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When we began designing this project, we tried to use a wide range of technology: tables, graphics, Java, JavaScript, CGI/Perl, audio components, visual components, animation, etc. As a result, the technology on our page represents most of the technology available for educational Internet pages. Although we tried to allow for compatibility with older browsers, some of our features can be viewed only on version 2.0 or higher of Netscape or on an equivalent version of Microsoft Internet Explorer.

STATIC CONTENT
Basic HTML Editing:

SOFTWARE: Microsoft FrontPage Editor Simple enough even for non-programmers, this powerful program simplified the task of writing and keeping track of a hypertext document.

 

USE: We used Microsoft FrontPage Editor to develop most of our pages. It was invaluable in connecting other programs to our pages.

Graphic Design:

SOFTWARE: Aldus Photostyler and Corel PhotoPaint

 

USE: We used these two powerful and similar photoediting programs to create and manipulate scanned images.

INTERACTIVITY
JavaScript:

LANGUAGE: JavaScript

 

DESCRIPTION OF LANGUAGE: JavaScript is an object-based scripting language developed by Netscape. The actual programming is done inside a comment in the HTML file.

 

USE: We used JavaScript to develop our non-graphical Financial Goals Calculator. We used this language rather than CGI scripting, our original choice, because we felt that JavaScript would expand the range of technology represented on our pages.

Java:

SOFTWARE: Symantec Café

 

DESCRIPTION OF LANGUAGE: Java is another object-oriented language resembling C++ in terms of declaration, inheritance, and such. Its code is precompiled and exists separately from the HTML file.

 

USE: We used Java to program our graphical Financial Goals Calculator. We chose this language because it was the only one which offered two-dimensional, interactive graphics. The Ticker on our home page is also written in Java.

CGI Perl Scripting:

LANGUAGE: Perl5

  

USE: We used Perl to program the Financial Knowledge Quiz, the Investing GuestBook, the Counter, the Investors' Bulletin Board, and the E-Mail Collaboration Page.

MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE
Animated GIFs:

SOFTWARE: Alchemy GIF Construction Set

 

USE: We used Alchemy GIF Construction Set to animate several spots in our pages, such as the illustration of the penny becoming a pot of gold on our Concepts of Investing page.

RealAudio:

REQUIRED PROGRAMS: RealAudio player (download link provided by our site)

 

USE: We used the RealAudio player to link viewers with a RealAudio "CD player" interface, which provides an uninterrupted playing of a broadcast, such as the ABC Radio Business News or the Dow Jones Investor Network.

Quicktime Video:

REQUIRED PROGRAMS: Quicktime Video player (download link provided by our site)

 

USE: We used the Quicktime Video Player to link viewers with the Dow Jones Investor Network's collection of Quicktime financial and business videos.

References:

Programming

1. HTML Editors
   
   1. Wes Tatters. Teach Yourself Netscape 2 Web Publishing in a Week.
      Indiana: Sams Net, 1996.
   2. Laura Lemay. Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in a Week.
      Indiana: Sams Publishing, 1995
   3. Microsoft FrontPage 1.1
      
2. JavaScript
   
   1. Laura Lemay and Charles L. Perkins. Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days.
      Indiana: Sams Net, 1996.
      
3. Java
   
   1. Neal Bartlett, Alex Leslie, and Steve Simkin. Java Programming Explorer
      Arizona: Coriolis Group Books, 1996.
   2. Arthur van Hoff, Sami Shaio, and Orca Starbuck. Hooked on Java.
      Massachusetts: Addison Wesley Developers Press, 1996.
   3. Jerry R. Jackson and Alan L. McClellan. Java By Example (Sun).
      California: Prentice Hall, 1996.
   4. Laura Lemay and Charles L. Perkins. Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days.
      Indiana: Sams Net, 1996.
   5. Peter van der Linden. Just Java (Sun)
      California: Prentice Hall, 1996.
      
4. Perl
   
   1. David Till. Teach Yourself Perl 5 in 21 Days
      Indiana: Sams Publishing, 1996.
   2. Jeffry Dwight and Michael Erwin. Using CGI
      Indiana: QUE, 1996.
   3. Wall, Christiansen, and Schwartz. Peogramming Perl: Second Edition.
      California: O'Reilly, 1995.
      

Investment Books

1. Peter Lynch
   
   1. Peter Lynch, with John Rothchild. Learn to Earn
      New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
   2. Peter Lynch, with John Rothchild. Beating the Street
      New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
   3. Peter Lynch, with John Rothchild. One Up on Wall Street.
      New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
      
2. Warren Buffett
   
   1. Robert G. Hagstrom, Jr. The Warren Buffett Way.
      New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1994.
   2. Roger Lowenstein. Buffett.
      New York: Random House, 1995.
      
3. The Value Line Investment Survey
   220 East 42nd Street
   New York, NY 10017
   (212-907-1500)
   
4. Jeremy J. Siegel. Stocks For the Long Run.
   Illinois: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1994.

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