Learn Modern JavaScript: Getting Started

JavaScript has changed and matured since its humble beginnings in 1995. One of the original goals of JavaScript in those early years was to make it easy for beginners. That goal has made it accessible for all types of people. However, this has also meant that JavaScript has been taught and learned incompletely by many.

In Learn Modern JavaScript: Getting Started, you are taught the fundamentals of JavaScript the right way. We won't skip topics. Some topics may seem more advanced, but that is because they are crucial to a complete grounding of JavaScript. Most importantly, you are taught the why, not just the what and how.

This course contains 12 sections, 113 different topics, over 13 hours of video tutorials, 12 exercises and everything you need for the proper grounding in JavaScript.

If you are ready to jump into the world of JavaScript or you want to increase you new found skills, this course is for you!

Prior to taking this course, it is best, but not required, to have some familiarity to HTML and CSS. As for tools, you will need a browser and a text editor. You should have some familiarity of using a browser

At the conclusion of this course you will be able to:

Understand the strengths and weaknesses of JavaScript

Write JavaScript code and link it to a web page

Test JavaScript code using the browser console

Declare variables and manipulate values

Work with operators

Explain coercion and hoisting

Use the Date and Math object

Use template strings for displaying output

Incorporate if conditionals in your code

Use a switch statement when appropriate

Understand and apply the while and for loop

Create an array

Add and remove elements from an array

Use array methods

Create user defined functions

Create arrow functions

Explain scope

Create user defined objects

Explain prototypal inheritance

Use the constructor and class structure to create objects

Explain the DOM

Select and modify elements from the DOM

Create event handles to respond to user actions

Debug your code

Optimally deploy your JavaScript code