X52.9755 Lecture 11: Thursday, April 30, 1998

In-class examples

The golden ratio.
Draw a flag with loops and if statements.
- document.open
Sort the array of MIME types.
- Array.sort
- String.toLowerCase
Call a method of a Java applet.
- the JavaScript ParseInt and isNaN functions
- Applet.init
- Component.paint and repaint
- Graphics.fillArc and drawString
- String.valueOf
A document with three layers.
- Netscape documentation for the HTML <LAYER> tag
- Layer.left
- document.layers
Are you currently taking any medication with layers?
Move a layer.
- <BODY BGCOLOR =
- Layer.moveAbove and moveBelow
- Layer.visibility
- setInterval is better than setTimeout for periodic repetition.
Create a new class, and five objects of that class.
Create a new class, and an array of objects of that class.
The greatest (and shortest) book on what is now pejoratively called procedural programming but which was then called structured programming is The Elements of Programming Style.