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INP 271: Class Materials

Textbook

• There are no required textbooks for this class.
• Previous students have found the following two books to be beneficial, in case you want to get them:
  1. DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model
     Jeremy Keith
     friends of ED, 2005
  2. Scriptin' with JavaScript and Ajax: A Designer's Guide
     Charles Wyke-Smith
     New Riders, 2009

Browsers

• Windows users should install the following browsers on their home computer:
  • Internet Explorer 8
  • IE Tester (contains Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7); also download the DebugBar
  • Firefox (latest version)
  • Safari (latest version)
  • Opera (latest version)
  • Chrome (latest version)
• Mac OS X users should install the following browsers on their home computer:
  • Firefox (latest version)
  • Safari (latest version)
  • Opera (latest version)
  • Chrome (latest version)

Additional Downloads

• All coding must be done with a text editor and by hand. Text editors:
  • Notepad2 (for Windows users)
  • Notepad++ (for Windows users)
  • TextWrangler (for Mac users)
• FileZilla or WinSCP (for file transfer)
• Web Developer Extension (for Firefox)
• FireBug Extension (for Firefox)
• JavaScript Debugger (for Firefox)
• Pixel Perfect (for Firefox)

Supplies

• Students should have a USB flash drive for backing up their files.

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