Visual InterDev 6
This series is designed to introduce users to the Visual InterDev web-based application development environment. The basics of Visual InterDev are discussed, including views and controls, database interaction, and client and server directory structures. Implementation of HTML elements is discussed in detail, including using dynamic HTML and scripting to add interactive content. This series also covers how to use Java, ActiveX, and database connections within a Web site, using Query Designer to retrieve and update data, and using active server objects, design-time controls, scriptlets, and the document object model. The series provides information on testing a debugging a Visual InterDev program, site management strategies, and effective site layout and design.
This series is for web programmers who are interested in learning about the Visual InterDev web-based application development environment. This online course contains 9 lessons and should take approximately 30 hours to complete.
Learning the Basics
This course introduces users to the Visual InterDev interface and application creation At the end of this course, users will create a new Web project and add HTML pages and teaches you how to use the Visual InterDev views and controls, explain how Visual InterDev interacts with databases, describe Visual InterDev's client and server directory structures, and create a simple Web application using Visual InterDev.
Using HTML
This course presents the visual Web development environment This course shows how to insert, position, and set properties for HTML elements and script objects using InterDev's editing and outline tools, including the Cascading Style Sheets editor It also introduces the scripting statement completion feature and teaches you how to add controls, text and HTML objects to a Web page, format, position and set properties for text and HTML objects, use the Design view, Source view and Quick View interfaces, use the Document Outline and Script Outline windows, add tabs to the Toolbox and save code scraps, insert bookmarks (anchors) and other hyperlinks, explain the difference between inline and absolute positioning, group objects into DIV and SPAN container elements, and add style sheets to an HTML page using the CSS editor.
Dynamic Content
This course explains how to use dynamic HTML and scripting to add interactive content to Web pages and teaches you how to develop client-side script, apply server-side script, use Dynamic HTML, and create Active Server Pages.
Objects and Databases
This course introduces the use of Java, ActiveX, and database connections within a web site and teaches you how to compare and contrast Java applets and ActiveX controls, insert ActiveX controls into a Visual InterDev project, connect a Visual InterDev project to a database, build SQL statements with the Query Designer, and explain the ActiveX Data Object and its relationship to Visual InterDev.
Database Interaction
This course explains how to use the Query Designer to retrieve and update information in the database and teaches you how to create queries, change join types, sort and Filter data, and modify database contents.
Active Server Pages
This course introduces the active server object and explains how to use active server objects and teaches you how to explain the active server object model, and use active server objects to create dynamic web pages.
Controls and Scripts
This course explains design-time controls, scriptlets and the document object model and teaches you how to explain and use design-time controls, use design-time controls with databases, explain the document object model, and use scriptlets.
Testing and Debugging
This course introduces the tools for debugging applications and teaches you how to describe different types of errors, work with breakpoints, debug scripts and variables, use various Debug windows, and manage error-handling routines.
Management and Design
This course introduces the management of work and the design of user interfaces for web sites and teaches you how to use the link view for site management, repair links, design sites with future enhancements in mind, design a web site effectively, use the site designer for web site management, and create effective site navigation and layout.