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.
Objectives
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
Target audience
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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
HTML5 - Content Authoring Fundamentals
HTML5 - Content Authoring with New and Advanced Features
