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Course Overview
JavaScript Essentials with jQuery provides an introduction to and experience working with the JavaScript programming language in the environment it's used in the most: the browser.
Course Objectives
Working within in a dynamic, hands-on learning environment, guided by our expert team, attendees will:Become both familiar with the language and confident enough to work with it in any context Learn enough of the DOM API to bend it to your will Make communication between the browser and your server possible Understand and effectively leverage closures Understand how JavaScript's object model differs from the model classical object-oriented programming languages Learn what jQuery is and how to add it to your applications Use jQuery to select complex sets of elements from the DOM Develop rich web pages that respond to user interaction Interact with your server-side code using Ajax Explore a wide variety of plugins and learn how to write your own Test your applications to make sure your JavaScript is as solid as the rest of your code
Course Prerequisites
- HTML5 - Content Authoring Fundamentals
- HTML5 - Content Authoring with New and Advanced Features
Course Outline
1 - JavaScript Basics
- Debugging Tools
- JavaScript Functions
- JavaScript Arrays
- More On Element Selection
2 - Working with jQuery
- JavaScript Strings and Regular Expressions
- Object-Oriented JavaScript
- JavaScript Event Handling
- Advanced JavaScript
- Attributes, Forms, and DOM
- More jQuery!
- Event Handling
- More On Elements!
- Ajax
- Navigation Techniques
3 - jQuery Plug-Ins & Enhancements
- jQuery Plugins
- jQuery UI
- Templates
4 - JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
- JSON Objects
- JSON Syntax and Processing
- jQuery, JSON, and AJAX
5 - jQuery
- Why jQuery?
- Basic jQuery
- Manipulating the DOM
6 - Advanced Topics
- JavaScript Best Practices
- Performance and Optimization
- Download Options
- Security
7 - Web Design
- Responsive Web Design
- User Interface Principles
- Layout Techniques
- Selection Techniques