HELP! * GREY=local LOCAL HTML version of Foils prepared 24 March 1996 Foil 11 Possible Uses of JavaScript in Education
From Web Technologies for Education Master Presentation Workshop on Education and Training Technology -- NIST -- 25 March 1996. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color GIF
- There are some cases where JavaScript is a rapid prototyping alternative to Java (Java can in principle do anything!)
- Current use (demonstrated in WebWisdom) is for customized display's of information where base information, simulations, audio(video), and indices can be linked in a friendly fashion.
- Syracuse is extending to a set of WebTools (originally developed as Server CGI scripts) with which you can build customized front-ends with user defined configurations choosing between type of access (administrator and naive user would be different) and display capabilities (resolution, color) of terminal
- Note client side and so fast even though interpreted
- However does not yet have (but needs) text processing capabilities of Perl
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