JavaScript Online Course
Course Dates
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Maximum Class Size
In order to ensure every student gets the most out of the course we have a maximum class size of:London
8 DelegatesYork
5 Delegates
The JavaScript online course is a great way to get up to speed with the basics of JavaScript quickly and easily if you have never used it before.
Throughout the course you will go through various practical examples that teach you about Variables, the JavaScript language structure, JavaScript Operators, Loops, Functions and Scope, The DOM, JavaScript Libraries and more. By the end of this course you will be able to read and write JavaScript code and use it to enhance your own web content.
The course is delivered through Highlander's learning management system and is made up of over 3 hours of video tutorials written by Alex Silver, a Senior Instructor here at Highlander, together with hands on exercise files and instructor led course support forums.
Prerequisites
You should have completed the Intro to HTML course or have equivalent skills prior to taking this course.
Course Overview
- Introduction
- Overview
- Development and testing
- Writing
Introduction to Variables
- Variables
- Objects and arrays
JavaScript language structure
- Structure part 1
- Structure part 2
About JavaScript Operators
- What are Operators
- Using modulus
- Using parentheses
- Greater and less than
- Comparisons
- Unary operators
- Pre and post fix
- Using typeof and instance of

- What are booleans?
- Ifs
- Switch and case
Loops
- For loop
- While loop
Functions and scope
- What are functions
- Function arguments
- Scope
The Date class
- Date class and methods
The DOM
- What is the DOM
- Using JavaScript to walk the DOM tree
- Using JavaScript to play around with the DOM
JavaScript libraries
- Basic overview of JQuery
- Other JavaScript libraries
