Metric converter

Hello members,i have been given a project to develop a metric converter to certisfy certain conditions using my knowledge of JavaScript/Dreamweaver but being a newbie in this area i dont know if a mistake was made.I thought JavaScript/Dreamweaver was for web designing so is the project valid and could you please give me some guide lines on how to go ahead with it.Thanks

The project would indeed be valid since Dreamweaver also handles the development of Javascript, PHP, CSS, (x)HTML even Flash Actionscript files. But it doesn't actually write the script for you, it just autoprompts as a reminder.
Javascript handles mathematic functions, as does PHP, so they make perfect calculators (especially since the use of if..else functions is apparent in these projects).

If you're looking for conversion, I would first begin by applying a calculator type interface with an HTML form with some fields for inputting values to be converted and a field where the output would be displayed, probably also a drop-down menu for each value (probably only two) which allows the user to select the type of metric measurement to convert from and to.

All of these types of measurements would be assigned to arrays.

I would then create some simple mathematic functions to perform the calculations for me.
Maybe an alert to say that the value given for conversion is invalid, if you're looking to show off.

Hope this helps, don't hesitate to ask if you run into any issues while coding the script.

Thank you very much for your reply it has been really helpful,as of now as far as dreamweaver is concerned we have covered JavaScript, CSS, DHTML,HTML even Flash Actionscript files and others am yet to teach myself but since you said javascript handles mathematic functions then i think i will try to put my best at writing the code and i hope javascript doesnt have to work hand in hand with PHP because i don't know PHP as of now.I will keep updating you on my progress.

Hello here is what am supposed to convert could you please advise me on how to go about the coding am not yet very good with Javascript.Check below.

Develop a metric converter which will satisfy the following
requirements.
1. There should be a separate web page that displays the metric conversion
chart. The chart should include the multiplying factors for the conversion.

Length conversion:
Should include the multiplying factors for following
Inches millimeters
Feet Meters
Yards - Meters
Miles Kilometers

Area conversion
Should include the multiplying factors for following
Square inches Square millimeters
Square feet Square meters
Square yards Square meters
Acres Hectares
Square miles Square kilometers

Volume conversion
Should include the multiplying factors for following
fluid ounces milliliters
gallons liters
cubic feet - cubic meters
cubic yards - cubic meters

Mass conversion
Should include the multiplying factors for following
Ounces grams
Pounds kilograms
short tons (2000 lb) - mega grams (or "metric ton")

Temperature conversion
Fahrenheit Celsius
Celsius Fahrenheit

2. There should be separate web pages for the various conversions, you need to
include the conversions of
a. Area
b. Length
c. Volume
d. Mass
e. Temperature
f. Currency

I haven't been around a while, not really sure how far you've gotten on this, but as far as the first step goes, I'd assume you will need to work out the multiplication factors between all of those metric conversions and display them in a chart.

From there on in, the formula in JavaScript should be simple. Define a few variables for each measurement and then calculate the difference.

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