Course Information
Course Overview
JavaScript is a powerful and versatile scripting language used in web applications, games, asynchronous coding, and more
JavaScript is a powerful and versatile scripting language used in web applications, games, asynchronous coding, and more. Students will learn how this language can enhance a web page, allowing additional interactivity and more precise control of page elements. Students will also learn how JavaScript can be used to validate web forms and how to script for the DOM in an effort to manipulate web page elements. More advanced techniques used in creating a website and making the content more dynamic will also be taught as well as how to use JavaScript in a variety of ways from building simple games to simple financial applications.
Course Content
- 10 section(s)
- 163 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction to Web Development and JavaScript
- Section 2 JavaScript Essentials
- Section 3 Control Statements
- Section 4 Introduction to Functions
- Section 5 The Event Model
- Section 6 Arrays and Web Storage
- Section 7 The Browser Object Model (BOM)
- Section 8 DOM Scripting
- Section 9 Strings and Regular Expressions
- Section 10 Numbers, Math, and Dates
What You’ll Learn
- Define what JavaScript is and how to install the necessary software including Brackets
- Understand the fundamentals of the JavaScript language
- Work with control statements including loops and conditional logic
- Break out code into reusable functions
- Work with strings, numbers, dates, and times
- Use data structures such as arrays
- Learn about the DOM, DOM Scripting, and the JavaScript event model
- Validate data input within HTML forms using regular expressions
- Understand the fundamentals of object-oriented programming and how it applies to JavaScript
- Work with XML and JSON data using the XmlHttpRequest object
- Handle errors and debug JavaScript code
Reviews
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AAlistair Thomson
Just the right level I needed
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MMeghan LaVay
This course is great! The content is presented clearly and is easy to understand. I learned a lot and as I beginner, I found it to be the perfect introduction to JavaScript.
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DDevon Geissler
This is a great course from a great instructor! He takes a "no stone unturned" approach leaving no gaps in the student's knowledge. Good for any level of developer!
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AAlfiia Osipova
From this course, you will find all the necessary information regarding JavaScript. It is well structured and with great examples at the end of each section. Highly recommend!