Advanced JavaScript 2: Async JS, APIs, Operators, Objects
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Advanced JavaScript 2: Async JS, APIs, Operators, Objects
This course is part of multiple programs.
Instructor: Tom Chant
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What you'll learn
Understand essential object manipulation techniques in JavaScript, including methods, property validation, cloning, and the correct use of this.
Learn to use short-circuiting, nullish coalescing, and optional chaining to write more efficient and error-resistant JavaScript.
Make asynchronous API requests using JavaScript, manage promises, and handle async operations with techniques such as async/await and Promise.all().
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There are 3 modules in this course
This course focuses on enhancing your JavaScript skills by working with asynchronous programming, APIs, logical operators, and objects.
You will learn how to fetch and handle API data using modern techniques such as async/await and promises, efficiently managing multiple asynchronous operations. Additionally, you’ll explore the use of logical operators like ||, &&, and nullish coalescing to write cleaner, more efficient code. The course also covers object manipulation in depth, including working with inbuilt methods, the spread operator, and cloning techniques. Throughout the course, you'll tackle practical coding challenges to solidify your understanding of JavaScript concepts like this binding, short-circuiting, and object method handling.
In this section, you will learn how to make asynchronous API requests using JavaScript, manage promises, and handle asynchronous operations efficiently using modern techniques such as async/await and Promise.all().
What's included
1 assignment23 plugins
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Asynchronous JavaScript and APIs Quiz•30 minutes
23 plugins•Total 92 minutes
- Welcome to interactive lessons!•1 minute
- What is an API?•8 minutes
- Clients & Servers•3 minutes
- Requests & Responses•6 minutes
- JSON Review•5 minutes
- URLs and Endpoints•3 minutes
- Fetching with .then()•5 minutes
- Fetching with .then() Challenge•2 minutes
- Fetching with async/await•4 minutes
- Fetching with async/await Challenge•2 minutes
- Promises•4 minutes
- Handling Rejected Promises•6 minutes
- response.ok•3 minutes
- Taking APIs to the Next Level•5 minutes
- API requests: the body•6 minutes
- The Promise Constructor•5 minutes
- Working with images asynchronously•4 minutes
- Promise Challenge•3 minutes
- Callback Hell•6 minutes
- Using Promises to escape Callback Hell•3 minutes
- Promise.all•2 minutes
- Super challenge: Async Image Load•5 minutes
- Asynchronous JavaScript & APIs Outro•1 minute
In this section, you will learn to use short-circuiting, nullish coalescing, and optional chaining to write more efficient and error-resistant JavaScript.
What's included
1 assignment9 plugins
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Logical Operators and Coalescing Quiz•30 minutes
9 plugins•Total 1 minute
- Logical Operators and Coalescing Intro•1 minute
- Short-circuiting with OR (||)•0 minutes
- Short-circuiting with OR (||) Challenge•0 minutes
- Short-circuiting with AND (&&)•0 minutes
- Short-circuiting with AND (&&) Challenge•0 minutes
- Nullish Coalescing•0 minutes
- Optional Chaining•0 minutes
- Super Challenge Library Software•0 minutes
- Logical Operators & Coalescing Outro•0 minutes
In this section, you will learn essential object manipulation techniques in JavaScript, including methods, property validation, cloning, and the correct use of this.
What's included
1 assignment14 plugins
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- JavaScript Objects Quiz•30 minutes
14 plugins•Total 54 minutes
- Working with Objects intro•1 minute
- Objects and Inbuilt Methods•3 minutes
- Object Methods Challenges 1•4 minutes
- Object Methods Challenge 2•5 minutes
- Object.hasOwn & .hasOwnProperty()•6 minutes
- Assignment by Value/Reference•5 minutes
- Spread Operator (...)•6 minutes
- Spread Operator (...) Challenge•5 minutes
- Object.assign•3 minutes
- structuredClone•2 minutes
- Objects with Methods and "this"•6 minutes
- Binding "this"'•4 minutes
- Binding "this" Challenge'•3 minutes
- Working with Objects outro•1 minute
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