JavaScript & jQuery Essentials

The course will allow the delegate to understand the principles of JavaScript programming. The course will cover everything from the basics of JavaScript, through to using jQuery and JSON to make AJAX requests. 

Both JavaScript and jQuery can be awkward to teach yourself, filled with pitfalls and gotchas. A professional training course is a quick way to get up and running with this technology.

Purpose Of The Course:

• The course is intended to continue where our HTML/CSS course left off, looking to enhance static webpages with JavaScript to shape and modify content on-the-fly. 
• Emphasis is placed upon code maintainability and testing/debugging. This content also serves as a good grounding for techniques visited on our .NET courses.

You Will Learn How To:

• Produce more dynamic web pages that react to user actions
• Manipulate web content interactively
• Write browser-based applications for cross-platform web delivery

Course Content:

• Introduction to JavaScript
• What is JavaScript?
• How Does JavaScript Work?
• JavaScript Variants.
• Basic Programming Constructs
• JavaScript Syntax.
• Declaring Scripts.
• Outputting Text.
• Variables and Data Types
• Variables.
• Data Types.
• Operators.
• User-Input.
• Controlling Program Flow
• JavaScript Conditions.
• Using Loops.
• Procedures and Functions.
• Objects, Properties and Methods
• What are Objects?
• JavaScript Built-In Objects.
• Using Objects.
• Custom Objects.
• Working with Browsers
• Working with HTML.
• Error Handling.
• Debugging Tools.
• Timers and Timeouts.
• Popup Windows.
• Browser Detection.
• Accessibility Issues.
• Events and Errors
• What Is An Event?
• Reacting To Events.
• Common Event Usage.
• Handling Exceptions.
• The Document Object Model
• Extending HTML.
• DHTML - Dynamic HTML.
• DOM - The Document Object Model.
• Form Processing
• Form Controls.
• Form Events, Properties and Methods.
• Form Validation.
• Effective Form Validation.
• Sending Form Data.
• Cookies and Security
• What is a Cookie?
• Creating a Cookie.
• Retrieving a Cookie.
• Security and Privacy.