This document contains study notes for the 70-480 exam, covering topics related to implementing and manipulating document structures and objects in JavaScript, implementing program flow, and accessing and securing data. It includes definitions and examples of key HTML5 elements and JavaScript concepts like objects, methods, and events. The notes are broken into sections on document structures, user interface interaction, styling with CSS and JavaScript, HTML5 APIs, object scope, object creation, program flow, and data validation.
This document contains study notes for the 70-480 exam, covering topics related to implementing and manipulating document structures and objects in JavaScript, implementing program flow, and accessing and securing data. It includes definitions and examples of key HTML5 elements and JavaScript concepts like objects, methods, and events. The notes are broken into sections on document structures, user interface interaction, styling with CSS and JavaScript, HTML5 APIs, object scope, object creation, program flow, and data validation.
This document contains study notes for the 70-480 exam, covering topics related to implementing and manipulating document structures and objects in JavaScript, implementing program flow, and accessing and securing data. It includes definitions and examples of key HTML5 elements and JavaScript concepts like objects, methods, and events. The notes are broken into sections on document structures, user interface interaction, styling with CSS and JavaScript, HTML5 APIs, object scope, object creation, program flow, and data validation.
This document contains study notes for the 70-480 exam, covering topics related to implementing and manipulating document structures and objects in JavaScript, implementing program flow, and accessing and securing data. It includes definitions and examples of key HTML5 elements and JavaScript concepts like objects, methods, and events. The notes are broken into sections on document structures, user interface interaction, styling with CSS and JavaScript, HTML5 APIs, object scope, object creation, program flow, and data validation.
Topics covered in these notes: Implement and Manipulate Document Structures and Objects o Create the Document Structure o Write Code that Interacts with UI controls o Apply Styling to HTML elements using JavaScript o Implement HTML5 APIs o Establish the scope of objects and variables o Create and implement objects and methods Implement program flow o JavaScript flow o Raise\handle an event o Implement exception handling o Implement a callback o Create a web worker process Access and Secure Data o Validate user input using HTML5 o Validate user input by using JavaScript o Consume data o Serialize, deserialize, and transmit data Use CSS3 in Applications o Style HTML text properties o Style HTML box properties o Create flexible content layout o Create an animated and adaptive UI o Find elements by using CSS selectors and jQuery o Structure a CSS file by using CSS selectors
CONTENTS Implement and Manipulate Document Structures and Objects .................. 3 Block Versus In-line Level Elements.......................................................... 3 Main Content Categories and their Tags .................................................. 3 Meta Content ....................................................................................... 3 Sectioning Content ............................................................................... 4 Heading Content ................................................................................... 4 Phrasing Content .................................................................................. 4 Embedded Content ............................................................................... 5 Interactive Content ............................................................................... 5 Form-associated Content ..................................................................... 5 Table Specific Tags ................................................................................ 5 HTML Outline ........................................................................................ 6 Code that Interacts with UI controls ......................................................... 7 Add and Modify Html Elements............................................................ 7 HTML5 Canvas ...................................................................................... 9 SVG Scalable Vector Graphics ............................................................ 9 HTML5 AUDIO and VIDEO ..................................................................... 9 Styling HTML Elements Programmatically .............................................. 10 CSS Positioning ................................................................................... 