JavaScript Training

Also part of our Mobile Web Design Training package

This 2-day JavaScript Training Course provides developers with the essential JavaScript knowledge needed to get to grips with building dynamic, interactive web pages with sophisticated user interfaces.

JavaScript provides a platform for dynamically changing HTML page elements and applying CSS at runtime, and now underpins frameworks and libraries like jQuery which are at the heart of leading-edge web development.

This practical 2-day JavaScript training course provides a solid introduction for developers.

We also run jQuery Training and AJAX Training courses

The Rise of Javascript

JavaScript began life back in the mid 90's as a relatively lightweight scripting language that could help developers add more interactive behaviours to their sites.

However in the last few years, Javascipt has come a long way, and its use is on the rise again.

Now extensively used in the development of mobile web sites, mobile apps and desktop apps, JavaScript has emerged again as an essential tool in any serious web developers armoury.

We also provide private and in-company JavaScript courses. Call +44 (0) 1273 622272 to discuss.

JavaScript Training Course Objectives

On Completion of this jQuery Training course, delegates will be able to:

•  Understand the fundamentals of programming (if starting as a novice)
• Write Object orientated JavaScript and functional language
• Read and understand real world JavaScript (such as the jQuery source)
• Make changes to a web page using DOM scripting.
• Use a DOM wrapper (jQuery).
• Load content dynamically using AJAX.

JavaScript Training Course Prerequisites

Delegates attending this JavaScript Training course should have attended our HTML Training and CSS Training courses, or have equivalent knowledge.

JavaScript Course Content

Fundamentals

• Variables
• Arithmetic
• Strings
• Loops
• Functions
• Flow Control

Basics of JQuery

• Selecting parts of a page
• Styling on the fly
• Handling Events

Web Techniques

• Showing and hiding parts of a page
• Dynamic forms
• Rollovers
• Animation
• User Interaction

DOM Scripting

• Accessing parts of a web page.
• Browser incompatibilities.

Object Orientation

• Objects
• JSON
• Inheritance

AJAX

• Reading from a server
• Writing a Twitter client
• Accessing Facebook

Best Practice Techniques

• Closure
• The module pattern
• Testing with qUnit
• TDD in JavaScript

JavaScript Course Recommended Reading

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

JavaScript: The Good Parts