Introduction to JavaScript Training

Name: Introduction to JavaScript Training
Rating: 4.5 (123 reviews)

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In this JavaScript training course, students learn to use JavaScript effectively to make their web pages more dynamic and functional and to reduce the number of roundtrips to the server.

Goals

Learn how JavaScript is used.
Learn JavaScript syntax.
Learn about objects, methods, and properties.
Learn to work with JavaScript variables.
Learn to create your own functions in JavaScript.
Learn to write flow control logic in JavaScript.
Learn to listen for and handle events, such as mouse clicks and page loads, with JavaScript.
Learn to modify HTML on the fly with JavaScript.
Learn to modify CSS on the fly with JavaScript.
Learn to handle and prevent JavaScript errors.

Outline

JavaScript Basics
1. The Name "JavaScript"
2. What is ECMAScript?
3. The HTML DOM
4. JavaScript Syntax
5. Accessing Elements
  1. Dot Notation
  2. Square Bracket Notation
6. Where Is JavaScript Code Written?
7. JavaScript Objects, Methods and Properties
Variables, Arrays, and Operators
1. JavaScript Variables
  1. A Loosely-Typed Language
  2. Google Chrome DevTools
  3. Variable Naming
  4. Storing User-Entered Data
2. Constants
3. Arrays
  1. Associative Arrays
  2. Array Properties and Methods
4. Playing with Array Methods
5. JavaScript Operators
6. The Modulus Operator
7. The Default Operator
JavaScript Functions
1. Global Objects and Functions
  1. parseFloat(object)
  2. parseInt(object)
  3. isNaN(object)
2. User-defined Functions
  1. Function Syntax
  2. Passing Values to Functions
3. Returning Values from Functions
Built-In JavaScript Objects
1. String
2. Math
3. Date
4. Helper Functions
Conditionals and Loops
1. Conditionals
2. if - else if - else Conditions
3. Short-circuiting
4. Switch / Case
5. Ternary Operator
6. Truthy and Falsy
7. Loops
  1. while Loop Syntax
  2. do while Loop Syntax
  3. for Loop Syntax
  4. for of Loop Syntax
  5. for in Loop Syntax
8. break and continue
9. Array: forEach()
Event Handlers and Listeners
1. On-Event Handlers
  1. The getElementById() Method
2. The addEventListener() Method
3. Capturing Key Events
4. Benefits of Event Listeners
5. Timers
The HTML Document Object Model
1. CSS Selectors
  1. Type Selectors
  2. Descendant Selectors
  3. Child Selectors
  4. Class Selectors
  5. ID Selectors
  6. Attribute Selectors
2. The innerHTML Property
3. Nodes, NodeLists, and HTMLCollections
4. Accessing Element Nodes
  1. getElementById()
  2. getElementsByTagName()
  3. getElementsByClassName()
  4. querySelectorAll() and querySelector()
5. Dot Notation and Square Bracket Notation
6. Collections of Elements
7. window is Implicit
8. Accessing Elements Hierarchically
9. Accessing Attributes
10. Creating New Nodes
11. Focusing on a Field
12. Shopping List Application
13. Manipulating Tables
CSS Object Model
1. Changing CSS with JavaScript
2. The style Property vs getComputedStyle()
3. Hiding and Showing Elements
4. Checking and Changing Other Style Properties
5. Increasing and Decreasing Measurements
6. Making changeFontSize() More Flexible
7. Custom data Attributes
8. Gotcha with fontWeight
9. Font Awesome
10. classList Property
Errors and Exceptions
1. Runtime Errors
2. Completely Unhandled Errors
3. Globally Handled Errors
4. Structured Error Handling
5. Try/Catch

Class Materials

Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following is required for this JavaScript class:

HTML

Experience in the following would be useful for this JavaScript class:

CSS
Programming experience

Prerequisite Courses

Courses that can help you meet these prerequisites:

Introduction to HTML Training

Follow-on Courses

What people say about our training

A great value with straight to the point education.

Jimmy Frost

Infusionsoft

Great class and material. Instructor was very knowledgeable!

Michael Brown

Johns Hopkins

Fantastic class! Perfectly paced. Thank you.

Erica McCarty

L'Oreal USA

Webucator completely demystified the otherwise ambiguous nature of JavaScript and presented it in scenarios that were easy to follow and germane to modern-day business needs. The instructor exerted every effort to ensure the students' comprehension and enjoyment of the class materials. I would highly recommend Webucator as a primary training opportunity.

Jeffrey Shoemaker

HSBC (DE)

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