Build the Game of Life
What you'll learn
- JavaScript programming
- JavaScript event handling
- How to interact with the web page using JavaScript
- How to create the Game of Life in a web page
Requirements
- Basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Programming Skills
Description
Welcome to Build the Game of Life, a project that takes you through building a generative, cellular automaton game from start to finish in a one page app using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. This project is a great way for you to integrate your skills with markup, style and behavior by creating an interactive and dynamic application right in your browser. In this project we’ll make heavy use of the DOM, events, timing and simple logic to create a truly generative application.
Who this course is for:
- Beginner to intermediate web developers
Course content
- Preview03:42
- Preview01:30
- 01:48Prerequisites and Tools
- 01:48Exercise: Play the game of life on paper
- 00:21Observations about the Game of Life
- 00:12Field Trip: Learn more about the Game of Life
- Preview01:54
- 00:56The Game Plan: Big Picture
- 00:37Audience Question
Instructors
![Elisabeth Robson](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 158 Reviews
- 1,768 Students
- 6 Courses
Elisabeth Robson is a co-founder and principal at WickedlySmart, an author, and software developer, and teaches online courses for for O'Reilly Media and LinkedIn Learning. She's the co-author of four best-selling titles--Head First JavaScript Programming, Head First Design Patterns, Head First HTML & CSS, and Head First HTML5 Programming--and previously the Director of Special Projects and co-director of the Head First series at O'Reilly Media. Prior to her work at O'Reilly Media, Elisabeth was Director of Engineering at The Walt Disney Company. Elisabeth holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from Yale University.
- 4.7 Instructor Rating
- 112 Reviews
- 1,568 Students
- 2 Courses
Eric is described by Head First series co-creator Kathy Sierra as "one of those rare individuals fluent in the language, practice, and culture of multiple domains from hipster hacker, corporate VP, engineer, think tank." Professionally, Eric recently ended nearly a decade as a media company executive-having held the position of CTO of Disney Online at The Walt Disney Company. Eric now devotes his time to writing and teaching software technology. His book Head First Design Patterns is considered an indispensable guide for object-oriented programmers and won the Jolt award for technical excellence.