Complete classroom training manual for JavaScript. 283 pages and 128 individual topics. Includes practice exercises and keyboard shortcuts. The purpose of this course is to educate the student in the basic language skills necessary to use JavaScript. There are many resources available on the Internet that allow you to download code and place it into your HTML document or JavaScript code file. However, it is important to first understand the underlying language and components of JavaScript to be able to alter the code to work in your desired application, and easily troubleshoot any errors that may occur. Whether you are looking to add interactivity to your website, control how a browser acts or alter your HTML document’s content, it is important to have a firm grasp of the basics of JavaScript. We begin this course by discussing the basic components and structure of JavaScript as well as learning the terminology. Then, we’ll advance through topics to cover some more advanced concepts and uses for JavaScript.
Topics Covered:
Getting Acquainted with JavaScript
1. Introduction to JavaScript
2. JavaScript vs. Java
3. The Tag
4. External JavaScript
5. Uses for JavaScript
The Makeup of JavaScript
1. JavaScript Statements
2. Code and Code Blocks
3. Whitespace
4. Case Sensitivity
5. Breaking Up a Line of Code
JavaScript Comments
1. Single Line Comments
2. Multi-Line Comments
3. End of Line Comments
4. Using Comments to Stop Execution
JavaScript Variables
1. What are JavaScript Variables?
2. Syntax for Text and Numerical Values
3. Creating (Declaring) Variables
4. Re-Declaring Variables
5. Undefined Value
6. Using One Statement for Multiple Variables
7. Local Variables and Global Variables
Exploring JavaScript Data Types
1. Dynamic Data Types in JavaScript
2. Null
3. Number
4. String
5. Boolean
6. Array
7. Object
JavaScript Objects
1. Creating Objects
2. Accessing Object Properties
3. Accessing Object Methods
JavaScript Functions
1. JavaScript Function Definition and Syntax
2. Functions with a Return Value
3. Calling a Function with Arguments
4. Assigning Values to Undeclared Variables
JavaScript Operators
1. Arithmetic Operators
2. Assignment Operators
3. Adding Strings and Numbers
4. Comparison Operators
5. Logical Operators
6. Conditional Operators
JavaScript Conditions
1. If Statements
2. The Switch Statement
JavaScript Loops
1. The FOR Loop
2. The FOR…IN Loop
3. The WHILE Loop
4. The DO…WHILE Loop
JavaScript Break and Continue
1. The Break Statement
2. The Continue Statement
3. JavaScript Labels
JavaScript Errors
1. The Try…Catch Statement
2. The Throw Statement
JavaScript Form Validation
1. Form Validation
2. E-Mail Validation
JavaScript RegExp Object
1. RegExp Definition and Modifiers
2. RegExp Special Characters
3. RegExp Methods
JavaScript Hoisting
1. Declarations
2. Initializations
JavaScript USE STRICT Directive
1. What is the USE STRICT Directive and Why Use It?
2. What’s Not Allows in STRICT Mode?
JavaScript HTML DOM
1. What is HTML DOM?
2. HTML DOM Methods and Properties
3. HTML DOM Document
4. Finding HTML Elements
5. Changing the Output Stream
6. Changing the Value of an Attribute
7. Changing CSS
HTML DOM Events
1. Using Events
2. The ONCHANGE Event
HTML DOM Navigation
1. DOM Nodes
2. Node Relationships
3. Child Nodes and Values
4. NODE…Properties
5. HTML DOM Nodelist
6. Root Nodes
Adding and Removing DOM Nodes
1. Creating New HTML Elements (Nodes)
2. Removing Existing HTML Elements (Nodes)
3. Replacing HTML Elements (Nodes)
JavaScript Browser Object Model (BOM)
1. What is the Browser Object Model (BOM)?
2. The Window Object
3. Window Size Properties
4. Other Window Methods and Properties
Window Screen Object
1. What does the Window Screen Object Do?
2. Window Screen Object Properties.
Window Location Object
1. What does the Window Location Object Do?
2. Window Location HREF Property
3. Window Location PATHNAME Property
4. Window Location ASSIGN() Method
Window History Object
1. What does the Window History Object Do?
2. Window History Back and Forward Methods
Window Navigator Object
1. What does the Window Navigator Object Do?
JavaScript Popup Boxes
1. The Alert Box
2. The Confirm Box
3. The Prompt Box
JavaScript Timing Events
1. What are JavaScript Timing Events?
2. SETINTERVAL() and CLEARINTERVAL() Methods
3. SETTIMEOUT() and CLEARTIMEOUT() Methods
4. Creating a Clock
JavaScript Cookies
1. What are Cookies?
2. Working with Cookies
The JavaScript Console Object
1. The Console Object
2. Inline Grouping
3. Timers
4. String Substitution
Advanced JavaScript Objects
1. The Object Literal and the Keyword New
2. Using an Object Constructor
3. JavaScript Prototype
4. Mutable Objects and Immutable Primitive Values
5. JavaScript Object Properties
6. Adding New Properties and Deleting Properties
Number Object
1. What is a Number Object?
2. Hexadecimal Numbers
3. NaN – Not a Number
4. Infinity
String Object
1. Using the String Object
2. String Properties and Methods
3. Special Characters
Date Object
1. The Date Object
2. Set and Compare Dates
3. Convert the Date to a String
Array Object
1. Create and Access an Array Object
2. Joining Arrays
3. Working with Arrays
Math Object
1. The Math Object and Mathematical Constants
2. Math Object Methods
JavaScript Libraries (Frameworks)
1. JavaScript Libraries or Frameworks
2. Testing jQuery