10 CSS Display .......................................................................................... 10 Modifying HTML DOM Style Object .................................................... 10 CSS3 Transforms 2D ......................................................................... 10 CSS3 Transforms 3d ........................................................................ 11 CSS3 Tansition..................................................................................... 11 Implementing HTML5 APIs ...................................................................... 12 HTML5 Geolocation ............................................................................ 12 HTML5 Web Storage ........................................................................... 12 Html5 App Cache ............................................................................... 13 Establish the scope of Objects ................................................................ 13 Javascript Closures .............................................................................. 13 Namespaces in JavaScript ................................................................... 13 Create and Implement Objects and Methods ......................................... 14 Javascript Native Objects .................................................................... 14 Classes in JavaScript ............................................................................ 15 Pseudo-Classical Inheritance in JavaScript ......................................... 15 Implement Program Flow ........................................................................... 16 Html DOM Events ................................................................................... 16 Event Bubbling .................................................................................... 16 Implementing Callbacks .......................................................................... 17 WebSockets API ................................................................................ 17 CSS Selectors .......................................................................................... 18 References .................................................................................................. 19 Exam Guide-Links .................................................................................... 19
IMPLEMENT AND MANIPULATE DOCUMENT STRUCTURES AND OBJECTS May include: Semantic markup including for search engines and screen readers BLOCK VERSUS IN-LINE LEVEL ELEMENTS 1
Block-level elements usually begin with a line break before and create the larger structures of a page versus inline-elements. Block level elements may contain both block and inline elements; however, in-line elements should not contain block-level elements. The HTML5 standard provides a more detailed set of distinctions. HTML4.01 HTML5 Block Flow Content In-line Phrasing Content MAIN CONTENT CATEGORIES AND THEIR TAGS 2
1 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Block-level_elements https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Inline_elements 2 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories META CONTENT <base> | <command>* | <link> | <meta> | <noscript> | <script> | <style> | <title> These elements modify the presentation or behavior of the rest of the page, set up link to other documents, or convey out of band info. Tags Explanation\Example <link> Mostly used for stylesheets, the link tag sets up a relationship between the page and an external resource <link rel=stylesheet type=text/css href=main.css > <meta> Data about data. Not displayed on page. Used generally to specify page description, keywords, author, last modified... This tag always goes in the <head> tag. <meta name=keywords content=programming, Microsoft stack> <noscript> Used to provide an alternate content for users that do not have script available on their browser <script> Define client-side script (JS). It either contain in-line code or links to a external js file using the src attribute. <script src=main.js type=text/javascript></script> <style> Used to define in-line style for the doc; unless scoped is used (new to HTML5), this tag should only be used in the <head> tag. <head><style type=text/css> </style></head> <title> Required. Defines title of doc.
SECTIONING CONTENT <section> | <article> | <aside> | <nav> Used to help create an outline of the document. Tags Explanation\Example <section>* Defines section in a document. Can be chapters and can contain child sections. <h1>Html5 Outline</h1> <section> <h1>First child</h1> <section> <h1>Firs child of first child. Grandchild of Html5 Outline</h1> </section> </section> <article> * Defines an articleindependent, self-contained content. Examples: Forum post, blog post, News story <article>[Contents of Article]</article> <aside> * Defines content aside from the content it is placed in, but should be related to content; can be placed as a sidebar in an article. <aside> [content of aside] </aside> <nav>* Defines a section of navigation linksintended for major navigation links. Example of possible uses: main navigation, table of contents, prev and next buttons, search form, breadcrumbs. 3
