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Notes from previous Frontend Web Development classes.

Class for 2013-07-22: AJAX

We talked about Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, a technology that allows us to talk to a server without leaving the page. jQuery makes this extremely easy. We added AJAX functionality to our app we've been building on. We used this PHP file to test it out.

Lecture video
Lecture materials

Class for 2013-07-15: jQuery, cont'd

We continued learning about jQuery by focusing on the example we saw last week. We added functionality to it that made it seem more like the real thing.

Lecture video
Lecture materials

Class for 2013-07-08: jQuery

We introduced jQuery, a JavaScript library that makes web programming a whole lot easier. jQuery is the most popular of many libraries that allow us to interact with the document easily, while also providing us with a few tools that are missing from the base language.

To learn what jQuery can do, we added some scripting to this sample web app.

Lecture video
Lecture materials

Class for 2013-07-01: JavaScript, cont'd

We continued discussing JavaScript basics: arrays, objects, creating functions, and scopes.

Lecture video
Lecture materials

Class for 2013-06-24: JavaScript

We talked about JavaScript: making web pages interactive through client-side code. We used the console, which is part of the browser's developer tools, to demonstrate the basics of the language. This and next week's class can be treated as a general introduction to programming.

Lecture video
Lecture materials

Class for 2013-06-17: HTTP & SFTP

We talked about file transfer: HTTP, which is the method of getting and sending information in the web browser, and SFTP, which is a method of securely uploading files to a web host.

We set up free web hosting accounts at NearlyFreeSpeech.NET, and uploaded to them using the FileZilla client.

Lecture video

Class for 2013-06-03: Working from professional mockups, cont'd

We continued putting our professional-looking site together from where we left off. We focused on some fancy CSS3 techniques, and we saw how to make an interactive dropdown menu with no JavaScript.

We didn't exactly finish, but I went ahead and put on the finishing touches. The final product can be found here (but where we left off can be found in the lecture materials).

Lecture video
Lecture materials

Class for 2013-05-20: Working from professional mockups

We took the knowledge we gained from looking at the CSS box model, floats, and positioning, and worked off of something given to us by a designer (me).

We worked off of this mockup and its annotated version to make a site that could pass as a professional design (but don't take my word for it). Image assets can be found here.

Lecture video
Lecture materials

Class for 2013-05-13: CSS positioning

In the last few classes, we focused on element measurements and floats. This time, we focused on positioning of elements: spacing them out from other elements using margins, and using absolute, relative, or fixed positioning to put the elements anywhere we want on the whole page.

Lecture video
Lecture materials

Class for 2013-05-06: CSS floats

Floating is the secret sauce behind creating websites with multiple columns, navigation menus, and basically any block element that's aligned to the left or right. We learned about floats by taking a look at some examples, then took a mockup and created a site from it.

Lecture video
Lecture materials

Class for 2013-04-22: CSS selectors and the box model

CSS selectors are probably the most complex part of the CSS language, so we looked at them further in-depth. We also talked about the box model, the display concept that makes words and containers on the web look like they do.

Lecture video
Lecture materials

Class for 2013-04-15: the basics

We covered the very basics:

Explaining "frontend" vs. "backend"
Discussing tools of the trade
Explaining the separation between structure, presentation, and behavior
Writing a basic HTML page
Styling the page with basic CSS
Explaining the role of frontend web development as a job and career

