Midterm Study Guide

To Get partial credit on the exam: Comment your code !

Question Types:

Write code that does X

Find all the errors in sample code

You don't get penalized for incorrect "errors"

Tell me what this code does/prints/etc

Question Topics:

• HTML: Basic stuff we need to do JavaScript

  • TABLE

  • SCRIPT Tag

• Debugging

  • 3 methods

    • WebDeveloper

  • any others you've found

  • external files

• Document.write

  • newlines - JavaScript ("\n") vs. HTML ("<BR>")

• Alert, prompt

• switch

• for loops

• while loops

• if, if...else

• 'accumulator' pattern

• functions

  • parameters

  • returning values

  • local vs. global variables

  • toString

• Operators

  • all operators covered in class

  • logical operators = and, or, not

  • modulus ( % )

  • --, ++ - which side?

• Arrays

  • Basic (Java-style) usage

  • built-in methods

•  Objects

  • data fields

  • methods

  • toString

  • for...in

  • arrays of objects

  • an object with an array as a property (data field)

• Event Handlers: onClick, onMouseOver

NOT ON THE EXAM:

• Navigator object

• Document object

• Laundry list of event handlers

"Vocabulary questions" (e.g., define what encapsulation is)

o       You are expected to know what the words mean, though J

Disclaimer: This is a suggested list of topics that you might focus on.  The presence of an item on this list does not guarantee that it will be on the midterm exam.  Likewise, the absence of a topic from the list does not guarantee that the topic will be absent from the exam.  The exam will cover everything that has been covered in this class (in lecture, in the reading, and in the in-class exercises), and may draw upon topics from any pre-requisite classes as well.