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JavaScript Basics

JavaScript is the only programming language that runs natively in the browser. Learn variables, functions, events, DOM manipulation, and how to make websites actually do things.

14 chapters·Beginner·JavaScript·Free forever
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Course by Nelson Njihia
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Course Contents

  1. 01What is JavaScript?
  2. 02Variables & Data Types
  3. 03Operators & Expressions
  4. 04If/Else & Conditionals
  5. 05Loops
  6. 06Functions
  7. 07Arrays
  8. 08Objects
  9. 09The DOM — Talking to the Page
  10. 10Events & User Interaction
  11. 11Async & Fetch (APIs)
  12. 12Modern JavaScript (ES6+)
  13. 13Error Handling
  14. 14Project: Interactive App

What you'll learn

✓JavaScript variables, data types, and operators
✓Functions, conditionals, and loops
✓Working with arrays and objects
✓Selecting and manipulating HTML elements from JavaScript
✓Handling events and user interaction
✓Fetching data from APIs with async/await

Requirements

  • —HTML and CSS knowledge (the previous two courses)
  • —A text editor and web browser
  • —No programming experience needed