Lecture video
Lecture materials

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 Notes from previous [[Frontend Web Development]] classes.
-==== Class for 2013-03-04: CSS3 ====
+==== Class for 2013-07-22: AJAX ====
-We've covered CSS3 before, but in the context of a mockup. We went further into CSS3 with a demonstration of what the new technologies are, how to make the most of them, and how to make sites using them look good in less capable browsers.
+We talked about Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, a technology that allows us to talk to a server without leaving the page. jQuery makes this extremely easy. We added AJAX functionality to [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class11/lecture.zip our app we've been building on]. We used this [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class12/tweet.php.zip PHP file] to test it out.
-'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP1nxrI_3WU Lecture video]'''<br>
+'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi1arhXXQsw Lecture video]'''<br>
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class18/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
+'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class12/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-==== Class for 2013-02-11: Mobile websites ====
+==== Class for 2013-07-15: jQuery, cont'd ====
-We took [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class17/blog.zip this blog] and turned it into a mobile-accessible website via the use of media queries. We also talked about the rest of the world of the mobile web: user agent strings, frameworks like jQuery Mobile and Sencha Touch, and the future of HTML5/CSS3 in mobile website and app development.
+We continued learning about jQuery by focusing on [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class10/lecture.zip the example we saw last week]. We added functionality to it that made it seem more like the real thing.
-'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjEJrNgrJVw Lecture video]'''<br>
+'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Bublxub3w Lecture video]'''<br>
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class17/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
+'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class11/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-==== Class for 2013-02-11: HTML5 elements ====
+==== Class for 2013-07-08: jQuery ====
-We took an entertaining (in my opinion) look through [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class16/html.zip this page containing every currently valid HTML element]. Many of them are considered "HTML5", but that's just because they're new.
+We introduced jQuery, a JavaScript library that makes web programming a whole lot easier. jQuery is the most popular of many libraries that allow us to interact with the document easily, while also providing us with a few tools that are missing from the base language.
-'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or9Y1facTtc Lecture video]'''<br>
+To learn what jQuery can do, we added some scripting to [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class10/assets.zip this sample web app].
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class16/html.zip Lecture materials]'''
-==== Class for 2013-02-04: More useful jQuery plugins ====
+'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP3MgfcStxg Lecture video]'''<br>
-Our final jQuery-focused class touched on a number of other common plugins that are found in the wild. We took a closer look at Bootstrap and jQuery UI, and looked at plugins that make your page look super snazzy:
+'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class10/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-* [http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/ Datepicker (jQuery UI)] - fancy datepickers appearing near your input fields
-* [http://jqueryui.com/demos/accordion/ Accordion (jQuery UI)] - collapse and unfold lists of elements
-* [http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/javascript.html#scrollspy Scrollspy (Bootstrap)] - change navs to highlight where you are scrolled on a page
-* [http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/ Cycle] - make easy slideshows
-* [http://harvesthq.github.com/chosen/ Chosen] - style dropdowns
-'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35CJx9lkGyE Lecture video]'''<br>
+==== Class for 2013-07-01: JavaScript, cont'd ====
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class15/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
+We continued discussing JavaScript basics: arrays, objects, creating functions, and scopes.
-==== Class for 2013-01-28: Sign-up forms ====
+'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Q5DhW8jpA Lecture video]'''<br>
-We continued working on [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class13/lecture.zip our site] and added a sign-up form, with validation, inside the modal. We used the [http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/ jQuery Validation plugin]. This is a very common request from clients and it comes in handy to know all the tips and tricks of forms and validation, and what new HTML5 elements can provide.
+'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class9/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tv6uPMmQNY Lecture video]'''<br>
+==== Class for 2013-06-24: JavaScript ====
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class14/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
+We talked about JavaScript: making web pages interactive through client-side code. We used the console, which is part of the browser's developer tools, to demonstrate the basics of the language. This and next week's class can be treated as a general introduction to programming.
-==== Class for 2013-01-14: Menus and modals ====
+'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfd78FpYPuI Lecture video]'''<br>
-We went back to the [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class13/noiseco.zip "professional" site we'd put together a number of weeks ago] and added more functionality to it with some jQuery plugins. We first made a dialog box - or a "modal" - pop up when you click the sign up buttons. We did this by introducing [http://jqueryui.com/ jQuery UI] to make common web development tasks easier. We also add some dropdown functionality to our menus using pure CSS, but this can be done using jQuery UI or [http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ Bootstrap] as well.
+'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class8/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-'''No video for this class. :('''<br>
+==== Class for 2013-06-17: HTTP & SFTP ====
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class13/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
+We talked about file transfer: HTTP, which is the method of getting and sending information in the web browser, and SFTP, which is a method of securely uploading files to a web host.
-==== Class for 2013-01-07: AJAX ====
+We set up free web hosting accounts at [https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net NearlyFreeSpeech.NET], and uploaded to them using [http://filezilla-project.org the FileZilla client].
-We talked about Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, a technology that allows us to talk to a server without leaving the page. jQuery makes this extremely easy. We added AJAX functionality to [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class10/lecture.zip our app we've been building on]. We used this [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/class9/tweet.php.zip PHP file] to test it out.
-'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS-uoDnslh8 Lecture video]'''<br>
+'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfJxBeNzbvQ Lecture video]'''
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class12/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-==== Class for 2012-12-17: File transfer ====
+==== Class for 2013-06-03: Working from professional mockups, cont'd ====
-We talked about file transfer - not only uploading files using FTP, but using the web browser to get and send information via forms and other methods (an overall talk about HTTP GET/POST).
+We continued putting our professional-looking site together from [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class5/lecture.zip where we left off]. We focused on some fancy CSS3 techniques, and we saw how to make an interactive dropdown menu with no JavaScript.
