一、Javascript
1. What is JS
| 定义 | A scripting language used for client-side web development. |
| 作用 | an implementation of the ECMAScript standard defines the syntax/characteristics of the language and a basic set of commonly used objects such as Number, Date supported in browsers supports additional objects(Window, Frame, Form, DOM object) |
| One Java Script? | Different brands and/or different versions of browsers may support different implementations of JavaScript. – They are not fully compatible. – JScript is the Microsoft version of JavaScript. |
2. What can we do with JS
| Create an interactive user interface in a webpage (eg. menu, pop-up alerts, windows) |
| Manipulate web content dynamically – Change the content and style of an element – Replace images on a page without page reload – Hide/Show contents |
| Generate HTML contents on the fly |
| Form validation |
3. The lanuage and features
| Validation | Validating forms before sending to server. |
| Dynamic writing | Client-side language to manipulate all areas of the browser’s display, whereas servlets and PHPs run on server side. |
| Dynamic typing | Interpreted language (interpreter in browser): dynamic typing. |
| Event-handling | Event‐Driven Programming Model: event handlers. |
| Scope and Functions | Heavyweight regular expression capability |
| Arrays and Objects | Functional object‐oriented language with prototypical inheritance (class free), which includes concepts of objects, arrays, prototypes |
4. Interpreting JS
| Commands are interpreted where they are found | – start with tag, then functions in <head> or in separate .js file |
| – static JavaScript is run before is loaded | |
| – output placed in HTML page • [document.write() ... dynamic scripting] • <SCRIPT> tags inside <BODY> |
二、 Validation
<HTML><HEAD><SCRIPT><!--验证表单数据-->function validate(){if (document.forms[0].elements[0].value==“”) {alert(“please enter your email”);<!--alert弹出一个警告框,提示用户输入他们的电子邮件地址-->return false;}return true;}</SCRIPT></HEAD><!--FORM定义了一个表单--><!--method="get":使用GET方法来发送表单数据,将数据附加到URL的查询字符串中--><!--action="someURL":表单数据发送到的目标URL--><!--onSubmit="return validate()":在提交表单时调用函数"validate()"进行验证--><!--如果验证函数返回false,则表单不会被提交--><BODY><FORM method=“get” action=“someURL” onSubmit=“return validate()”><!--文本输入框使用<input>标签创建--><!--type="text":输入框的类型为文本,这个名称将在提交表单时用于标识输入框的值--> <!--name="email":输入框的名称为"email"--><!--placeholder="":显示在输入框内的占位符文本,提示用户输入电子邮件地址--><input type=text name=“email”>enter your email<br><!--提交按钮使用<input>标签创建--><!--type="submit":指定按钮的类型为提交按钮--> <!--value="send":按钮上显示的文本为"send"--><!--用户在文本输入框中输入完电子邮件地址并点击提交按钮时,表单将被提交,并调用函数"validate()"进行验证--><input type=submit value=“send”></FORM></BODY>
</HTML><html><head><script>var greeting=“Hello”;</script></head><body><script><!-- document.write()将带有 magenta 颜色的 "Hello" 和 "world!" 输出到页面中--><!--向页面写入一个 <font> 标签,并设置字体颜色为 magenta-->document.write(“<FONT COLOR=‘magenta’>”);<!--输出换行符 <br> 和文字 "world!"。通过 </FONT> 关闭之前打开的 <font> 标签-->document.write(greeting);document.write(“<br>world!</FONT>”);</script></body>
</html><HTML><HEAD>
<!--type="text/javascript"是 <script> 属性之一,指定嵌入的脚本语言类型,此处为 JavaScript--><SCRIPT type="text/javascript">function updateOrder() {const cakePrice = 1;var noCakes = document.getElementById("cake").value;document.getElementById("total").value = "£" + cakePrice*noCakes;}function placeOrder(form){ form.submit(); }</SCRIPT></HEAD><BODY><FORM method="get" action="someURL"><H3>Cakes Cost £1 each</H3><input type=text name="cakeNo" id="cake"onchange="updateOrder()">enter no. cakes<br><input type=text name="total" id="total">Total Price<br><input type=button value="send" onClick="placeOrder(this.form)"></FORM></BODY>
</HTML>
三、 Dynamic Typing
1. Type is defined by literal value you assign to it

2. Implicit conversion between types
"string1"+"string2" = "string1string2" //string的拼接
10 + "string2"="10string2" //将int类型的10,转换成string
true + "string2" = "truestring2" //将Boolean类型转换为string
.123 + "string2" = ".123string2" //将float类型转换为string
10 + .123 = 10.123 //将int转换为float,进行数值加减
true + .123 = 1.123 //将Boolean类型转换为float,进行数值加减
false + 10 = 10 //将Boolean类型转换为int,进行数值加减
false + true = 1 //进行逻辑运算
a = 1; b = “20”;
c = a + b;//"120"
c = b + a;//"201"
// prefers numeric conversion with minus (and prefers string conversion with +).
