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Getting started with JavaScript
Rating: 4.3 out of 5(116 ratings)
8,385 students

Getting started with JavaScript

Learn JavaScript Variables, Loops, Functions, Conditions, Objects, Arrays and more. Intro course for Beginners
Created byLaurence Svekis
Last updated 11/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • write JavaScript
  • add JavaScript to web content
  • apply variables, functions, arrays, loops and conditions

Course content

2 sections25 lectures1h 44m total length
  • Introduction to JavaScript2:30

    Explore how javascript works, its basics, and how to start using it in web applications, with hands-on examples to practice and build dynamic features.

  • Course Tools and Resources Overview5:40
  • Adding JavaScript and writing JavaScript4:16
  • Data Types JavaScript Primitives7:17

    Explore JavaScript primitives including strings, numbers, and booleans, and learn to use the console and dev tools to run code and view browser outputs.

  • Strings Numbers Booleans6:49

    Identify JavaScript primitive types: string, number, boolean, undefined, null using typeof, and learn how quotes define strings, how parseInt converts strings to numbers, and how saving a file aids debugging.

  • creating variables in JavaScript8:34

    Learn how variables in javascript hold values of primitive types for reusable content and to avoid retyping hello world. Understand naming rules, case sensitivity, and reserved words.

  • JavaScript numeric operators5:51
  • JavaScript Comparison operators3:48

    Explore JavaScript comparison operators and booleans to compare values. Learn how strict and loose equality work, and how numbers and strings compare using greater than, less than, and equal checks.

  • JavaScript Multiple comparison Operators2:23

    Explore how JavaScript uses multiple comparison operators, including and and or, to evaluate boolean expressions and influence conditional statements across values and even strings.

  • JavaScript conditional statements8:03

    Learn how JavaScript conditional statements use comparison operators to run code when conditions are true, with if, else, and else if, and practical variable examples.

  • Source Code0:04
  • Conditions with JavaScript ternary operator and switch statement5:55
  • Source Code0:07
  • Introduction to JavaScript Objects8:19
  • source code0:01
  • Intro to JavaScript Arrays4:57
  • Array Methods JavaScript5:50
  • Loops in JavaScript9:18
  • Source Code Loops0:09
  • JavaScript Functions6:45
  • Functions Examples0:07
  • Bringing it all together JavaScript6:28
  • Source Example0:11

Requirements

  • basic HTML
  • Desire to learn JavaScript

Description

JavaScript is used everywhere on the web, its easy to get started with and tools needed to create it are on most computers right now.  Learn the core fundamental concepts of JavaScript.

This is the first step in learning how to write JavaScript code.  Within the course you will find the basic foundations of JavaScript explained.  This is a beginners course and does require some basic understanding of HTML and how webpages are created.   

This Course is designed for Beginners who want to learn about using JavaScript.  Get started with JavaScript in under 1 hour.

Learn about how to add JavaScript to your web pages

  • How to apply JavaScript
  • Variables and operators
  • Functions and how to use them
  • Working with arrays and objects
  • Add logic with conditions
  • Loop content to save time

JavaScript is an essential part of any webpage, users expect more from your web content. JavaScript provides the next level of web interaction.  Develop a solid understanding of JavaScript with the core concepts, to better and advance with JavaScript coding.  Learn JavaScript step by step guidance to understanding what and how to use JavaScript.

Course is designed to get viewers started with using JavaScript.  JavaScript is one of the basic languages used to create powerful web experiences.  The course will take students from the very basics of JavaScript teaching how to begin to implement script.

Taught by an instructor with over 18 years of web development experience. I'm here to help you learn about JavaScript and ready to answer any questions you may have.

You will be surprised at how easy it can be to code JavaScript!

Who this course is for:

  • anyone who wants to learn the basics of JavaScript
  • anyone looking for a starting point to learn JavaScript