COP2500 HTML TIPS

<html> </html> : tags that start and end each document (required).

<head> </head> : tags that start and end the header (required).

<title> </title> : tags that start and end the document title (required).

<body> </body> : tags that start and end the visible portion of your web page (required).

<script language="JavaScript"> </script> : tags that start and end your JavaScript code.

<b> </b> : tags that start and end bold font.

<i> </i> : tags that start and end italic font.

<center> </center> : tags that start and end centered text.

<h1> </h1> : tags that start and end standard font sizes (h1 - h7).

<br> : line break.

<p> : new paragraph.

<hr> : horizontal rule.


document.write(); JavaScript standard output function.

Math.round(): JavaScript standard rounding function.

Math.random(): JavaScript standard random number generator. It will produce a random number between 0 and 1.

Math.round(100 * Math.random()): This is how you compose the two previous functions to create a line of JavaScript that will result in random integers between 0 and 100.


This section provides a template to convert pseudo-code IF-THEN-ELSE blocks and DO-LOOPS to JavaScript:
Pseudo-Code JavaScript
IF (predicate) THEN
Basic block if predicate is true.
ELSE
Basic block if predicate is false.
ENDIF
if (predicate)
{ Basic block if predicate is true. }
else
{ Basic block if predicate is false. }
FOR i = 0 to 9 DO
loop body.
DOEND
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{ Loop body. }