Web Design/Emerging Technologies
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Web Design → Emerging Technologies
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As a developing technology, there's always a bunch of tools and techniques that are emerging into the world of Web Standards. Here's your chance to find an emerging technology that interests you, and start playing with it!
eXtensible Markup Language
Currently this is a stub. Activities:
- XML Challenges will get you started creating your own SVG, rolling your own RSS feed, displaying maths in your browser.
AJAX (a.k.a. XMLHTTPRequest)
Experiment with those fancy dynamic widgets in your site! Get started learning AJAX with the Javascript AJAX Challenges. For the true power of AJAX, familiarise yourself with dynamic server side scripting as well.
Activities
Further reading
- IBM alphaWorks Services: ThinkPlace A web application for facilitating innovation through idea generation, collaboration, and refinement.
- Guide to Deploying SVG with HTML
- http://svg.codebot.org/ (???)
HTML: What is HTML, Advanced HTML Tutorial, HTML Challenges, Lists and Tables, The Structure of HTML, Pen and Paper HTML activities
CSS: Learning Basic HTML and CSS, CSS challenges, Embedded CSS, Basic HTML and CSS Tutorial, Inline CSS, Develop cascading style sheets, CSS3 Animations
PHP: Simple functions in PHP, Dynamic websites, PHP challenges, Dynamic websites with PHP, Generating a receipt with PHP, Responding to HTML forms with PHP,
JavaScript: An Introduction to Programming with JavaScript, JavaScript Challenges, Getting to know JavaScript events, Getting to know the Document Object Model with JavaScript, JavaScript pen-n-paper activities, Web Programming Intro, Produce basic client side script for dynamic web pages
XML: XML challenges
Databases: Creating Database Tables
Projects: A small website project, A step-by-step web design project, Build a basic web page, Build a small website
Challenges: Web design, HTML, AJAX, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, XML, Information Architecture, Algorithms
Activities: Web design group learning activities, Pen and Paper HTML activities, A Web Design Quiz show, Ordering Tasks for a Web Project, Paired Bio Pages, Scoping a Small Project, Emerging Technologies Research Activities
Project management: An introduction to Project Management, Developing a Client Project
Design: Accessibility, Design Principles for Web Design, Design Suggestions
Testing: Testing Website performance, Website Performance Test Plan
Publishing: Getting Your Site On the Web
Certification and standards: Cert IV Website Qualifications in Australia, Australian Qualifications, Web design qualifications
Professional development: Contribute to personal skill development and learning, Useful Applications, Useful Books, Emerging Technologies, Using the Internet as a Learning Tool
Course meta-information: Web Design, About the web design learning project, New Structure, Sample Timetable