* new to HTML5 3 http://html5doctor.com/nav-element// HEADING CONTENT <h1> <h6> | <hgroup> Defines the title of the section. PHRASING CONTENT <abbr>, <audio>, <b>, <bdo>, <br>, <button>, <canvas>, <cite>, <code>, <command>, <datalist>, <dfn>, <em>, <embed>, <i>, <iframe>, <img>, <input>, <kbd>, <keygen>, <label>, <mark>, <math>, <meter>, <noscript>, <object>, <output>, <progress>, <q>, <ruby>, <samp>, <script>, <select>, <small>, <span>, <strong>, <sub>, <sup>, <svg>, <textarea>, <time>, <var>, <video>, <wbr> and plain text (not only consisting of white spaces characters). Tags Explanation\Example <abbr> Defines an abbreviation The <abbr title=Unite Nations>UN</abbr> Security Council did not approve the aggression. <area> Defines an area inside an image map <audio> * Defines sound audio streams in either MP3, Wav, or Ogg <audio controls> <source src="welcome_message.ogg" type="audio/ogg"> <source src="welcome_message.wav" type="audio/wav"> <source src=" welcome_message.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio tag. </audio> <bdo> Bi-Directional Override to override the current text direction. <bdo dir=[rtl | ltr]> <bdo dir=rtl>This will render from right-to-left</bdo> <blockquote> Specifies section that is quoted from another source. <blockquote cite=www.asdf.com> . . . </blockquote> <button> Clickable button. Element can handle Image and text inside as opposed to <input> cannot. <button type=[button | reset | submit > . . .</button> <canvas> * Used to draw graphics on the fly via scripting (js). The canvas tag is only the container. <cite> Defines the title of a work EMBEDDED CONTENT Imports another resource or content from another mark-up language or namespace <audio> | <canvas> | <embed> | <iframe> | <img> | <math> | <objects> | <svg> | <video> INTERACTIVE CONTENT Elements designed for user interaction <a> | <button> | <details> | <embed> | <iframe> | <keygen> | <label> | <select> | <textarea> | <audio *with controls+> | <video *with controls+ <img>, if the usemap attribute is present <input>, if the type attribute is not in the hidden state <menu>, if the type attribute is in the toolbar state <object>, if the usemap attribute is present FORM-ASSOCIATED CONTENT 4
4 http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/forms/html5forms/ formaction (overrides <form>s action) <button formaction=URL> formmethod (overrides <form>s method) <button formmethod=[get | post]> type <button type=[button | reset | submit]> <INPUT> Input field where the user can enter data used within <form> element. The type of input is specified by the type attribute. Attributes: autocomplete=[off | on]; for [text, search, url, tel, email, password, datepickers, range, and color] autofocus disabled form max=[number | date] and min=[number | date]; for [number, range, date, datetime, datetime-local, month, time, and week maxlength=int (max number of characters) name=name_of_input -- name of the input element pattern=[{regex}] for text, search, url, tel, email, and password; use title to describe pattern to help user readonly cannot modify required for text, search, url, tel, email, password, date pickers, number, checkbox, radio and file size specify size (in chars) of an input element step=number legal number of intervals for number, range, date, datetime, datetime-local, month, time and week value type Types
TABLE SPECIFIC TAGS <table> Represents data in 2d or more. <caption> Defines a table caption and must be inserted immediately after the <table> tag. Only once caption per table. <table> <caption>Quarterly Sales</caption> <trd><th>
</table> General Flow <address> Defines contact information for the author/owner of a document (when in <body>) or article (when in <article> element) <address>Page by ... </address> HTML OUTLINE
CODE THAT INTERACTS WITH UI CONTROLS ADD AND MODIFY HTML ELEMENTS The HTML DOM 5 is a standard object model and interface for HTML. It defines all of objects and properties of all HTML elements and the methods to access them 6 . Everything in an HTML doc is a node: Entire doc | Every HTML element | text inside each element | every HTML attribute | comments are comment nodes Finding Elements in the DOM Modifying html elements on a page requires first finding them in the DOM. The methods used to get a desired HTML element is using are: getElementById, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByName, getElementsByClassName, querySelector, and querySelectorAll 7 . Method getElementById([Id]) Query by id of element. Null is returned if no element found. <body> <div id="info">Info</div> <script> var div = document.getElementById('info') alert( div.innerHTML ) </script> </body> getElementsByTagName([E lement Tag]) Searches given tag name (name of html element) and returns a NodeList of elements that match. Resulting list is live. Ie it updates itself with the DOM automatically * returns all elements var article = document.getElementById(main-
