Highly interactive web: Javascript, Java, web-enable dbs

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Highly interactive webJavascript, Java,
web-enable dbs

• Javascript
• Java applets
• Web-enabled databases

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Object-oriented programming

• Program components - objects
• black box functional definition for objects (can
  be used without knowing whats inside)
• Can assemble a larger application from
  object-oriented components
• copy paste use of Javascripts Java applets

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Javascript

• What is Javascript?
• Examples
• Javascript prompters
• Javascript libraries
• Javascript Source
• Website Abstraction

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Java applets

• applet little application
• Little programs written in the Java programming
  language that are transferred to your computer
  and runs locally
• Jim Petersons Plug-n-Play Java Integration and
  Design site

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Java applet examples

• Java Coherence Illusion appletheres the HTML
  tag that you put in your html web page ltAPPLET
  CODEBASE"classes/" WIDTH400 HEIGHT250
  CODE"Illusion ARCHIVE"Illusion.zip"gt (plus
  you need to have seven other files in the same
  directory)
• Color and chemistry applets
• Chemistry titration applet

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Java applet libraries

• Sun's Java applet library
• Educational Object Economy site
• Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
• Java Boutique

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How to use a Javascript or Java applet

• Find one that does exactly what you want
• Find one that does almost what you want and
  modify it
• Find one that does sort of what you want and get
  somebody else to modify it
• Get somebody else to write one for you from
  scratch

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Web-enabled database

• What are web-enabled databases?

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Examples of web-enabled dbs

• C-Base
• Interactive papers
• WebBoard, Blackboard, and the other web course
  frameworks
• Amazon.com and most of the rest of e.commerce