111 Lab Week 2
HTML Forms & JavaScript
Unix for Web Programmers

Labs Start On the Hour

Please arrive at 026 Kla early enough to be seated and do the following:

• start FireFox, login to our Blackboard course site, open Schedule > Class Calendar
• in the calendar, click the link for the lab outline for the week
• start SSH, connect to shell.uoregon.edu, & open a File Transfer window

If you arrive late, your lab instructor will not be able to take time away from the other students to fill you in on what you missed.

Getting Ready

HTML Forms Review: W3Schools HTML forms & user input elements shows how to use the input element to create both text fields and click-buttons.

Micro Labs on Campus: In addition to 026 Kla, You can work in 013 Kla and 101 Mck or in any CC microlab on campus.

Saving your lab work: The My Documents folder on the PCs in 026 Kla is cleared periodically by the systems staff. If you want to save a copy of your lab work, use SSH/FTP to upload your files to your uoregon.edu account. Alternately, bring a USB drive with you to your lab.

All the software we use in the lab (SSH, TextPad, FireFox, etc.) is on the DuckWare CD, and can be installed on your personal computer. The DuckWare CD is available from MicroHelp, 151 McKenzie. Many of the same utilities can be downloaded from the web-- see Resources > Utilities in our Blackboard course.

LAB OUTLINE

1. Web applications User Interface (UI). Your lab instructor will briefly explain the structure and runtime behavior of a forms-based UI using this example: form-js.html.
   
   
2. In the remaining time, your lab instructor will continue with the material presented in the week 1 lab outline, and help you work on project 1.