EWT Class1 Standards and Proposals

Web Standards

• XHTML([1.1])([2]),
• HTML([4.01])([5)
• ECMAScrip http://www.ecmascript.org/ JS1 http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm

JS2 ECMA TC39 TG1 http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/

Disussion

Open Web vs. Light-Silver Flashy Stuff

Proposed topics

AJAX

• jQuery
• Prototype Javascript Framework
• script.aculo.us
• Dojo Toolkit
• ASP.NET AJAX

APIs

• Google Gadgets
• Google Maps API
• JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)

Plugins

• Google Gears
• Microsoft Silverlight
• Tamarin
• Flash/Flex

Links

• Pageflakes
• http://developer.mozilla.org/presentations/eich-ajax-experience-2007/photos.svg
• http://developer.mozilla.org/presentations/eich-ajax-experience-2007/
• Chess implemented in Silverlight

Home work

Create a folder inside of you pub folder called 'EWT'. Create an index file in the folder. You'll be responsible for linking all of you projects and assignments from the page.

Choose one of the above topics and create a web page introduction to that technology. The introduction should answer the following ?'s

• What is the new technology?
• What does the new technology fix/replace?
• What should I use the new technology?
• Do you think that this technology has staying power?