Hi and welcome to ” Let’s JavaScript! “.
My name is Kauress and you may know me from the “Introduction to git” class on SitePoint
JavaScript is known as a front end language forweb applications. According to the Developer Survey of 2016 by StackOverflow, JavaScript was surveyed to be the most commonly usedprogramming language on the web.
Learninga new language can be complicated and time consuming. Let Kauressguide you through beginners projects in JavaScript and the DOM! Youwill code 5 projects in JavaScript from scratch. Building upon basicconcepts and applying them in your projects. The projects you codewill allow you to manipulate user input and build dynamic webcomponents of an otherwise static web-page. And by the end of thisproject series you would have coded 5 productivity web-apps inJavaScript
Codeyour way into learning JavaScript and Let’s JavaScript!
Goal of the project series:
Toteach the basic constructs of JavaScript by coding projects.
The projects:
This is a complete hands on series and the projects we will be coding are:
1. Asingle operation calculator: The calculator allow you to add,subtractmultiply and divide 2 numbers with or without a decimal point. Ourcalculator will also have A backspace and clear feature. Our calculatorwill automatically start new calculations after the equal to operator isclicked. Eval has not used!
2. A to-do List : A to-do list based on arrays and array methods which will allow you to add, strikethrough or delete individual items and additionally you can also addan item using the enter key on your keyboard and then clear the list
3.Pomodoro: A pomodoro is a productivity method to track work and break durations, the pomodoro will have functions such as start, pause and reset. And it will automatically start the break duration after the work period is over
4. WYSIWYG editor: A whatyou is see is what you get editor which will have all the basicfeatures of a standard text editor such as bold, center align , colortext and so on. This project include new topics like local storage,which will allow your draft to be saved even after you refresh thepage
5. Calender widget: A calendar widget that shows not only the current , previous and nextday but also the current time and local weather. And in this projectyou will be use the date and time objects and an API
What are the per-requisites?
1. HTML
2. CSS
3. Basic know how of JavaScript theory
This seriesassumes little to NO knowledge of coding in JavaScript.
This projectseries is best suited to those that have had little exposure toJavaScript in the way of reading material and basic definitions buthave no real experience coding in JavaScript.
What if I am an absolute beginner? :
Now if you have absolutely no exposure to JavaScript in any way shape or form, you may still do the projects. You can extend your learning experience by referencing basic definitions and, other reading material along with the content provided in each project
Whenyou finish this course, you will be able to:
1.Code in JavaScript from scratch
2.Showcase your work to potential employers
3.Carryon to do intermediate level projects in JavaScript
What tools do I need to do the projects? :
•A code editor (This part is covered in Section 2, lesson # 2)