c = a + (b-0);//21
// The empty string, forcing conversion into a string
c = a + “”;//"1"
x = 7; y = 4;
sum = x + y;//11
document.writeln(“x + y = ” + sum + “”); //11
document.writeln(“x + y = ” + x+y + “”); //74
document.writeln(“x + y = ” + (x+y) + “”); //括号中的表达式被当作数值相加运算,11
3. Quotes within strings&writeln
| Quotes within strings | document.write(“He said, \"That’s mine\" ”); |
| document.write(‘She said, "No it\'s not" '); | |
| • Beware of splitting over lines | |
| writeln()-new lines (avoid-not expected) | writeln: adds a return character after the text string |
| <br>:get a line break on the page | |
| using headers:document.write(“<H1>Top level header”<H1>); | |
| document.write(‘<br>’): get a line break |
4. Comparison Operators
| == and != do | perform type conversion before comparison “5”==5 is true |
| === and !== | do not perform type conversion “5”===5 is false |
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5. Explicit Conversion Functions
| eval() | takes a string parameter and evaluates it |
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| parseInt() | returns the first integer in a string; if no integer returns NaN. |
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| parseFloat() |
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| isNaN() | returns true if input is not a number |
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| Concatenation issue with using +: implicit string conversion |
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<HTML><HEAD><SCRIPT type="text/javascript">function updateOrder() {const cakePrice = 1;const bunPrice = 0.5;var noCakes = document.getElementById("cake").value;var noBuns = document.getElementById("bun").value;document.getElementById("count").value = parseInt(noCakes, 10)+parseInt(noBuns, 10);document.getElementById("total").value = "£" + (cakePrice*noCakes + bunPrice*noBuns);}function placeOrder(form) { form.submit(); }</SCRIPT></HEAD><BODY><FORM method="get" action="someURL"><H3>Cakes Cost £1 each; Buns 50p each</H3><input type=text name="cakeNo" id="cake" onchange="updateOrder()">enter no. cakes<br><input type=text name="bunNo" id="bun" onchange="updateOrder()">enter no. buns<br><input type=text name="count" id="count">number of units<br><input type=text name="total" id="total">Total Price<br><input type=button value="send" onClick="placeOrder(this.form)"></FORM></BODY>
</HTML>
四、Event-handling
1. Event-Diven Programming
| Event-Diven Programming | Web browser generates an event whenever anything ‘interesting’ occurs. |
| registers an event handler | |
| event handlers | <input type=text name=“phone” ___>enter phone no. |
| focus event … onfocus event handler | |
| blur event … onblur event handler | |
| change event … onchange event handler | |
| user types a char … onkeyup event handler | |
| event handlers as HTML element attributes | <input type=“button” value=“push” onclick=validate()> – Calls validate() function defined in <head> . – Case insensitive (HTML): onClick=validate() . – Can then force form to submit , e.g. document.forms[0].submit(); |
| Main version used in course examples: <form action=“someURL” onSubmit=“return validate()”> // textboxes <input type=“submit” value=“send”> // If onSubmit=validate() [ omit ‘ return ’], this will still send the user input to the server side even if it fails the validation. |
2. Feedback (Forms and JavaScript, Event Handling)
| write the HTML: user guidance, 2 textboxes, button (not ‘submit’) | – name the elements
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| getting the button |
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| Where and How to write JavaScript functions |
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| Global window object |
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3. Dynamic Writing
| Document Object Model & Empty String | • API for HTML and XML documents: -Provides structural representation of a document , so its content and visual presentation can be modified. -Connects web pages to scripts or programming languages. • Navigating to elements and accessing user input: textboxes , textareas ... |
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| focus() and modifying the value |
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| Modifying the HTML page to notify |