5 http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-DOM-Level-1/level-one-core.html#method-getAttributeNode 6 http://www.w3schools.com/htmldom/dom_intro.asp 7 http://javascript.info/tutorial/searching-elements-dom article); var paragraphs = article.getElementsByTagName(p); getElementsByName([Elem ent Name]) Returns a list (HTMLCollection of elements) of elements with a given name attribute. Not often used. getElementsByClassName( [class name]) Returns a live NodeList of all the elements with class name(s). Get all elements that have rock and star in their class: document.getElementsByClassName(rock star); Get all of the child elements with a class star of the parent that has a class named rock: document.getElementsByClassName(rock).getElementsB yClassName(star); querySelector([selector (s)]) Returns the first element within the document matching specified selector. document.querySelector(.rock .star); querySelectorAll([selec tor(s)]) Returnes a non-live NodeList of elements matching thing the specified group of selectors. Example-- get all of the child elements with a class star of the parent that has a class named rock: document.querySelectorAll(.rock > .star);
Manipulating Nodes of a DOM Method Description\Example appendChild([node]) Adds a child node to the specified element (at last position) removeChild([node]) Removes a child node. Returns the removed node on success. Null on failure. replaceChild([new_node],[ old_node]) Replaces child node with another. Returns the removed node on success. Null on failure. insertBefore([new_node], [existing_node]) Inserts new child node before an existing node. createAttribute([attribut e_name]) Creates an attribute with the specified name Returns the attribute as an object that can be manipulated createElement([element_na me]) Creates an element node Returns element object createTextNode([text]) Html elements usually consist of both an element node and a text node. For example, a <p> element node with some text inside it (the text node). Creates a text node that can be appended to an HTML element node getAttribute([attribute_n ame]) Returns the value of the attribute with the specified name setAttribute([attribute_n ame],[value]) Adds a new attribute or changes the value of the existing one hasAttribute([attribute_n ame]) Returns true if attr exists; false if not removeAttribute([attribut e_name]) Removes attribute from a specified element If attribute does not exist, no exception is raised. HTML DOM Properties Property innerHTML Getting or setting the content of HTML elements nodeName Same as tag name for element (uppercase), attribute name for attribute Read only nodeValue Undefined for element Inner text for text node Attribute value for attr Setable nodeType Returns type of Node as an integer code o Element = 1 o Attribute = 2 o Text = 3 o Comment = 8 o Document = 9 Changing HTML content Content of an HTML element can be changed by using the innerHTML property, which is settable. Creating New HTML Elements First create the element node (manipulate it as desired) and then append it to an existing node. You can use either appendChild(node) or insertBefore(existing_node, new_node). Remove HTML Elements Use parent.removeChild(node)to remove a node (HTML Element). HTML5 CANVAS 8
Draw graphics with JS on the fly: graphs, compositions, animations Only has two attributes: height (150 default), width (300 default) Example: <canvas id=test-canvas width=300 height=150> [fallback content] </canvas> The Rendering Context Canvas creates a drawing surface that exposes one or more rendering contexts used to create\manipulate content shown. [canvas].getContext(2d); Checking for support in JS: If(canvas.getContext) SVG SCALABLE VECTOR GRAPHICS Defines graphics in XML format. Elements can be animated, available as part of DOM in HTML pages <?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"> <circle cx="100" cy="50" r="40" stroke="black" stroke-width="2" fill="red" /> </svg> DTD: Document Type Definition is a set of markup declarations and describes which elements and references can appear and where in the document Xmlns defines svg namespace SVG IN HTML <embed> <embed src=picture.svg type=image/svg+xml />
8 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Canvas/Tutorial?redirectlocale=en- US&redirectslug=Canvas_tutorial Supported in all major browsers, allows scripting but deprecated in HTML4 (allowed in HTML5). <object> <object data=picture.svg type=image/svg+xml></object> Supported in all moajor browsers and conforms to HTML4, but scripting not allowed. <iframe> <iframe src=picture.svg></iframe> Supported by all major browsers and allows scripting but does not conform to strict HTML4/XHTML DTD. <SVG> (in markup) <html> <body>
