JavaScript:
Characteristics and Advantages
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4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Energy
Metabolism</title>
<meta name="author"
content="David P Leader">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<meta name="acknowledgement"
content="Design based on page by Felix Engel">
<style type = "text/css">@import
url("sixb.css");</style>
<style type = "text/css">
body{height:
540px;}
#main{height:
310px;}
</style>
<style type = "text/css">@import
url("print6b.css") print;</style>
<script src="sixb.js"
type="text/javascript"></script>
<script
type="text/javascript">
// Copyright DP Leader 2005.
// May be used freely provided acknowledgement
of authorship is included.
// arrays of volumes and concentrations
totalVol
= new Array(1200, 1500, 1800, 2400, 3000);
stockConc
= new Array(50, 60, 75, 100, 150);
finalConc=
new Array(5, 10, 15, 20, 25);
//number of items
var
max = 5;
// Generate the js random number
{
var
ranNum = Math.floor(Math.random()*(max));
return
ranNum;
}
•Resides in HTML page
–Doesn’t require plugin or additional
software
–Can be edited directly
•Maths and Web
capabilities
–Answers can be checked on
the fly
–Page can be updated
dynamically
•Independent of Server
–Can be packaged as off-line
application
–Easier to integrate into
Moodle