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W13 // SELECTS, TEXTAREAS, COMPLETE FORMS

NOV 11 · Ch 6 Sec 6-8 · DUE: Assignment 6 (complete form)

This week's deckPPTX

// RUN OF SHOW (8:45-10:15)
8:45

Stand-up: last week's deliverable graded, questions answered

9:00

This week's presentation

9:20

At the keyboard: guided type-along

9:45

Build time: assignment or project work

10:10

Close: commit, push, and preview next week's reading

// THE POINT THIS WEEK
Dropdowns. File inputs and textareas. Assembling a complete labeled form.
// TALKING POINTS
Finishing a form
  • select and option build dropdowns; textarea takes paragraphs
  • required, placeholder, and value shape the conversation before JS exists
  • A complete form reads like a good interview: clear questions, easy answers
Forms meet the query string
  • Every named input becomes name=value in the submitted URL
  • This is week 5's URL anatomy, now writing itself
  • Next semester JavaScript will read these inputs live, without submitting at all
> TREASURE HUNT WEEK

The Form Forger opens today: student door · foreman key. Badge N. Run it in the build block or assign as the week's warm-down.

// LINKS