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Week 6

Hi all! We're starting on Javascript this week. I'm pretty excited about it actually. Javascript adds a lot of programming-style elements to website development. Variables can be used and items can be programmed to add functionality to your website. For one of the other weeks, we had our slideshow project and the code I borrowed for that relied on some javascript. Here's a sample from that: <script> var slideIndex = 0; showSlides(); function showSlides() {     var i;     var slides = document.getElementsByClassName("mySlides");     var dots = document.getElementsByClassName("dot");     for (i = 0; i < slides.length; i++) {        slides[i].style.display = "none";      }     slideIndex++;     if (slideIndex > slides.length) {slideIndex = 1}        for (i = 0; i < dots.length; i++) {         dots[i].className = dots[i].classNa...

Week 5

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There it is...a lot of work and I'm glad to have it done. For this week's lab, we worked on building a website with input components. This involved things like buttons, radio buttons, and text fields. This was probably the first lab I've worked on that made me feel like I was building something truly functional and interactive. By the time I was finished, I felt like I was working with a website like the ones I would visit. It's a good feeling. I hope everyone else has had a good experience with their labs, too. Good luck to you all!