About Dynamic Web Fundamentals (WDD131)

Course Overview

This course builds on prior experience in Web Fundamentals and programming. Students will learn how to create dynamic websites that use JavaScript to respond to events, update content, and create responsive user experiences.

Course Outcomes

Develop Valid HTML and CSS that follow best practices.

Demonstrate proficiency with JavaScript language syntax.

Use JavaScript to respond to events and dynamically modify HTML.

Develop responsive web pages.

Work effectively with others by communicating clearly, collaborating as a team member, fulfilling assignments, and meeting deadlines.

Course Summary

Instructor

David Farnsworth

If there is one thing you should know about me it is that I absolutely love learning new things. For me, it feels so exciting to learn something new, something true, that my natural inclination is to share it with everyone. I consistently, challenge myself and my perceptions to discover truth. This habit has greatly enriched my life, mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually, and socially.

After my mission to Raliegh North Carolina, I returned to BYU, and met my wife Kristin as we both taught the same class of missionaries at the MTC. After receiving my BS in Business Management, Kristin and I and our 13 month old Rebecca moved to Mesa Arizona, Kristin’s home town.

My first career experience allowed me to rapidly gain experience leading business software implementation and exposed me to the wonders of web application development. My second child Allyse was born. Two years into my career, I stepped down from my executive project management position to accept a Jr software developer position with responsibility for the enterprise business software that ran our small professional employer business. In the wake of the economic devastation of 9/11 our small business finally closed its doors in the spring of 2003 and my new full time job, was looking for one.

My impressive although shallow resume, allowed me to secure many interviews in business, and technology, however when it got down to the final round, someone else was always chosen. During this difficult and miraculous time, I started pursuing a Masters degree, accepted a position as an Academic Counselor with University of Phoenix Online, became a Purchasing Assistant for a Residential Homebuilder and started two LLC’s Signature Creations LLC and Orbsi Services LLC. I had pretty much given up on working in the software engineering industry when I got a call, interview and job offer for a Solution Developer position with Axciom corporation. I felt less than enthused with the offer as it was not the area of technology I was interested in, but it was a technology position. I accepted the position, continued to work on my Master’s in Information Systems Engineering degree and became the father of our 3rd child Nathan. I volunteered to manage an enterprise Java application that no one else on our team wanted and worked my way into leading a small Java web application development project.

This project prepared me to accept a mid-level java developer position with a team tasked with migrating az.gov Links to an external site. from IBM to NIC Arizona. I suspected it would be super intense and give me the software development experience I longed for and boy, was I right. I was having the time of my professional life and finished my Master’s degree. These experiences let me work on a number of other cool projects in different industries, including geospatial, education, mobile advertising, and back to finance. My most notable career contribution to date came as an Enterprise Software Engineer on the team that made the first dollar transfer from one mobile phone to another over the Zelle network. I enjoy mindfulness, meditation, ballroom dancing, reading, martial arts, hiking, camping and spending time with my family.

Syllabus

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