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<html><head><script type=“text/javascript”>function validate() {if (document.forms[0].usrname.value==“”) {alert(“please enter name”);document.forms[0].usrname.focus();document.forms[0].usrname.value=“please enter name”;document.getElementById(“a”).innerHTML=“please enter name above”;} }</script></head><body><font face=“arial”><h1>Please enter details</h1><form>Name <input type=“text” name=“usrname”> <br><font color=“red”> <p id="a"> </p></font><font face=“arial”>Email <input type=“text” name=“email”> <br><br><input type=“button” value=“Send” onclick=“validate()”></form></body>
</html> 五、 Arrays and Objects
1. Strings & Intervals
| Useful string functions for validation | if (ph.charAt(i)>=‘A’ && ph.charAt(i) <= ‘Z’) // character at index i of this variable if (ph.length < 9) // the length of this variable if (ph.substring(0, 1) == ‘,’) // substring, could first iterate through user input to extract all non-digits, then use substring to extract area code. if (ph.indexOf('@') == 0) // index of character (charAt ) , emails never start with @ | |
| setInterval() |
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| Handling Delays | setTimeout() | delay before execution |
| setInterval() | interval between execution | |
| clearInterval() | ||
| clearTimeout() | ||
| setTimeout(myFunc(), 1) | delay 1 ms | |
| setTimeout(myFunc(),1000) | delay 1 second | |
| myVar = setInterval(myFunc(), 1000) | ||
| myVar = setInterval(myFunc(), 1000) | ||
2. JavaScript and Functions
| JavaScript functions are objects | can be stored in objects, arrays and variables |
| can be passed as arguments or provided as return values | |
| can have methods (= function stored as property of an object) | |
| can be invoked | |
| call a function | (Local call) directly: var x = square(4); |
| (Callback) in response to something happening: called by the browser, not by developer’s code: events; page update function in Ajax |
3. Arrays and Objects
| Array Literal | list = [“K”, “J”, “S”]; var list = [“K”, 4, “S”]; // mixed array var emptyList = []; | var myArray = new Array(length); // array constructor employee = new Array(3); employee[0] = “K”; employee[1] = “J”; employee[2] = “S”; document.write(employee[0]); |
| new Object() / /A new blank object with no properties or methods. employee = new Object(); employee[0] = “K”; | var a = new Array(); new Array(value0, value1, ...); employee = new Array(“K”, “J”, “S”); document.write(employee[0]); | |
| Sparse Arrays | new Array(); // Length is 0 initially; automatically extends when new elements are initialised. | employee = new Array(); employee[5] = “J”; // length: 6 employee[100] = “R”; //l ength : 101 |
| length is found as employee.length No array bounds errors. | ||
| Associative array or object |
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4. Scope and local functions
html><head><title>Functions </title>
<script>y = 6;function square(x) {var y = x*x; // if didn’t include var, then y is the global yreturn y;}
</script></head>
<body>
<script>document.write(“The square of ” + y + “ is ”);//36document.write(square(y));document.write(“<P>y is ” + y);//6
</script>
</body></html> | JavaScript and Scope | C‐like languages have block scope:declare at first point of use |
| JavaScript has function scope:variables defined within a function are visible everywhere in the function | |
| declare at the start/top of the function body. | |
| Inner functions can access actual parameters and variables (not copies) of their outer functions. |
六、Cookies
| 作用 | allow you to store information between browser sessions, and you can set their expiry date |
| 默认 | browser session |
| 包含 | A name-value pair containing the actual data. |
| An expiry date after which it is no longer valid. | |
| The domain and path of the server it should be sent to. | |
| Storing a cookie in a JavaScript program | document.cookie = “version=” + 4; document.cookie = “version=” + encodeURIComponent(document.lastModified); |
| • Stores the name-value pair for the browser session. • A cookie name cannot include semicolons,commas, or whitespace – Hence the use of encodeURIComponent(value) . – Must remember to decodeURIComponent() when reading the saved cookie. | |
| document.cookie = "version=" + encodeURIComponent(document.lastModified) + " ; max-age=" + (60*60*24*365); | |
| • only the name-value pair is stored in the name-value list associated with document.cookie . • Attributes are stored by the system. |
//A Cookie to remember the number of visits
