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JavaScript the Basics for Beginners - Section 4: Functions

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Course 4 - JavaScript Functions

In this course you will cover: 

  • Function Expressions
  • Function Declarations
  • IIFE's
  • Function Scope

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!

Syllabus

  • JavaScript the Basics - Arrays: Promo Video
  • JavaScript the Basics - Functions: Intro
  • JavaScript the Basics - Functions: Intro Lab
  • JavaScript the Basics - Functions: Deep Dive
  • JavaScript the Basics - Functions: Deep Dive Lab
  • JavaScript the Basics - Functions: Scope
  • JavaScript the Basics - Functions: Scope Lab

Taught by

Rob Merrill

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