This document will inform about the programming of a computer based learning course module
with the topic preliminary sizing in aircraft design. The module covers the subjects landing,
takeoff, second segment climb and missed approach climb requirements. The whole course is
based on the Internet document type HyperText Markup Language, its additional programming
language JavaScript and the design property Cascading Style Sheets. Portrayed are special
features of dynamic HTML, most important features of the JavaScript program and possibilities
of corporate design with Cascading Style Sheets. The connections between them and
HTML will be described; pros and cons are presented. Especially the features to compose a
document more interactively, user-specialized and dynamic are described in detail and recommendations
for a learning course are given. The latest documentation of JavaScript published
by the Netscape Communications Corporation and its counterpart JScript published by the
Microsoft Corporation were used. Further, parts of the newer HTML 4.0 recommendations
from the World Wide Web Consortium are described, which sets important standards in the
growing business 'Internet'. The clear explanations of the JavaScript source code are presented
with the programmed learning course, like the calculation of parameters in the sizing process
of an aircraft. For example, one of the topics is the query of values given by the user via text
fields, checkboxes and radio buttons and the control of its validity. Further, the storage - possibility
with the cookie function is explained; usage and facts about its security are presented.
The described multimedia course on a CD-ROM is attached to the printed thesis.
