JavaScript Programming Essentials
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JavaScript Programming Essentials
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What you'll learn
Describe JavaScript development concepts, list ES6 features, outline data structures, and explore arrays, DOM, AJAX, and debugging techniques.
Explore handling errors and exceptions, functions and events, apply string manipulation and error-handing techniques, and traverse the DOM.
Compare functions, values, reference types, and strategies in promises and async/await, and discuss modifying the appearance of DOM elements.
Employ JavaScript functions, services, tools, and libraries to create and style navigation and pages, and AJAX to fetch and display data from APIs.
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There are 5 modules in this course
JavaScript has become the most popular programming language amongst software developers. This JavaScript essentials course is designed for anyone interested in a software engineering career as a web, mobile, front-end, back-end or full stack developer.
You’ll start with JavaScript basics, covering fundamental concepts and ECMAScript 6 features. You’ll also explore key data structures, including arrays, DOM, AJAX, and effective debugging techniques. Next, you will focus on honing your error handling and DOM manipulation skills. You’ll explore handling errors and exceptions in JavaScript, become proficient in working with functions and events, apply string manipulation techniques, and learn to traverse and manipulate the DOM to create dynamic web pages. You’ll use JavaScript functions, tools, and libraries to create and style navigation and pages and utilize AJAX to fetch and display data from APIs. Throughout this course, we will provide step-by-step instructional guidance through videos followed by hands-on labs to practice what you learn. You will also complete a final project to showcase your newly acquired JavaScript programming skills and build a dynamic website. This course is for JavaScript beginners and assumes a basic working knowledge of HTML, CSS and Git.
In this module, you will learn about introductory JavaScript development concepts. You will learn the basics of software development, including the evolution of JavaScript with ES6, which standardized the JavaScript language. You will explore variables and data types in JavaScript. You will acquire an understanding of operators and expressions with the help of examples. You will study different types of functions and concepts, such as closure and hoisting. You will get oriented to ECMAScript. Finally, you will learn about events in JavaScript and their triggers to make dynamic web pages.
What's included
11 videos2 readings3 assignments6 app items3 plugins
11 videos•Total 60 minutes
- Course Introduction•4 minutes
- Introduction to Development Concepts•7 minutes
- Introduction to JavaScript and ES6•6 minutes
- Data Types and Variables•5 minutes
- Operators and Expressions•4 minutes
- Control Flow and Conditional Statements•4 minutes
- Looping and Iteration•6 minutes
- Introduction to Functions and Types of Functions•6 minutes
- ECMAScript Function Syntax and Return Statement•7 minutes
- Function Closure and Function Hoisting•5 minutes
- Events in JavaScript•5 minutes
2 readings•Total 5 minutes
- Course Syllabus and Prerequisites•3 minutes
- Module 1 Summary: Introduction to JavaScript Development•2 minutes
3 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- Module 1 Graded Quiz: Introduction to JavaScript Development•20 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Introduction to JavaScript•10 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Introduction to JavaScript Functions and Events•10 minutes
6 app items•Total 90 minutes
- Lab: Setting Up the Git Environment•15 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Working with Variables and Their Scope•15 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Implementing Control Flow and Conditional Statements•15 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Writing Your First Javascript Function•15 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Develop Followers Count Milestone Alerts Using Functions•15 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Develop Product Feedback Survey Form Using Events•15 minutes
3 plugins•Total 16 minutes
- Helpful Tips for Course Completion•2 minutes
- Reading: Introduction to addEventListener •8 minutes
- Module 1 Cheatsheet: Introduction to JavaScript Development•6 minutes
In this module, you will learn about arrays and objects. You will first acquire a strong understanding of arrays and gain practical skills in creating, manipulating, and iterating arrays. You will learn about various JavaScript array methods and explore two-dimensional arrays. Additionally, you will gain a clear understanding of classes and objects in JavaScript and learn about accessing object properties. You’ll explore various string manipulation techniques and recognize the importance of the math object in JavaScript and the use of date objects.
