CIT CS Workshop: June 2001 Lab 4	Computer Science Department

Lab Assignment 4

The purpose of this assignment is to

• review concepts from Labs 2 & 3
• introduce you to HTML forms
• introduce you to some JavaScript concepts

Then continue working on your personal Web page

Instructions

• Printing out this page:
  1. Remember to print out this Web page using lp -d flute

• Looking at an HTML survey:
  1. From Netscape, open this page

  2. Go through and answer the questions in this survey
         z9The purpose of the survey will be explained next week)

  3. Over the next few days
         we'll be learning how to make such pages

• Adding forms to your personal Web page:
  1. Look at the sample Forms page

  2. Try to add at least one of these types of forms into your Web page

  3. You may use View/PageSource to see how this page was created

  4. For the time being,
         we will not include any JavaScript in your pages

• Playing with JavaScript:
  1. Take another look at the Examples
         that use forms and JavaScript

  2. In particular, look at the calculator page that squares numbers

  3. Use this example to create a web page that cubes numbers

• Using the Pico editor: (If you did not try this yesterday)
  1. Try editing your Poem file in Pico
       Type pico Poem
         And you should see the poem appear in the same window
           with a list of commands at the bottom

  2. Try playing with the commands to move the cursor
         to find your way around
     • Press Ctrl and E keys together
         to get to the end of the line
     • Press Ctrl and B keys together
         to move back one character
     • Press Ctrl and F keys together
         to move forward one character

  3. Modify your poem in some way
       Then try to save it by pressing the Ctrl and O keys together
     Type in the name you wish to save it as

  4. To exit Pico,
       Press the Ctrl and X keys together

  5. To test that the file was indeed changed,
       type more Poem
         (or whatever you named the file)

• Using telnet: (If you did not try this yesterday)
  1. As a class exercise, bring up a regular window (dterm)
       Type telnet XXX.cs.colostate.edu
         where XXX is the name of the machine next to you in lab
     It should connect and ask for your login/password

  2. After typing in your name and password,
       edit one of your files with Pico in the telnet window
         and save it with a different filename

  3. Do a more of the new version of the file
       in the telnet window to check it out

  4. Then type logout to end your telnet session