-We downloaded and installed [http://filezilla-project.org FileZilla] and signed up for a [https://nearlyfreespeech.net NearlyFreeSpeech.NET] hosting account.
+We didn't exactly finish, but I went ahead and put on the finishing touches. [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class6/noiseco The final product can be found here] (but where we left off can be found in the [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class6/lecture.zip lecture materials]).
-'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohL0FRC9us8 Lecture video]'''<br>
+'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMeTFrR1rtA Lecture video]'''<br>
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class11/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
+'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class6/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-==== Class for 2012-12-10: jQuery, cont'd ====
+==== Class for 2013-05-20: Working from professional mockups ====
-We continued learning about jQuery by focusing on [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/class5/answer%20sheet.zip the example we saw last week]. We're added functionality to it that made it seem more like the real thing.
+We took the knowledge we gained from looking at the CSS box model, floats, and positioning, and worked off of something given to us by a designer (me).
-'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMKdZ0IlD48 Lecture video]'''<br>
+We worked off of [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series2/class5/mockup.png this mockup] and its [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series2/class5/mockup_annotations.png annotated version] to make a site that could pass as a professional design (but don't take my word for it). [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series2/class5/assets.zip Image assets can be found here].
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class10/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-==== Class for 2012-12-03: jQuery ====
-We introduced jQuery, a JavaScript library that makes web programming a whole lot easier.
-'''No video for this class. :('''<br>
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class9/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-==== Class for 2012-11-26: JavaScript, cont'd ====
+'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y6MxRAPfLs Lecture video]'''<br>
-We continued discussed JavaScript basics: arrays, iterators, loops, creating functions, and the debugger.
+'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class5/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_4Z33l0lnY Lecture video]'''<br>
+==== Class for 2013-05-13: CSS positioning ====
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class8/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
+In the last few classes, we focused on element measurements and floats. This time, we focused on positioning of elements: spacing them out from other elements using margins, and using absolute, relative, or fixed positioning to put the elements anywhere we want on the whole page.
-==== Class for 2012-11-12: JavaScript ====
+'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxROKEWIjB8 Lecture video]'''<br>
-We talked about JavaScript: making webpages interactive through client-side code. We used the console, which is part of the browser's developer tools, to demonstrate the basics of the language.
+'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class4/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP6_pd25-Ps Lecture video]'''<br>
+==== Class for 2013-05-06: CSS floats ====
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class7/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-==== Class for 2012-11-05: Working from professional mockups, cont'd ====
-We continued putting our professional-looking site together from [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class5/lecture.zip where we left off].
-As a reminder, here is the [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series2/class5/mockup.png mockup] and its [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series2/class5/mockup_annotations.png annotated version]. [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series2/class5/assets.zip Image assets can be found here].
-[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/class11/index.html Here is the code that the mockup was based off of] - a good way to check your work. It might differ slightly from what we did in class.
-'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvC4ZLFpbtE Lecture video]'''<br>
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class6/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-==== Class for 2012-10-22: Working from professional mockups ====
-We worked off of [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series2/class5/mockup.png this mockup] and its [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series2/class5/mockup_annotations.png annotated version] to make a site that could pass as a professional design (but don't take my word for it). [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series2/class5/assets.zip Image assets can be found here].
-'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to3-VjUPU64 Lecture video]'''<br>
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class5/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-==== Class for 2012-10-15: CSS floats ====
 Floating is the secret sauce behind creating websites with multiple columns, navigation menus, and basically any block element that's aligned to the left or right. We learned about floats by taking a look at some examples, then took a [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series2/class4/mockup.png mockup] and created a site from it.
-'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJeN9P8x1VE Lecture video]'''<br>
+'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j6oA4sS99U Lecture video]'''<br>
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class4/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
+'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class3/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-==== Class for 2012-10-08: CSS positioning ====
-We focused on positioning of elements: spacing them out from other elements using margins, positioning them absolutely on the page, positioning them relatively, fixed and more.
-'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTL_YDz3zmo Lecture video]'''<br>
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class3/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-==== Class for 2012-10-01: CSS selectors and the box model ====
+==== Class for 2013-04-22: CSS selectors and the box model ====
 CSS selectors are probably the most complex part of the CSS language, so we looked at them further in-depth. We also talked about the box model, the display concept that makes words and containers on the web look like they do.
-'''No video for this class. :('''<br>
+'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqQph1vry7A Lecture video]'''<br>
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class2/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
+'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class2/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
-==== Class for 2012-09-24: the basics ====
+==== Class for 2013-04-15: the basics ====
 We covered the very basics:
 * Explaining "frontend" vs. "backend"
@@ Line 123: / Line 83: @@
 * Explaining the role of frontend web development as a job and career
-'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r87aEOpelzQ Lecture video]'''<br>
+'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmDCjhCuNtU Lecture video]'''<br>
-'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class1/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
+'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class1/lecture.zip Lecture materials]'''
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Class for 2013-07-15: jQuery, cont'd

Class for 2013-07-08: jQuery

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Class for 2013-06-24: JavaScript

Class for 2013-06-17: HTTP & SFTP

Class for 2013-06-03: Working from professional mockups, cont'd

Class for 2013-05-20: Working from professional mockups

Class for 2013-05-13: CSS positioning

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Class for 2013-06-24: JavaScript

Class for 2013-06-17: HTTP & SFTP

Class for 2013-06-03: Working from professional mockups, cont'd

Class for 2013-05-20: Working from professional mockups

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