About This Course:

This five-day instructor-led course is an in depth hands-on study of JavaScript. The course includes detailed hands-on labs and Q&A labs. The labs include multiple projects that update an existing web site.

Audience Profile:

This course is intended for both novice and experienced programmers. Some experience in C++, C# or Java is helpful.

At Course Completion:

• Write and test JavaScript code in modern browsers.
• Understand and work with the browser’s Document Object Model (DOM).
• Work DOM objects and write code to respond to events.
• Add jQuery to their projects and use jQuery to manipulate the DOM and to make Ajax calls.
• Understand Ajax and Web Services, including HTTP Verbs and asynchronous Ajax calls.
• Work with XML and JSON data formats.
• Understand and use RESTful Web Services including ODATA queries.
• Work with Anonymous Functions, Self-Invoking Functions and Closures.
• Understand the role of the Window and Navigator objects.
• Describe and understand variables, “variable hoisting”, and JavaScript objects.

Course Details:

• Module 1: Basic Scripting
• Module 2: The Document Object Model
• Module 3: Introduction to jQuery
• Module 4: Ajax and Web Services
• Module 5: Diving in Deeper

Prerequisites:

Useful, but not required:

• Previous programming experience using C, C# or Java.
• HTML and CSS web development.