JavaScript

JavaScript is the most popular programming language and the only programming language available to us in the browsers (without plug-ins). JavaScript is also what allows us to create dynamic maps and other content in web pages.

Learning Outcomes

• Write simple JavaScript statements, and functions
• Explain the purpose and structure of the Document Object Model (DOM)
• Add event handlers to modify DOM elements
• Debug JavaScript code using a source code debugger

Presentations

• Simple Web Based GIS
• Example dynamic web maps:
  • Smoke and fire
  • NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer
  • Wind Map
  • Global Hacking War (may not work)
  • MapBox Examples
  • 21 Ridiculously Impressive HTML5 Canvas Experiments
  • Australia
  • Iterative Global Map
• Introduction to JavaScript

Lab

Introduction to JavaScript

JavaScript and Forms Elements