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Dec
31
PBS 27 of x – JS Prototype Revision | HTML Forms
Filed Under Software Development, Computers & Tech on December 31, 2016 | 2 Comments
In this instalment we’ll make a start on a large topic which we have intentionally ignored until now – taking user input on the web. The way this is done is through HTML forms. It will take us a few instalments to learn all about them, so we’ll start with the basics in this instalment.
The code for the examples in this instalment has been collected into a single ZIP file which you can download here.
Dec
13
Couch to Star Gazer (Astro 2 December 2016)
Filed Under Science & Astronomy on December 13, 2016 | Leave a Comment
These are my slides from the talk I gave to Astro 2, the Maynooth University Astronomy and Physics Society on the 13th of December 2016.
Dec
10
PBS 26 of x – HTML Data Attributes with jQuery
Filed Under Computers & Tech, Software Development on December 10, 2016 | 10 Comments
After our brief division in the previous instalment, it’s time to get back to learning new things. We’ll learn about data attributes – a mechanism for embedding data into HTML elements.
We’ll also revise what we learned about defining our own object prototypes to start including prototypes in our APIs.
Finally, as a practical worked example, we’ll build a better clock API for Allison’s website. Each Sunday she streams the live recording of her podcast from podfeet.com/live at 5pm at her house. To avoid timezone confusion, Allison would like a clock on that page that shows the current time at her house.
As usual I’ve packaged all the files needed for the worked example into a ZIP file which you can download here.