</body> </html> Not supported by IE8 or earlier, cannot load asynchronously (ux issue for large svgs). PREDEFINED SVG SHAPES <rect> | <circle> | <ellipse> | <line> | <polyline> | <polygon> | <path> HTML5 AUDIO AND VIDEO
STYLING HTML ELEMENTS PROGRAMMATICALLY CSS POSITIONING position: [static | relative | absolute | fixed | inherit ] static Normal behavior and left,right,top,bottom do not apply relative lay out element as if it were static and then adjusts elements position (without changing layout) absolute - position it at a specified position relative to its closest positioned ancestor or to the containing block (no room left for elment) fixed position element relative to the screens viewpointdoes not move when scrolled (for print, displays on every page) CSS DISPLAY display: [ none | inline | block | list-item | inline-block | inline-table | table | table-caption | table-cell | table-column | table-column-group | table-row | table-row-group | flex | inline-flex ] none turns off display with no effect on layout. Ie document rendered as if element did not exist inline generates inline box like span block block level display like paragraph or div list-item -- block element box with a list-tem inline box (bullet) inline-table behaves like <table> but as an inline box with a block- level box inside table block-level, behaves like <table> flex behaves like a block element and lays out its content according to the flexbox model inline-flex in-line element but lays out its contents according to the flexbox model MODIFYING HTML DOM STYLE OBJECT 9
Example of editing a property of style: document.getElementById(id).style.property = value; The style object of an HTML DOM exposes each style property as a property of the object. This includes background, border, list, margin\padding, positioning, layout, and text properties (amongst others). Some examples: style.background sets or gets the background properties in one declaration. style.backgroundColor sets or gets the css background-color styling style.border sets or ges the border css styling as one line declaration. style.margin, style.padding cssText style declaration as a string style.display, style.visibility CSS3 TRANSFORMS 2D transform: matrix(a,c,b,d,tx,ty) | rotate(angle) | scale(sx[, sy]) | scaleX(sx) | skew(ax[, ay]) | translate(tx[, typ]) | tranlsateX(tx) | translate(ty) Effect that lets you change shape, size, and position in 2d or 3d. Using it elements can be translated, rotated, and skewed. matrix(a,c,b,d,tx,ty) - [
]- transform matrix, and tx, ty for translate rotate(angle) rotates element clockwise around transform-origin property by specified angle (20deg) scale(sx,sy), scaleX(sx), scaleY(sy) 2d scaling operation with a unitless number from where 1 is 1:1 scale skew(ax,ay), skewX(ax), skewY(ay) Non-standard, removed from latest draft of CSS3. Avoid using. Same effect can be created with matrix(1, tan(ay), tan(ax), 1, 0, 0); translate(tx, ty), translateX(tx), translateY(ty) 2d translation
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perspective: [number in pixels] perspective-origin: [percent, percent] transform: translate3d(tx,ty,tz) | scale3d(sx,sy,sz) | rotate3d(rx, ry, rz, angle) | matrix3d(n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n) To activate 3d space, add element using the perspective css property or transform: perspective(number); . When using the perspective function on the transform property, each element will have its own vanishing point use the perspective property on the parent element of the 3d objects so they line up correctly. The greater the size of the perspective, the less subtle the 3d effect and vise versa. You can adjust the vanishing point of an object with the perspective-origin property which is in the center by default. translate3d(tx,ty,tz) - x,y same as 2d, z is front and back scale3d(sx,sy,sz) scale along correspeconding axis rotate(rx,ry,rz, angle) rx,ry,rz set the vector for which to rotate on, and angle is the intensity of the rotation. Example of rotating about the x-axis rotate(1,0,0,45deg) matrix3d(n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n) translate according to the transformation matrix for 3d. CSS3 TANSITION transition: <transition property> | <transition-duration> | <transition- timing-function> | <transition-delay> Provides a way to create an animation when changing certain properties of an element by making the changes to take place over a period of time. These are implicit transition because it involves an animation between two implicitly defined states. transition-property: [none | all | IDENT ] used to specify which properties to transition. Eg. transition-property: background;. List of transition-able properties: link.