<html><head><title>How many times have you been here before?</title><script type="text/javascript">expireDate = new Date();expireDate.setMonth(expireDate.getMonth()+6);hitCt = parseInt(cookieVal("pageHit"));hitCt++;document.cookie= "pageHit=" + hitCt + ";expires=" + expireDate.toGMTString();function cookieVal(cookieName) {thisCookie = document.cookie.split("; ");for (i=0; i<thisCookie.length; i++) {if (cookieName == thisCookie[i].split("=")[0])return thisCookie[i].split("=")[1];}return 0;}</script></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><h2><script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript">document.write("You have visited this page " + hitCt + " times.");</script></h2></body>
</html> 七、PROBLEMS WITH USER INPUT
1. A Cautionary Tale: SQL Statements
| Enter phone number to retrieve address | – ' ||'a'='a – No validation |
| Name=value pair, PhoneNumber=‘||’a’=‘a, passed to server | Server side: access/update database information using SQL statements. |
| • SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE phone=‘parameter’ | – SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE phone=‘02078825555’ – SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE phone=‘asdsdaEN3’ – SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE phone=‘ ’||’a’=‘a ’ • i.e. SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE phone=‘’ OR ‘a’=‘a’ |
2. Further Examples of Event Handling
| Buttons | submitting to, e.g. CGI: <INPUT TYPE=“submit” value=“Send”> |
| onClick: <INPUT TYPE=“button” onClick=“doFunc()”> | |
| Text Boxes | <INPUT TYPE=“text” onFocus=“typeText()” onBlur=“typeNothing()”> |
| When the document is first loaded | <BODY οnlοad=doSomething()> or (inside <script> tags): window.οnlοad=“doSomething” |
//First set up array containing help text
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Forms</TITLE><SCRIPT>var helpArray = [“Enter your name in this input box.”,“Enter your email address in this input box, \in the format user@domain.”,“Check this box if you liked our site.”,“In this box, enter any comments you would \like us to read.”,“This button submits the form to the \server-side script”,“This button clears the form”,“This TEXTAREA provides context-sensitive help. \Click on any input field or use the TAB key to \get more information about the input field.”];function helpText(messageNum) {document.myForm.helpBox.value = helpArray[messageNum];}function formSubmit() {window.event.returnValue = false;if (confirm(“Are you sure you want to submit?”))window.event.returnValue = true;// so in this case it now performs the action}function formReset() {window.event.returnValue = false;if (confirm(“Are you sure you want to reset?”))window.event.returnValue = true;}</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY><FORM NAME = “myForm” ONSUBMIT = “formSubmit()”ACTION=http://localhost/cgi-bin/mycgi ONRESET = “return formReset()”>Name: <INPUT TYPE = “text” NAME = “name” ONFOCUS = “helpText(0)” ONBLUR = “helpText(6)”><BR>Email: <INPUT TYPE = “text” NAME = “email” ONFOCUS = “helpText(1)” ONBLUR = “helpText(6)”><BR>Click here if you like this site<INPUT TYPE = “checkbox” NAME = “like” ONFOCUS = “helpText(2)” ONBLUR = “helpText(6)”><BR>Any comments?<BR><TEXTAREA NAME = “comments” ROWS = 5 COLS = 45 ONFOCUS = “helpText(3)” ONBLUR = “helpText(6)”></TEXTAREA><BR><INPUT TYPE = “submit” VALUE = “Submit” ONFOCUS = “helpText(4)” ONBLUR = “helpText(6)”><INPUT TYPE = “reset” VALUE = “Reset” ONFOCUS = “helpText(5)” ONBLUR = “helpText(6)”><TEXTAREA NAME = “helpBox” STYLE = “position: absolute; right:0; top: 0” ROWS = 4 COLS = 45>This TEXTAREA provides context-sensitive help. Click on any input field or use the TAB key to get more information about the input field.</TEXTAREA></FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML> //Element objects & ONLOAD
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Object Model</TITLE><SCRIPT>function start() {alert(pText.innerText);pText.innerText = “Thanks for coming.”;}</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY ONLOAD = “start()”><P ID = “pText”>Welcome to our Web page!</P>//Changes when alert box is clicked.//pText.innerText or document.getElementById(“pText”).innerHTML
</BODY>
</HTML>//More inner text – from Microsoft (Altering Text)
<P ID=oPara>Here's the text that will change.</P>
<BUTTON onclick=“oPara.innerText=‘WOW! It changed!’”>Change text</BUTTON>
<BUTTON onclick=“oPara.innerText=‘And back again’”>Reset</BUTTON>