Writing Computer Code
Table of Contents
COVER
INTRODUCTION
About This Book
About You
About The Icons
The First Step
PROJECT 1: BECOMING A PROGRAMMER
What Is Programming?
Gathering Your Tools
Sharing Your Fiddle
Summary
PROJECT 2: GATHERING THE PARTS TO BUILD YOUR ROBOT
Saying What You Mean
Giving and Receiving Data
Knowing Your Operands and Operators
Summary
PROJECT 3: BUILDING YOUR ROBOT’S BODY
Writing HTML
Introducing Douglas the Robot
Changing HTML Using JavaScript
Summary
PROJECT 4: GIVING YOUR ROBOT STYLE
Giving Douglas Style
Getting the Basics of CSS
Colorizing Douglas
Customizing Your Own Robot
Summary
PROJECT 5: ANIMATING YOUR ROBOT
Changing CSS with JavaScript
Modifying Douglas with JavaScript
Experimenting with Douglas
Making Douglas Dance
Creating Animations with JavaScript
Summary
PROJECT 6: CREATING A JAVASCRIPT WORD GAME
Creating a Variable Story
Creating the Word Replacement Game
Writing the HTML
Styling the Word Game
Writing the JavaScript Code
Finishing the Program
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
Guide
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