Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Week 1 - Study Questions

Ashley Laurenti

Week 1. Study Questions

1. The Document Object Model is an application programming interface (API) for HTML and XML documents.

2. Another name for JavaScript is LiveScript.

3. Interpreted computing languages are languages whose source code is processed by a software program called an interpreter that reads in the text and immediately acts upon the instructions defined by the text. Compiled computing languages are languages whose source code is processed by a software program called a compiler that converts the source code into a file which can then be run directly or indirectly by a computer operating system.

4. A variable is something you declare in JavaScript that you will relate back to later on in the code.

5. Statement Operators are what you use to connect strings together with JavaScript.

6. A concatenation is what you do when you combine all of your JavaScript code together.

7. //xhtml comment. //javascript comment

8. Strings, Variables, and Boolean Operators

9. The purpose of a conditional statement is to project a message if the information in the conditional statement is true or if the information is false.

10. The purpose of a repeat loop is for something to keep looping until you get the results that you need

11. A local variable is something that is only used in a certain section, the global variable is all over the javascript code

12. You might need a repeat loop if you need to count information or do some counting of some sort.

13. A function is what you declare if you want JavaScript to do something

14. An argument is the value of the function.

15. JavaScript operators are mathematical symbols that are used to add or remove things from your javascript.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Project Proposal

The topic for this assignment is to create an online magazine, mine of which is about Wildlife Conservation. The purpose of this wildlife conservation magazine is to spread the word about wildlife conservation and let people know how serious it really is. There are thousands of animals going extinct and people need to be aware of this so they can help prevent this horrible thing from happening. The pages that are included in this magazine are:

· What’s Going On?

· Societies

· Sanctuaries

· Parks/Zoos

· Endangered Species

· How You Can Help

On each page there will be various information relating to the appropriate topic. The audience that this website is going to benefit would be other people that are interested in helping to save animals and wildlife conservation, and other people that already belong to a society that helps protect the wildlife already.