Exercises for Day 3 Lecture 2

Introduction to JavaScript, Part 2 (Web Pages)

0   Getting Started

1. Fork the repository https://github.com/meet-projects/y2s18-intro-js-2.
2. Change directory on your Desktop using the following command:
   • $ cd ~/Desktop
3. Clone the repository y2s18-intro-js-2 into a local directory, replacing <username> with your Github username in the following command:
   • $ git clone https://github.com/<username>/y2s18-intro-js-2.

1   Labs

1.0   Separation of Concerns (./separation)

0. For this lab, you'll be working in the ~/Desktop/intro-js-2/separation directory. Make sure you are in the right directory.
1. In separation.html, include the JavaScript file code.js using a <script> tag with a src attribute.
2. In code.js, add an alert that pops up with your name.
3. Open separation.html in Google Chrome. If you see a popup alert, you did it!
4. Raise your hand and get a checkoff from a TA or Instructor. Nice work!

1.1   Object literals and JSON (./object-literals)

0. For this lab, you'll be working in the ~/Desktop/intro-js-2/object-literals directory. Make sure you are in the right directory. Make sure that you are adding your HTML and JavaScript to the correct files - don't add HTML to your .js file!
1. Create an object literal called me in object-literals.js that represents yourself. The object should contain the following properties:
   1. firstName (type: String) Your first name
   2. lastName (type: String): Your last name
   3. favoriteFoods (type: Array): An array of your favorite foods
   4. age (type: Number): Your age
   5. picture (type: String): A URL to a picture you like.
2. Convert your object literal me into a JSON String that can be shared on different computers, and display it on the HTML page using document.write.
3. Open object-literals.html in Chromium Web Browser.
4. Go to https://api.meet.sh/json/ and submit your JSON string from step 2. If everything works, you just successfully transmitted data from your computer (the client) to https://api.meet.sh (the server), without needing to do much work.
5. Raise your hand and get a checkoff from a TA or Instructor. Nice work!

1.2   Events (./html-events)

0. For this lab, you'll be working in the ~/Desktop/intro-js-2/html-events directory. Make sure you are in the right directory. Make sure that you are adding your HTML and JavaScript to the correct files - don't add HTML to your .js file!
1. There is a button in html-events.html. The button should do two things when it is clicked:
   1. It should prompt the user for a color.
   2. After getting an answer, the background color of the web site should change to that color. In order to do this, you need to select the body element of the website.
2. Raise your hand and get a checkoff from a TA or Instructor. Nice work!

1.3   Event Listeners (./event-listeners)

0. For this lab, you'll be working in the ~/Desktop/intro-js-2/event-listeners directory. Make sure you are in the right directory. Make sure that you are adding your HTML and JavaScript to the correct files - don't add HTML to your .js file!
1. Lets create a simple slideshow! Go on Google and download 5 pictures that you like. If you need some help finding images, Unsplash has some pretty photos. Save them into the ~/Desktop/intro-js-2/imgs directory.
2. Create an image in event-listeners.html using a <img> tag.
3. In event-listeners.js, create an array called pictures of the file names of the images that you downloaded. One of the elements in the array should be './imgs/dog.jpg'.
4. Attach a click event listener to the image you created in step 2. The event listener should call the showNextPicture function.
5. Finish the showNextPicture function in event-listeners.js. Have the image change its src attribute when the image is clicked. The value of the src attribute should be based on currentIndex.
6. Raise your hand and get a checkoff from a TA or Instructor. Nice work!

1.4   Forms (./form-validation)

0. For this lab, you'll be working in the ~/Desktop/intro-js-2/form-validation directory. Make sure you are in the right directory. Make sure that you are adding your HTML and JavaScript to the correct files - don't add HTML to your .js file!
1. Change the rating input field in the rating form (ratingForm) so that it only allows users to enter numbers.
2. Add a onsubmit event listener to the form, and have it check validateForm() in order to make sure the form has valid values in both the username and rating input fields.
3. Finish the function validateForm() so that ratings cannot be less than 0 or greater than 5. Make sure that usernames have length greater than 0 as well.
4. Raise your hand and get a checkoff from a TA or Instructor. Nice work!

2   Challenges

2.1   Object Constructors (./object-constructors)

0. For this extra lab, you'll be working in the object-constructors directory. Make sure you are in the right directory. Make sure that you are adding your HTML and JavaScript to the correct files - don't add HTML to your .js file!
1. Write an object constructor an item a restaurant would sell, called a MenuItem. The object should have the following properties:
   1. name (type: String): The name of the MenuItem.
   2. price (type: Number): The price of the MenuItem.
   3. restaurant (type: String): The name of the restaurant that sells this MenuItem.
   4. getInfo() (type: Function): Calling this function should return a sentence containing the name of the MenuItem, its price, and the name of the restaurant where it can be purchased.
2. Create at least three different MenuItem's from restaurants that you've seen before.
3. Display, using document.write, the getInfo() sentence of each MenuItem.

2.2   Events

2.2.1 Counter

1. Let's create a counter. In html-events.html, display the value 0 in a <h1> tag.
2. Create a new button in html-events.html that, when clicked, increments the value inside the <h1> tag.
3. Create a final button in html-events.html that, when clicked, resets the value inside the <h1> tag back to 0.

2.2.1 Color Wheel

1. Create a button that in html-events.html that, when clicked, cycles the background color of the entire web page in the following order: red, yellow, green, blue, purple.

2.3   Event Listeners

1. Look up the modulus operator %. Use the modulus operator to turn

if (currentIndex >= pictures.length) {
    currentIndex = 0;
}

into one line of code.

2.4   Forms (./form-validation)

1. Demonstrate that client-side form validation isn't enough by giving a user a rating that's greater than 5 (or less than 0).

2.X   Culminating Challenge

Take the Tic-Tac-Toe game logic from the previous culminating challenge and build a frontend user interface. Don't prompt the players to type in their move anymore. Instead, the players should be able to click on the screen to make their move.

3   References

1. JavaScript Events: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_events.asp
2. List of JavaScript Events: https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/dom_obj_event.asp
3. JavaScript addEventListener(): https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_htmldom_eventlistener.asp
4. DOM Visualizer: http://bioub.github.io/d3.DOMVisualizer/