Assignment #1: Introduction to JavaScript

• Summary of this assignment: Create an HTML document that displays the names of the continents, using JavaScript. Your displayed list will look something like this:

  The Continents
  
  1. Africa
  2. Antarctica
  3. Asia
  4. Australia
  5. Europe
  6. North America
  7. South America
  

• In the real world, you would probably NOT use JavaScript to put the <li> and </li> tags into your page. The main objective of this assignment is to get you familiar with the <script> tags and to get you comfortable with the FTP process.
  
  
• Detailed list of requirements:
  1. Create an HTML5 page. You can copy and paste the "HTML5 Template" from the "Resources" page in this class site to get started, if you want to.
  2. Put something like "The Continents" into the <title>...</title> tag.
  3. In the body of your page, put an HTML ordered list. (Hint: use the <ol>...</ol> tags.)
  4. Use JavaScript statements to put the list items (<li>...</li> tags) into the page. (Hint: Use document.write() to put the tags and the continent names into your page.)
  5. Create a <noscript> section in your HTML page, which says something like "Your browser does not support JavaScript or JavaScript is disabled."
  6. Save the file as Continents.html.
  
  
• Create an index.html file according to the homework requirements. Add a hypertext link to this index.html file, which displays the html page that you made for this assignment.
  
  Your index.html page can be just about any kind of HTML page that you want. If you need a page to get started with, you might consider making another copy of the "HTML5 Template" from the "Resources" page.
  
  
• Upload your files to your class folder. You will need to use an FTP program to upload the files. You will find some general FTP instructions on a page called "FTP Instructions".
  
  
• Test your pages to make sure they have no errors in them. (You should turn on the display of script errors in your browser!) Here are some instructions on how to turn on JavaScript error messages.