10 http://desandro.github.com/3dtransforms/docs/perspective.html 11 http://www.eleqtriq.com/2010/05/understanding-css-3d-transforms/ transition-duration: time: How long transition should take place in second (s) or millisecond (ms). Default is 0. A list of times can be provided to provide a different duration for different properties specified in the transition-property property. transition-timing-function: [ease | ease-in | ease-out | ease-in-out | linear | cubix-bezier(n,n,n,n) | step-start | step-end | steps(n, start | end) ]lets you change how the speed of the animation is calculated over time. 12
13 A list can be provided that will correspond to different properties specified in the transition-property property. transition-delay: time amount of time to wait to before beginning transition of the changing property; default is 0s, which means it begins right away. Negative numbers begin transition right away but skip a portion of the transition in the beginning. A list can be provided that will correspond to different properties specified in the transition- property property Detecting the Completion of a transition: event is fired called transitioned. Eg. el.addEventListener(transitioned,updateTransition, true);
Allows user to provide their location to the page, but is prompted by the browser for privacy considerations. API is published through geolocation child object within the navigator so you can test for support using: If(geolocation in navigator) { // available } If(navigator.geolocation) { // available } getCurrentLocation(position_function[, error_function, options]) initiates async request, when found position_function is executed. If an error is encountered, the error_function is executed. watchPosition(position_function[, error_function, position_object]) the position_function is executed multiple times either when the device changes location or a more accurate location is found using a different means (geoip vs. gps). The error_function is only called once if the position callback will never be run and no valid results ever returned. o position_object { enableHighAccuracy: boolean, maximumAge: milliseconds(number), timeout: milliseconds(number) } Position Object is returned on success and contains the timestamp property, and the coords object. o Timestamp DOMTimeStamp type indicates at the time the reading was taken. o coords.latitute of type double, returns the lat of location in degrees o coords.longitude of type double, returns the long of a location in degrees o coords.altitude of type double, returns the altitude in meters; returns 0 if not supported by device o coords.accuracy of type double, returns the position accuracy in meters o coords.accuracyAltitude double, returns accuracy of altitude information in meters; 0 is returned if not supported.
14 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Using_geolocation o coords.heading double, the heading in which the user is moving in degrees o coords.speed double, the speed in m/s of user Handling Errors The error callback structure: function errorCallback(positionError) { } positionError.code = error.UNKNOWN_ERROR | error.PERMISSION_DENIED | error.POSITION_UNAVAILABLE | error.TIMEOUT error.UNKNOWN_ERROR (0) uknown error occurred, could not get position. error.PERMISSION_DENIED (1) permission unavailable at origin error.POSITION_UNAVAILABLE (2) could not determine location b/c of device error.TIMEOUT (3) callback timed out before could obtain position HTML5 WEB STORAGE Alternative to cookies, provides a larger, more secure, and easier-to-use alternatives to storing information on the client side. String/key value pairs are used. sessionStorage.setItem(key,value), sessionStorage.getItem(key,value) global object that maintains data for the duration of the session per page. Most useful for persisting temporary data just in case page is refreshed. localStorage.setItem(key,value), localStorage.getItem(key,value) no expiry date, and not lost when browser or sessions is closed.
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Allows web-based apps to run offline by specifying which resources need to be cached and make available offline. Used to browse offline, speed, and offloading server load. The manifest attribute must be set on the <html> tag: <html manifest=example.appcache> The manifest file needs to be sent with the MIME type text/cache- manifest THE MANIFEST FILE Begins with line CACHE MANIFEST and has 3 sections: cache, network, fallback CACHE: The default. Files listed under CACHE:or immediately after CACHE MANIFEST are explicitly cached after being downloaded NETWORK: white-listed resources that need a connectionall requests to resources specified bypass the cache. Wild cards may be used. FALLBACK: specifies fallback pages that should be loaded if the resource is not available. Each entry lists two URIs: the resource and the fallback. Both URIs must be relative and from the same origin. Wildcards are allowed. UPDATING THE CACHE Cache is updated when: 1) user clears browsers cache, 2) manifest ismodified, and 3) the application cache is programmatically update Note: never cache the manifest ESTABLISH THE SCOPE OF OBJECTS JAVASCRIPT CLOSURES
