Comprehensive JavaScript and jQuery Programming
Details
Modern websites consist of more than just HTML and CSS. JavaScript is considered to be the industry standard to create dynamic pages that enhance the user experience. This course consists of comprehensive lectures and hands-on exercises designed to help you create feature-rich web pages that make use of JavaScript. This web development course is also a good introduction for people wanting to get started with computer programming.
- Write and debug computer programs using JavaScript
- Create interactive forms with client-side validation
- Create JavaScript function libraries for increased code reuse and easier maintenance
- Make use of the jQuery JavaScript library
- Use jQuery to perform AJAX calls
This course is intended for people familiar with basic HTML and CSS, and would like to advance their web development skills by learning JavaScript. If you are not familiar with these technologies, we recommend course 151 – Web Development using HTML5, CSS3 and Bootstrap. Prior programming experience is not required.
Outline
- Introduction
- Trying Out JavaScript
- Displaying Output
- Getting User Input
- Debugging JavaScript
- Introduction
- Code Blocks, Comments, and Whitespaces
- Literals and Variables
- Data Types
- Type Conversion
- Arithmetic Operators
- Conditional and Logical Operators
- Operator Precedence
- if statement
- switch statement
- while loop
- do-while loop
- for loop
- break and continue
- Arrays
- Introduction to Arrays
- Creating Arrays
- Looping through Arrays
- Getting the Number of Elements in an Array
- Common Array Methods
- Creating and Using Tables
- Getting an Array of HTML Elements
- Strings
- String Functions
- Introduction to Functions
- Creating and Calling Functions
- Defining Function Parameters
- Returning a Value from a Function
- Understanding Local and Global Variable Scope
- Using External JavaScript Files
- Event Handling
- Handing onclick Events
- Handling onchange Events
- Handling onmouseover and onmouseout Events
- Handling onkeydown and onkeyup Events
- Handling onfocus and onblur Events
- Handling onsubmit Events and Form Validation
- Introduction to Objects
- Defining a Class
- Instantiating Objects
- Accessing Object's Attributes
- Accessing Object's Methods
- Defining Objects in Different Ways
- Passing by Reference
- Copying Objects
- Date Object
- Math and Numbers Objects
- Array.sort() and compare functions
- Using the Browser Object Model
- The Document Object Model
- Getting HTML elements using the DOM
- Navigating the DOM
- Manipulating the DOM
- Setting Up jQuery
- jQuery Selector
- Handling Mouse Clicks and Other Events
- Modifying the HTML Page
- Hiding and Showing HTML Elements
- Animating Elements
- Callback Functions
- Traversing the DOM
- Introduction to AJAX
- Loading content using jQuery
- Retrieving and Sending Data through GET
- Retrieving and Sending Data through POST
- Introduction to JSON
- Parsing JSON
ActiveLearning, Inc. is the Philippines' leading provider of Information Technology and Project Management education, where thousands of students take courses from Application Development to Project Management to Network Security, and much more. Our courses are taught by expert instructors, and learning is enhanced through a blend of in-depth lectures, workshops, and hands-on exercises.
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Learn from expert instructors who practice what they teach. Our instructors are involved in constant research and development, who constantly apply the lessons they teach, and who know the same technical issues you face every day.
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Interactivity
More than just classroom lectures, practical, hands-on exercises are carefully developed for you to immediately put in to practice what you learn. By being immersed in a classroom setting, you get to participate, inquire, and be involved - all essential in expediting the learning process. Aspects you won't find in Computer-Based-Training and self-study. ...