Mastering JavaScript & JQuery Essentials (TT4115)

Learning Objectives

Throughout the course, students will explore practical use of the umbrella of technologies that work in conjunction with JavaScript as well as some of the tools, toolkits, and frameworks that can be used in conjunction with web development and deployment. The course begins with an initial look at JavaScript and how it is used within the context of web applications, walking students through the different technologies that are used with JavaScript and exploring core aspects of JavaScript and JQuery in terms of web applications, security, tools and frameworks.
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
Students will explore:
What is JavaScript, how does it relate to other programming languages, and how do you script your web pages with it?
How do you traverse and manipulate the DOM and how do you handle events in ways that work in all browsers?
What is Ajax and how does JavaScript make it possible?
What are closures and prototypes and other exotic features of JavaScript?
What is jQuery and why should you use it?
How does jQuery reduce the amount of code that you have to write to add rich functionality to both existing and new web pages?
How does jQuery make Ajax programming easier?
What best practices are there for using jQuery so that it works unobtrusively and performs well?
What plugins and extensions are available to enhance your applications even more than the core jQuery library can provide?