What's included
8 videos1 reading3 assignments4 app items1 plugin
8 videos•Total 49 minutes
- Introduction to Arrays•5 minutes
- Manipulating and Iterating Arrays•6 minutes
- Array Methods•7 minutes
- Working with Two-Dimensional Arrays •5 minutes
- Classes and Objects in JavaScript•5 minutes
- Accessing Object Properties•7 minutes
- Introduction to String and String Manipulation•7 minutes
- Introduction to Math and Date Objects •7 minutes
1 reading•Total 1 minute
- Module 2 Summary: Arrays and Objects in JavaScript•1 minute
3 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- Module 2 Graded Quiz: Arrays and Objects in JavaScript•20 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Introduction to Arrays in JavaScript•10 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Introduction to Objects and Strings in JavaScript•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 120 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Working with Array Iteration for Restaurant Menu List•30 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Display Employee Information Using Array Methods•30 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Develop an Application to Create Book Management System using Objects•30 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Create Text Analysis Tool for Speed Testing Using String Manipulations•30 minutes
1 plugin•Total 10 minutes
- Module 2 Cheatsheet: Arrays and Objects in JavaScript•10 minutes
In this module, you will learn about debugging techniques and tools in JavaScript. In lesson 1, you will explore more about the Try-catch block as a debugging tool. You will get oriented to the working of the DOM and its various nodes. You will study various methods to access and manipulate DOM elements. In lesson 2, you will learn key components of the Browser Object Model (BOM) and how to use them in an HTML file. Next, you will understand different traversing methods and techniques using examples. You also learn how to style the DOM to change its visual representation.
What's included
6 videos1 reading3 assignments3 app items3 plugins
6 videos•Total 41 minutes
- Introduction to Debugging in JavaScript•6 minutes
- Introduction to the Document Object Model (DOM) •8 minutes
- Manipulating DOM Elements •7 minutes
- Introduction to Browser Object Model (BOM)•6 minutes
- Traversing the DOM •6 minutes
- Styling DOM Elements•6 minutes
1 reading•Total 2 minutes
- Module 3 Summary: Working with DOM in JavaScript•2 minutes
3 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- Module 3 Graded Quiz: Working with DOM in JavaScript•20 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Working with DOM •10 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Traversing and Styling of DOM •10 minutes
3 app items•Total 90 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Debug a JavaScript Application in Chrome Dev Tools•30 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Create a To-Do List Using JavaScript•30 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Develop Colorful Memory Match Game Using JavaScript DOM•30 minutes
3 plugins•Total 21 minutes
- Reading: DOM Manipulation Methods•11 minutes
- Reading: JavaScript and Browser Support•5 minutes
- Module 3 Cheatsheet: Working with DOM in JavaScript•5 minutes
In this module, you will learn the importance of JavaScript Object Notion (JSON) in data interchange. In lesson 1, you will also be able to differentiate between JSON and object. You will understand asynchronous and synchronous programming using examples. You will also learn the key difference between asynchronous and synchronous programming. You will explore the history and evolution of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX). You will acquire knowledge of best practices to implement AJAX in development. You will also learn the features and functionalities of XMLHttpRequest with examples. In lesson 2, you will learn callbacks using an example. You will also learn about promises, their three states, syntax, and advantages. You will explore the characteristics of fetch API and its different methods to interact with data on web resources. You will also learn about Axios and its syntax using an example. You will be able to differentiate between Axios and fetch API.
What's included
7 videos1 reading3 assignments2 app items3 plugins
7 videos•Total 41 minutes
- Introduction to JSON •7 minutes
- Introduction to Async and Sync Execution •6 minutes
- Introduction to AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) •6 minutes
- Http Requests with XMLHttpRequest (XHR)•5 minutes
- Understanding Promises for API •7 minutes
- Understanding the fetch() API•5 minutes
- Introduction to Axios•6 minutes
1 reading•Total 2 minutes
- Module 4 Summary: JavaScript Async•2 minutes
3 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- Module 4 Graded Quiz: JavaScript Async•20 minutes
- Practice Quiz: JavaScript Async and HTTP Requests•10 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Asynchronous Data Retrieval Techniques•10 minutes
2 app items•Total 90 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Develop an Application to Fetch Health Articles using XMLHttpRequest•30 minutes
- Hands-on-Lab:Hands-on Lab: Call API to Fetch Weather Data Using fetch•60 minutes
3 plugins•Total 33 minutes
- How to Design a JSON Schema to Define the Structure of a JSON Object•15 minutes
- Reading: About npm /cdn to Get Axios•15 minutes
- Module 4 Cheatsheet: JavaScript Async•3 minutes
What's included
1 video2 readings1 peer review3 app items2 plugins
1 video•Total 4 minutes
- Project Overview•4 minutes
2 readings•Total 13 minutes
- Congratulations and Next Steps•3 minutes
- Thanks from the Course Team•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 30 minutes
- Option 2: Peer Review Submission and Evaluation•30 minutes
3 app items•Total 190 minutes
- Practice Project - Develop an Application for Healthcare Census•60 minutes
- Final Project•100 minutes
- Option 1: Final Project Submission and Evaluation•30 minutes
2 plugins•Total 20 minutes
- Final Project: Overview and Grading Criteria•10 minutes
- Course Glossary•10 minutes
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