15 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Using_the_application_cache 16 http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/appcache/beginner/ 17 http://alistapart.com/article/application-cache-is-a-douchebag In JS closures, the inner function of a function is returned. The inner function will close over all the inner variables of the outer function; new variables can be passed in, but the ones instatiated on the inside of the outer function cannot be affected. In the example below, once the var in the global namespace is created (var writeToResult = writeToId("result-block")) the elemendId is closed-over. Meaning, we dont have access to it anymore from the outside. The returned function can still modify the variable inside the function, however. Example: function writeToId(elementId) { var elementToEdit = document.getElementById(elementId); return function(innerHTMLInput) { elementToEdit.innerHTML += innerHTMLInput; } }
var writeToResult = writeToId("result-block"); var writeToAside = writeToId("aside");
writeToResult("Hello! This is writing t the result block"); writeToResult("<br/>Since I already instantiated this variable, I don't have access to the elementId property anymore and I cannot change it. The only thing I can affect is what's exposted in the return function."); writeToAside("This is an aside."); NAMESPACES IN JAVASCRIPT You can create name space like objects to hold the functions and objects that you create so as to not pollute the global namespace. Good way to implement: var myNameSpace = myNamespace || {}; By having the previous declaration, you create a new myNamespace object if one does not already exist. var myNamespace.myObjects = {};
CREATE AND IMPLEMENT OBJECTS AND METHODS JAVASCRIPT NATIVE OBJECTS Data types: String, number, date, regex Collection Types: Array, object Array Sort [array].sort(function(first,second) { // A = 0 if first==second //A < 0 (negative) if right order (first < second) // A > 0 (positive) if wrong order (first > second) return A; }); String : String.length() for how many characters in the string. String.charat(n) returns at character at n String.charCodeAt(n) returns the unicode of character at n String.fromCodeAt(n1[, n2, n3]) is a static method that returns the characters converted from Unicode. .indexOf(string), .lastIndexOf(string) used for searching of the string occurance in the string object it is run on. Returns the character position in that string. lastIndexOf starts from the back when searching. String.substring(start,end) - doesnt modify string it is run on, but returns a part of the string from the start index of the character to the end index provided. Note: the end character is NOT included, it is cut off. String.substr(start,length) similar to above, but the second property is the length of characters to include in the returned text. .toLowerCase() and .toUpperCase() returned a string with a change to the case of a string Math Object Mat.abs(number) Absolute of a number Math.floor(number)rounds down to the next smallest int Math.ceil(number) rounds up to the next largest int Math.pow(A,B) base to the exponenet power (A B ) Math.random() pseudo random number between 0 and 1 Number [number].toFixed(int) returns. Rounds to the nearest int. Doesnt affect object Array Object [array].length how many elements in array. Returns int. [array].concat(array) joins two arrays [array].slice(first, last) copying part of an array. Last position is not included in the returned result. The original array is not affected. [array].join(some_string) joins elements together, returns them as a string with some_string added in between each element. [array].sort() puts array into ascending order. Note: this affects the actual arrayits not just a return function. [array].sort(function(first,second) { // A = 0 if first==second //A < 0 (negative) if right order (first < second) // A > 0 (positive) if wrong order (first > second) return A; }); [array].reverse() puts in reverse order and affects the object it is run on. Date No literal type Month is 0 based new Date(2010,10,25); new Date() current new Date(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds) date.toUTCString() Coordinated universal time [date].getDate() day of the month [date].getDay() day of the week. Sunday as 0. [date].getMonth() month fo the year. Jan is 0; [date].getFullYear() year in 4 digit number
eval Interprets strings of js code Slow, insecure, unnecessary Do not use! :P isNan Check to see if is number parseFloat Converts string to number parseFloat(533); CLASSES IN JAVASCRIPT Defining a Class myExamples.simpleClass = function simpleClass(name,age){ this.name = name; this.age = age; // OR // this.setName(name) }; Getter\Setter Methods myExamples.simpleClass.prototype.getName = function() { return this.name; }; myExamples.simpleClass.prototype.setName = function(name) // OR myExamples.simpleClass.method(setName, function() {}); { this.name = name; }; Creating a new Object Based on the Class var exampleSimpleClass = new this.simpleClass("RockStar",18); PSEUDO-CLASSICAL INHERITANCE IN JAVASCRIPT 18
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18 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2107556/how-to-inherit-from-a-class-in-javascript 19 http://phrogz.net/JS/classes/OOPinJS2.html We want to cast references of similar classes
IMPLEMENT PROGRAM FLOW [Note: this section is abridged because many of these topics are elementary] HTML DOM EVENTS 20
