JavaScript Web Development

The JavaScript course is aimed at Web Developers and Designers that require a core understanding of the use of JavaScript in web development.

Delegates will gather a core understanding of the practical application of the JavaScript language and common libraries in a web context. The core of the language is the main concern, introducing the major features of web programming such as the DOM, browsers, user interaction and working in a browser environment in order to provide a grounding in the major aspects of JavaScript web development.

JavaScript Web Development Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 1
Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: INTRODUCTION TO JAVASCRIPT WEB DEVELOPMENT

• JavaScript vs. Java
• JavaScript Tasks
• JavaScript Evolution
• Security Overview
• JavaScript Versions and Browser Support
• JavaScript Engines

Session 2: LANGUAGE STRUCTURE

• Character Set
• Case Sensitivity
• Layout and Whitespace
• JavaScript Literals
• Identifiers
• Reserved Words
• Operator Precedence

Session 3: DATATYPES AND VALUES

• Numbers
• Strings
• String Methods
• Booleans
• JavaScript Functions
• The this Keyword
• Objects Introduction
• Arrays Introduction
• Type Conversion
• Primitive Datatype Wrappers

Session 4: VARIABLES, OPERATORS AND EXPRESSIONS

• JavaScript Variables
• JavaScript Expressions
• Arithmetic Operators
• Relational Operators
• String Operators
• Logical Operators
• Bitwise Operators
• Assignment Operators
• The global Object

JavaScript Web Development Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 2
Session 5: JAVASCRIPT CONTROL STRUCTURES

• If/Else
• For/For In
• While
• Switch
• Break and Continue
• Using var
• Function
• Return
• JavaScript Exception Handling
• With and Empty Keywords

Session 6: OBJECTS AND ARRAYS

• Object
• Common Properties and Methods
• Dates, Times and Timers
• Classes and Prototyping
• Arrays
• Array Methods

Session 7: JAVASCRIPT FUNCTIONS

• Defining Functions
• Invoking Functions
• Functions as Data
• Anonymous Functions
• Passing Arguments to Functions

Session 8: INTRODUCTION TO REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

• The RegEx Object
• Methods and Usage
• Patterns Matching Examples
• Regular Expressions Tools

JavaScript Web Development Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 3
Session 9: BROWSER-BASED JAVASCRIPT

• The Window Object
• JavaScript Event Handling
• JavaScript Form Handling
• The Document Object Model
• Cookies
• Alternative Storage Options

Session 10: JAVASCRIPT TOOLS

• Profiling JavaScript
• Firebug
• Fiddler
• YSlow
• Other JavaScript Tools

Session 11: JAVASCRIPT EXTRAS

• Direct Web Remoting (DWR)
• Node Discussion
• AHAH/JAH
• AJAX
• Working with Structured Data
• JavaScript Libraries/Frameworks

Session 12:USING JQUERY

• The jQuery Library
• jQuery Core
• jQuery Effects and Events
• jQuery Ajax