Learn to Program with JavaScript

Learn to Program with JavaScript

by Shaun Wassell
Released November 2022
Publisher(s): Pearson
ISBN: 0137560389

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Video description

8 Hours of Video Instruction

Learn JavaScript, the World's Most Popular Programming Language, In a Hands-On and Engaging Way!

JavaScript is used by a staggering amount of large and medium sized companies, largely due to its simplicity, flexibility, and popularity. The career opportunities for JavaScript developers are enormous. JavaScript is a fantastic language to learn to start your programming career.

In this course, Shaun Wassell covers everything you need to develop a solid foundation in programming with JavaScript. He demonstrates how to think like a programmer along with basic syntax and programming techniques. Youll start off by learning the basics, such as basic syntax and program structure, and simple operations. From there, youll get into the basics of Object-Oriented programming in JavaScript and move onto more specific topics such as making network requests, handling events and errors, and building user interfaces.

About the Instructor

Shaun Wassell’s goal is to create a world where people are empowered to use programming as a way to solve meaningful problems—a world where writing code is just as natural for most people as walking or breathing. To help make this a reality, he has dedicated the past few years to helping people learn and master software-development skills through video courses, live training sessions, and one-on-one tutoring. Shaun has been programming since he was a kid, when creating video games was his gateway into the world of software. Since then, he’s been fortunate enough to be a contributing member on many amazing software projects and work with some incredible mentors along the way.

Skill Level:

  • Beginner


Topics Covered:

  1. Learn Programming Basics: Variables and Data
  2. Learn Programming Basics: Control Structures
  3. Learn Programming Basics: Functions
  4. Basic Programming Examples
  5. Asynchronous Programming in JavaScript
  6. Using JavaScript with User Interfaces
  7. More Programming Examples

What You Will Learn:

  • Learn to think like a programmer
  • Learn the basics of JavaScript in a fun and hands-on way
  • Learn about Object-Oriented Programming and Functional Programming and see how they work with many examples
  • Build user interfaces using JavaScript templating engines
  • See how to use JavaScript arrays and objects to work with data effectively
  • Learn deployment options for JavaScript applications

Who Should Take This Course:

  • Junior developers
  • Web developers
  • Mid-level developers

Course Requirements:

  • Familiarity with programming concepts

About Pearson Video Training

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Learn to Program with JavaScript: Introduction
  2. Lesson 1: Learn Programming Basics: Variables and Data
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 1.1 Learn the basic goals of programming
    3. 1.2 Learn about variables
    4. 1.3 Learn about data types
    5. 1.4 Use JavaScript Objects to store related data
    6. 1.5 Use Arrays to store multiple variables
    7. 1.6 Learn about null and undefined variables
  3. Lesson 2: Learn Programming Basics: Control Structures
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 2.1 Learn about If statements in JavaScript
    3. 2.2 Learn about For Loops in JavaScript (For-in and For-of)
    4. 2.3 Learn about While Loops in JavaScript (while and do-while)
    5. 2.4 Learn about Switch-Case blocks in JavaScript
    6. 2.5 Learn about ternary operators in JavaScript
    7. 2.6 Learn about equality in JavaScript
  4. Lesson 3: Learn Programming Basics: Functions
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 3.1 Learn what a function is
    3. 3.2 Learn about arguments and return values
    4. 3.3 Learn about the different function syntaxes
  5. Lesson 4: Basic Programming Examples
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 4.1 Write a program to find the largest number in an array
    3. 4.2 Write a program to sort an array of numbers
    4. 4.3 Write a program to calculate Fibonacci numbers
    5. 4.4 Write a program to find anagrams
    6. 4.5 Write a program to rotate arrays
    7. 4.6 Write a program to multiply matrices
  6. Lesson 5: Asynchronous Programming in JavaScript
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 5.1 Learn the basics of asynchronous programming
    3. 5.2 Learn about callbacks
    4. 5.3 Learn about Promises
    5. 5.4 Learn about Async/Await
  7. Lesson 6: Using JavaScript with User Interfaces
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 6.1 Manipulate DOM elements in JavaScript
    3. 6.2 Build user interfaces with Template Engines
    4. 6.3 Build user interfaces with React
  8. Lesson 7: More Programming Examples
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 7.1 Write a program to display a graph
    3. 7.2 Write a program to display a list of users
    4. 7.3 Write a Rock-Paper-Scissors program
  9. Summary
    1. Learn to Program with JavaScript: Summary

Product information

  • Title: Learn to Program with JavaScript
  • Author(s): Shaun Wassell
  • Release date: November 2022
  • Publisher(s): Pearson
  • ISBN: 0137560389