Mouse Events onclick triggered when an element is clicked ondblclick triggered when an element is double clicked onmousedown onmousemove onmouseover onmouseout onmouseup triggered when the mouse button is released over an element Keyboard Events onkeydown triggered for any keys in all browsers (including CTRL, ALT, SHIFT) onkeypress not fired for all keys in all browsers (may not fire for CTRL, ALT, SHIFT) onkeyup Frame/Object Events onabort triggered when object is stopped from loading before completely loaded onload triggered when a document, frameset, or <object> has been loaded onresize triggered when a document view is resized. onscroll triggered when a document view is scrolled onunload triggered when a page has unloaded
20 http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/dom_obj_event.asp Form Events onblur when form element loses focus onchange when the content, selection, or the checked state have changed on a form element (<input>,<select> and <textarea>) onfocus when element gets focus (<label>,<input>,<select>, <textarea>, and <button>) onreset when form is reset onsubmit when form is submitted EVENT BUBBLING 21
Event bubbling deals with situations where a single event may trigger two or more event handlers defined at different levels of the DOM hierarchy. The event bubbles up from the lowest level triggering events set at each one. Example of event bubbling: http://jsbin.com/ipahid/4 var div4 = document.getElementById("div4"); var div3 = document.getElementById("div3"); var div2 = document.getElementById("div2");
// create the event var evt = document.createEvent('Event'); // define that the event name is `build` evt.initEvent('build', true, true);
// elem is any element elem.dispatchEvent(evt);
// later on.. binding to that event // we'll bind to the document for the event delegation style. document.addEventListener('build', function (e) { // e.target matches the elem from above }, false);
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WebSockets are well suited for low-latency web application because do not carry overhead of HTTP by establishing a socket between the browser and the server. Example from HTML5 rocks:
22 http://api.jquery.com/bind/ 23 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/element.addEventListener 24 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/Creating_and_triggering_events 25 http://www.websocket.org/echo.html 26 http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/websockets/basics/ 27 https://developer.mozilla.org/en- US/docs/WebSockets/Writing_WebSocket_client_applications var connection = new WebSocket('ws://html5rocks.websocket.org/echo', ['soap', 'xmpp']);
// When the connection is open, send some data to the server connection.onopen = function () { connection.send('Ping'); // Send the message 'Ping' to the server };
// Log messages from the server connection.onmessage = function (e) { console.log('Server: ' + e.data); };
TO DO XMLHttpHandler http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#cascading-order http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/flexbox/quick/
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.class Selector Example Description .class .rock Selects all the elements with the class rock #id #star Selects the div with id star * * Selects all the elements element div Selects all the <div> elements element,element div,span Select all <div> and all <span> elements element element div span Select all <span> elements inside div. element>element div>span Selects all elements where the parent is a div element+element div+span Selects all <span> elements placed immediately after <div> elements [attribute] id Selects all elements with an id attribute [attribute=value] name=rock-star Selects all elements where the
28 http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_selectors.asp 29 http://www.webdirections.org/blog/html5-selectors-api-its-like-a-swiss-army-knife-for-the- dom/ name attribute is rock-star [attribute~=value] name~=rock Selects all elements where the name attribute has the word rock in it [attribute|=value] [name|=rock] Select all elements where the name attributes begins with rock :link
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REFERENCES Microsoft, Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-480#tab2 W3Schools, HTML Reference: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/default.asp html5 Doctor, Semantic navigation with the nav element http://html5doctor.com/nav-element// html5 Doctor, Document Outlines http://html5doctor.com/outlines/ Mozilla Developer Network, Section and Outlines of an HTML5 Document https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Sections_and_Outlines_of_an_HTML5_document?redirectlocale=en- US&redirectslug=Sections_and_Outlines_of_an_HTML5_document Mozilla Developer Network, JavascriptGuide https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Guide EXAM GUIDE-LINKS http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/mcsd-web-apps-certification.aspx http://blog.beckybertram.com/Lists/Exam%2070480%20Study%20Guide/AllItems.aspx http://www.bloggedbychris.com/2012/09/19/microsoft-exam-70-480-study-guide/ http://geekswithblogs.net/WTFNext/archive/2012/10/08/exam-70-480-study-material-programming-in-html5-with-javascript-and.aspx http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/tracks/developing-html5-apps-jump-start?WT.mc_id=MSLS_HTML5OfferMVA