JavaScript Programming
3 day Instructor-Led Course (24 hours)
Course Overview
JavaScript: Programming
(Second Edition) is a hands-on instruction book that will teach you
how to program using this powerful Internet-oriented programming
language.
Prerequisites We
designed JavaScript: Programming (Second Edition) for the student
who is an experienced developer of Web pages and who has had some
exposure to JavaScript, probably through the use of scripts
developed by others. If you are comfortable creating Web pages by
writing HTML code, proficient with both Internet Explorer and
Navigator, and have at least tried to use other people's scripts in
your Web pages, then you are well matched to the prerequisites for
this course. This is a serious programming course. So, if you have
programmed in another language, you will likely excel.
To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following
course or have equivalent knowledge:
• HTML 4.01: Web Authoring, Level 1:
• HTML 4.01: Web Authoring, Level 2:
• Introduction to Programming (Second Edition):
• Enhancing Web Pages With JavaScript:
Delivery Method
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with
structured hands-on activities.
Benefits
Students will learn how to write JavaScript programs that use the
latest language techniques (version 1.5). Students will also learn
how to write programs that are compatible with previous versions of
the language and are cross-platform compatible.
Target Audience
Students enrolling in this course should have a strong understanding
of HTML programming and should have a basic familiarity with
JavaScript. They should have examined scripts written by others and
have implemented other people's scripts on their Web pages. This is
a serious programming course for those students who want to gain a
full understanding of this powerful programming language.
Performance-Based Objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the
course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon
successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
• Apply fundamental JavaScript scripting techniques by creating
simple JavaScript scripts, interacting with browser error-handling
features, testing JavaScript syntax, detecting the use of different
language components, and evaluating coding best-practices
guidelines.
• Interact with JavaScript variables and operators by examining data
types and variable types supported by JavaScript; testing rules
governing the creation, use, and manipulation of data types and
variables; and testing the operators that manipulate data.
• Control the logical flow of your programs by writing scripts that
use control structures.
• Create and use functions, examine object characteristics, use
objects, instantiate objects, and create custom objects.
• Interact with the Window object by displaying and manipulating
status bar messages, and manipulating browser windows (including
opening and closing them).
• Interact with the Document object by entering code to write text
to a document loaded in the browser window, creating dynamic
documents, and examining incompatibility issues.
• Apply techniques for creating frameset documents, and access
frames and the objects contained in them.
• Interact with the Form object by reading data from and writing
data to form elements.
• Interact with the String and RegExp objects by using String object
methods to correct common data entry errors, creating dynamic text
effects by using substring methods, and building RegExp expressions
to test and validate string values.
• Craft functionality that validates form data by building the main
architecture for the form validation process, creating code that
tests individual form elements, creating functions that prepare data
for validation and display a dynamic validation report, and creating
code that validates radio, checkbox, and select list objects.
• Use and manipulate instances of the Date object, and perform
mathematical calculations with Math object methods.
• Recognize potential coding problems in a cross-browser environment
by examining the compatibility landscape and techniques for dealing
with incompatibilities, and by using browser detection to create
code that works around platform incompatibilities. |
