JavaScript Programming for Beginners

Intended Audience This course is intended for web application developers and programmers who need an intensive introduction to JavaScript programming and its use in Web application development.This course does not reqire extensive programming experience although familiarity with some other programming language would be an advantage. The course assumes some familiarity with HTML and how web browsers and web servers exchange information via HTTP. Students are expected to be familiar with HTML to Tier 1 level. JavaScript, after its varied beginnings is now a rich and stable language. It is a good language to learn for anyone aspiring to become a competent web developer. It has all the features one would expect from a powerful and well established programming language. In addition studying JavaScript as a first language will provide a good introduction to the development of interactive software and to event driven programming. and also to the basic principles of object oriented programming. This course is probably one of the best courses to begin web programming. It will cover most of the principles and techniques used in other web programming languages such as PHP and Python, and will also serve as an excellent introduction to C, C++, C# and Java programming as these languages have syntaxes that have much in common with that of JavaScript. An important feature of this course is the many examples and exercises that it provides. Some are for use in the course, but many are for private, follow on study. Course Overview As well as covering JavaScript data types, operators, functions, arrays, and objects, the course provides an overview of JavaScript uses in developing animation and other multimedia effects. Course Benefits This course provides a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to the popular, and essential, JavaScript scripting language. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Course Contents Interpreted vs. compiled languages A brief history of JavaScriptHow JavaScript runs inside a web browser Integrated Web Devlopment Environments (IDEs) - a survey Implementing a Simple JavaScript Types of JavaScripts Embedding JavaScript inside HTML Hiding JavaScript from browsers that do not support it The NOSCRIPT tag JavaScript comments Placing the