Java Script - A subset of Java used in html to make web
pages with dynamic content, like the menus above.
Most of the Java Script that I have worked with started life as some else's
Java Script.
- I wanted menus that resembled most normal windows applications. I started
with the pulldown menus in Macromedia Fireworks which were derived from
Netscape's original and them made a number of changes to allow pages
to work properly from subdirectories and to make the menus more maintainable.
- I wanted to have a way for selections in drop down lists to execute
searches so that the next selection would be the appropriate sub selection
for the original. I created onChange functions to refresh the page with
the additional selections filled in.
- I created some specialized image map / Java Script code to provide interesting
information about a person in a group photo when you mouse passes over
that person's face.
- I created an assortment of rollover buttons on pages to make the content
more interesting