
Build a blackjack game from scratch with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, creating a dashboard for dealer and player hands, betting, and core logic to reach 21 and beat the dealer.
Discover tools for building the JavaScript blackjack game from scratch: a code editor, Chrome and its dev tools, and a local index.html workflow to test and render in the browser.
Learn to generate random numbers in JavaScript with Math.random and Math.floor, converting decimals to integers to yield 1–100 and 1–52 card deck indices.
Create a full 52-card deck by defining suits and ranks, looping through them, building cards, and preparing to pick a random card for display.
Output content into a web page by selecting an element with getElementById, updating innerHTML to display a deck of cards with special characters, and apply font styling.
apply color styling to the blackjack card deck by styling clubs and spades, set black and red colors for suits, and loop through suits to assign background colors.
Create a card object with suit, icon, background color, and card number, compute card values (ace as 1, face cards as 10), generate random cards for a blackjack game.
Create a start area with a start button and a message area, wire a click to a start function, and begin shuffling the array to generate card values.
Develop a shuffle deck function to randomize a card array, output the first card before and after shuffling, and demonstrate a changing deck order for the blackjack game.
Create a new deal function to start a blackjack round, initialize player and dealer card arrays, deal two cards each with a loop, update html holders, and log hands.
Visualize the dealer and player hands in HTML by implementing a card output function that returns HTML for each card value, positions dealer and player cards, and starts the game.
Create card visuals in CSS for a blackjack game, adding borders, padding, border radius, and absolute positioning to render top, content, and bottom sections.
Style a playing card with css by adjusting font size, line height, and font family, centering content, and using transforms and pseudo class to render hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades.
Output styled cards into blackjack gameplay using JavaScript and CSS. Build card objects with suit icons, values, and dynamic positioning to render non-overlapping cards and apply styling.
Hide the dealer's first card with a cover element that matches card size and positioning, then implement blackjack flow with hit, hold, or double as the dealer draws to 17.
Add blackjack gameplay elements in HTML by implementing betting, a deal button, and player actions (hit, hold, double) with max bets and dynamic value displays for dealer and player.
Apply css styling to game buttons and update the interface to support gameplay, including showing and hiding start and deal buttons, and adjusting the bet amount and message area.
Begin the game by dealing hands and hiding the start button with display: none, then initialize my dollars to 100 and update the dollars display via innerHTML.
In this lesson, you implement blackjack gameplay by setting a default bet, starting the game to deal hands, updating totals, and wiring action buttons for hit and double.
Learn how to implement player actions in a JavaScript blackjack game by building a card action function, using a switch for hit, hold, and double, and updating bets.
Implement player value calculation and interactions for a JavaScript blackjack game, adding cards on hit, handling hold and double, and updating totals with ace adjustments.
Implement hold and bust logic to end the player's turn on totals over 21, reveal the game over state, and enable the dealer to draw until reaching 17.
Learn to compute player and dealer values, determine the blackjack winner, and adjust bets, totals, and payouts while refining the deal button placement.
Determine the game winner in a browser blackjack by comparing player and dealer values, handling busts and pushes, and updating winnings and on-screen messages.
Improve blackjack gameplay by implementing deck reshuffle when card count passes a threshold, hide the deal button during play, reset card count, and plan to handle multiple aces.
Fine tune the blackjack ui by adjusting css and dashboard layout, resize the bet input, refine messaging, and address bugs and dealer value resets for smoother gameplay.
Wire a max bet button to the max bet function, update the display using document.getElementById, show the dollar value, and validate input to prevent oversized bets.
Apply a JavaScript onchange event listener to constrain an input field between zero and available dollars, updating the displayed value and change message to ensure fair blackjack gameplay.
Enhance the blackjack game by fixing the double button to truly double the bet, updating bet and wallet calculations, refreshing the display, and adjusting the deal button styling.
Test and debug a JavaScript blackjack app by validating ace handling, adjusting the ace logic, and verifying the 11 vs 1 values through an ace-focused deck.
Run a final test through the blackjack game to identify issues, verify rules, betting, and doubling, and review the code end-to-end to ensure authentic gameplay with a real deck.
Explore the blackjack game built with JavaScript and HTML, including deal logic, betting, hit/hold/double actions, dealer versus player play, and a code review that tightens the source with array-based cards.
Clean up the blackjack game's source by moving styling to style.css and JavaScript to script.js, replacing inline events with listeners, and ending the game on blackjack with two cards.
Style a blackjack card UI with live CodePen previews, adjust font sizes and buttons to build a clean game dashboard. Create a card with a rotated bottom and suit icons.
Review the core JavaScript logic for a blackjack app by outlining deck construction, array management, and event listeners for bets. Implement shuffling, dealing, and card output with HTML updates.
Review the blackjack game logic in this JavaScript code review part 2, covering card actions (hit, hold, double), dealing, dealer rules, and ace handling with HTML updates.
Master JavaScript callbacks by passing a function as an argument and invoking it as the callback. See how to pass values, trigger console outputs, and flexibly chain functions.
Explore JSON serialization and deserialization in JavaScript by converting objects and arrays to strings with JSON.stringify, using replacer functions and spaces for readable output, and parsing back with JSON.parse.
Select a string, pass it to a function, and update the page with total length, vowel count via regex, and other characters, using an input and button.
Apply a pure JavaScript fade and feed in/out toggle to feeder elements by creating dynamic elements, wiring click events, and controlling opacity with transitions.
Build dynamic JavaScript image galleries with next and previous controls, generating images and indicators inside an output container. Manage a zero based image array and update on button clicks.
Learn how to build a playable Blackjack web based application from scratch!
Using HTML, CSS and JavaScript this course will show you how to create a game from scratch. One of the best ways to learn how to use JavaScript is to apply it to projects. This course show you the steps and process from a blank file to building out the entire game.
This course is designed for beginners with some basic JavaScript, HTML and CSS experience required. We will be reviewing only the JavaScript functionality required to build the game and demonstrating how to apply the code. This course does not cover HTML, CSS and JavaScript in their entirety but covers the use of them in relation to building a game.
Start with the basics of what is needed, apply logic and build out a working web application. Test your application, tweak fine tune and get it working as designed.
Source Code is included, step by step instruction to demonstration how to build an application.
Taught by an instructor with over 18 years of web development experience.
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This course showcases how to build a fun interactive application. When you are ready