Description
Note: This course is a subset of our much longer course ‘Learn By Example: HTML, CSS and Javascript’ so please don’t sign up for both:-)
Javascript objects, prototypes and JSON – that’s what this course is about.
This is not a course on Javascript frameworks – its about solid, fundamental Javascript. You’ll be surprised by how much more you can get done on your web pages once you learn these technologies the right way.
What do we mean by that?
Relatively few folks formally learn HTML, CSS or Javascript, because its quite easy to get stuff done in these technologies in a “quick-and-dirty way”.
That “quick-and-dirty” way of learning and doing leads to problems over time, because Javascript and CSS are actually quite complex, so it is easy to do things the wrong way
This course will help, because it is entirely built atop examples. Each is self-contained, has its source code attached, and gets across a simple, specific use-case. Each example is simple, but not simplistic.
What’s Included:
Prototypes are Javascript’s way of doing inheritance, and its very different from the C++/Java way of doing it.
JSON is not conceptually difficult to use, but it is incredibly important, and you should understand why – because its the glue between backends written in Java or other traditional languages, and front-ends written in Javascript
The Document-Object-Model is what ties Javascript back to HTML and CSS. Together with JSON, the DOM ties it all together from server to skin.
Who is the target audience?
Nope! Please don’t enroll for this class if you have already enrolled for our 13-hour course ‘Foundations of HTML, CSS and Javascript’ course
Yep! Folks who are seeking to learn Javascript the right way – including folks who may done some Javascript programming, but are not quite confident using advanced features such as dynamic prototyping
Nope! This class is not right for you if you are looking to learn Javascript frameworks such as JQuery, Angular or Node.js
Requirements
Any modern browser and a simple text editor are all that will be needed for the code examples
Some prior programming experience will definitely help!
