxes 
• Loops 
• Functions 

Lesson 4 Assignments 

• Complete homework assigned in class using the following for reference: JavaScript for Beginners, Chapters 3, 4, 5 and Chapter 6 sections 1 and 2 

Lesson 5: JavaScript Objects 

• What is an object 
• Syntax 
• Properties/value pairs 
• Methods 

Lesson 6: JavaScript Events and DOM Manipulation  

• Events 
• The Document Object Model (DOM) 
• Finding Elements in the DOM 
• Changing Elements in the DOM 

Lesson 6 Assignments 

• Complete homework assigned in class using the following for reference: JavaScript for Beginners, Chapter 6 section 3 

Lesson 7: Introduction to PHP 

• What is PHP 
• PHP syntax 
• Variables, arrays and functions 
• PHP includes 

Lesson 7 Assignments 

• Complete homework assigned in class using the following for reference: PHP and MySQL for Beginners, Chapters 1–6 

Lesson 8: PHP and the database 

• PHP and the server environment 
• Embedding PHP into an HTML file 
• The relationship between PHP and the database 
• Brief overview of MySQL with the SQL language 

Lesson 8 Assignments 

• Complete homework assigned in class using the following for reference: PHP and MySQL for Beginners, Chapter 9 

Lesson 9: PHP and dynamic webpages 

• Using PHP to fetch data on a webpage 
• Using PHP to store user responses 
• Combining PHP and JavaScript with AJAX 
• Course wrap-up