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JavaScript the Basics for Beginners- Section 1: Building Blocks

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Overview

Course 1 - Building Blocks of JavaScript

The capstone project(s) for this course are creating a Kelvin to Fahrenheit converter and a Cat Age converter you can find under the "Your Project" tab.  You will find a PDF to download each challenge. You will try to accomplish the project(s) on your own. The last video(s) of this course will involve me walking through these project for you.

In this course you will cover: 

  • variables
  • strings
  • operators
  • 2 mini-projects: Kelvin to Fahrenheit and Cat Age Convertor 

Through our whole JavaScript the Basics for Beginners course series you will find this is your one stop necessary to enter into the language of JavaScript. We are going to start from scratch and build up our understanding of the world's most popular programming language together. 

View JavaScript in action with whiteboard videos optimized for viewing on your smartphone. This is truly a course that you can engage with no matter where you are. Take your JavaScript eduction on the go! With whiteboard videos you get to visualize what JavaScript does under the hood. 

You can practice JavaScript in your web browser! Take advantage of Google Chrome developer tools to put the JavaScript you have learned during our whiteboard lesson into practice with further examples and challenges. This is our JavaScript playground.

Learning JavaScript is like learning a language. This course won't make a false promise of saying you will master JavaScript overnight. However, this course will immerse you into the world's most popular programming language. 

Each course will introduce you to something new in JavaScript :

  • JavaScript Syntax
  • JavaScript Building Blocks
  • JavaScript Best Practices
  • JavaScript Objects
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • JavaScript Regular Expressions
  • JavaScript Functional Programming
  • JavaScript Algorithms
  • JavaScript Data Structures
  • JavaScript ES6 Syntax

You'll finish this course with an understanding of JavaScript that will let you take a deeper dive into the language and possibly launch you into a new career as a JavaScript web developer.

Learning a new language can be difficult and even feel intimidating. JavaScript the Basics makes the the learning process feel accessible and welcoming!

Once you finish this class you can move on to the next JavaScript Basics topic or you can jump right into learning how to build with JavaScript by taking my course on how to Build a To Do App in JavaScript!

You can also check out my newest course on JavaScript Algorithms here as well!

Syllabus

  • JavaScript the Basics Building Blocks - Promo Video: Skillshare
  • JavaScript the Basics - Building Blocks: Variables
  • JavaScript the Basics - Building Blocks: Variables Lab
  • JavaScript the Basics - Building Blocks: Strings
  • JavaScript the Basics - Building Blocks: Strings Lab
  • JavaScript the Basics -Building Blocks: Operators
  • JavaScript the Basics - Building Blocks: Operators Lab
  • JavaScript the Basics - Building Blocks: Increment and Decrement Operator
  • JavaScript the Basics - Building Blocks: Review
  • Project 1: Kelvin to Fahrenheit Walkthrough
  • Project 2: Cat Years Converter

Taught by

Rob Merrill

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