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Assignments

Assignments will constitute 65% of the course grade. In addition, there will be an Ajax quiz (15%) and a Ruby and Rails quiz (20%); see the schedule for quiz dates.

• The Wiki Assignment - 5%, due M July 9 by midnight
• Craps in JavaScript - 10%, due M July 9 by midnight (Javascript) - see the finished projects
• The Fish Assignment - 10%, due W July 18 (was M July 16) by midnight (Ruby)
• RSS Reader - 10%, due Sunday July 22 by midnight (Ajax)
• Story Writer - 10%, due R July 26 by midnight (Ruby)
• Google Maps Mashup - 10%, due S Aug 4 by midnight (Ajax)
• The Rails Assignment - 10%, due F Aug 10 by midnight (Ruby/Rails)

Ajax Readings (for exam on M Jul 23) - Ajax Study Guide

Please read in Professional Ajax: (~140 pages)

• all of ch 1: "What is Ajax?", pp 1-15
• all of ch 2: "Ajax Basics", pp 17-63
• all of ch 3: "Ajax Patterns", pp 65-97
• skim parts of ch 6:
  • "Cross Browser XML", pp 162-163,
  • "Xpath" (intro), pp 170-top of 172
  • "Intro to XSLT", p 180
• skim part of ch 7: "RSS" and "Atom", pp 193-top of 197
• skim part of ch 8: "JSON", pp 237-272

Also, please read ch. 15-16 in Sams Teach Yourself Ajax in 10 Minutes (scans of which are in Blackboard).

NOTE: By skim, I mean read for ideas, but not necessarily to understand all the code.

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