JavaScript Mastery Online Course
JavaScript Mastery Online Course
This course is designed to help you master JavaScript, the most popular scripting language for web development. JavaScript allows developers to add interactivity, dynamic content, and advanced functionalities to websites. This course will guide you step by step, starting from the basics and moving to advanced topics such as prototypes, execution context, and custom polyfills. Through hands-on examples and modern JavaScript features (ES6+), you’ll learn not only how JavaScript works but also why it behaves the way it does. By the end of this course, you’ll confidently create dynamic and professional-grade websites.
Key Benefits
- Comprehensive coverage of the latest JavaScript features (ES6, ES7, ES8, ESNext).
- Learn how JavaScript integrates with HTML and CSS for building dynamic websites.
- Develop skills to become an independent web developer, from beginner to advanced levels.
- Gain confidence by creating practical projects and writing clean, efficient code.
- Stay ahead of the curve with modern techniques and best practices.
Target Audience
- Beginners with no prior programming or JavaScript experience.
- Aspiring web developers who want to learn JavaScript from scratch.
- Professionals looking to improve their skills and master modern JavaScript.
- Designers wanting to add interactivity to their websites.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will:
- Understand the fundamental concepts of JavaScript, including variables, objects, and functions.
- Learn how JavaScript interacts with HTML and CSS to create dynamic web pages.
- Master advanced JavaScript topics like prototypes, execution context, and lexical environments.
- Write clean, efficient, and reusable code using modern JavaScript features.
- Build practical projects to apply your skills in real-world scenarios.
- Learn debugging techniques and optimize your code for performance.
Course Outline
The JavaScript Mastery Exam covers the following topics -
Module 1 - Programming, Machine Code, and Interpreters
- Understand what programming is and why order matters in code.
- Learn about machine code, low-level languages, and high-level languages.
- Explore how JavaScript is compiled and interpreted.
- Compare compiling and interpreting and see how JavaScript fits in.
Module 2 - HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (Plus ECMAScript)
- Learn how HTML, CSS, and JavaScript work together to create web pages.
- Explore practical examples of browser styles and changing button text dynamically.
- Understand what ECMAScript is and dive into ES6 features and beyond.
Module 3 - JavaScript Engines
- Discover the role of JavaScript engines and why different engines exist.
- Learn about the V8 engine and how JavaScript runs in various environments.
Module 4 - Writing JavaScript in the Console
- Use the browser console for JavaScript coding and debugging.
- Explore the alert function, console logs, and window object methods.
- Learn about advanced console methods like console.time and console.table.
Module 5 - IDEs and Text Editors
- Understand what Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) are and how they work.
- Set up a local server and include JavaScript in HTML using the <script> tag.
- Learn the importance of script order and attributes like async.
Module 6 - Syntax
- Learn JavaScript syntax, including white spaces, semicolons, and comments.
- Understand data types, including strings, numbers, and booleans.
- Explore operators, coercion, and how JavaScript handles data internally.
Module 7 - Variables
- Understand variables, how they are declared, initialized, and assigned.
- Learn about var, let, and const and their use cases.
- Discover the differences between local and global scopes.
Module 8 - Dialog Boxes in JavaScript
- Learn to create dialog boxes like alert, confirm, and prompt.
- Explore how to customize dialogs using pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Module 9 - JavaScript Dates
- Understand how the Date object works and why the new keyword is important.
- Learn how to create, get, and set dates with practical examples.
Module 10 - Objects
- Discover what objects are and how they relate to data.
- Learn about object properties, methods, and creating objects using different techniques.
- Understand classes and how they simplify object creation.
Module 11 - Building a Custom Polyfill
- Learn what polyfills are and why they’re important for browser compatibility.
- Build a custom forEach polyfill and explore callback functions in depth.
Module 12 - Arrays and Loops
- Understand arrays, their creation, and common methods like push and pop.
- Learn the different types of array methods and how to loop through arrays and objects.
Module 13 - Prototypes
- Explore what prototypes are and how they enable inheritance in JavaScript.
- Understand the prototype tree and its significance.
Module 14 - Functions
- Learn how to create and use functions, including arrow functions.
- Understand function expressions versus declarations.
- Discover advanced concepts like the this keyword and Math.random() for generating random numbers.
Module 15 - JavaScript: THIS, Execution Context, and Lexical Environments
- Learn what the this keyword refers to and how it changes in different contexts.
- Explore the global and functional execution contexts and the execution stack.
- Understand lexical environments with practical examples.
Module 16 - Teaser: How JavaScript Affects the Critical Rendering Path
- Discover how JavaScript interacts with the DOM and impacts page rendering.
- Learn where to place JavaScript in your HTML to improve performance.
