JavaScript Essentials: Language Features

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
JavaScript has rich language features for representing data and controlling the flow of programs. This course covers the primary data types you will encounter in JavaScript and flow control statements. It goes on to cover the basics of using XML and other files in your JavaScript programs, and handling events and errors.

Target Audience
Developers looking to skill up in JavaScript and anyone with an interest in writing JavaScript code

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.9

Lesson Objectives

JavaScript Essentials: Language Features

start the course

describe undefined variables

describe null variables

create and use regular expressions in JavaScript

create substrings in JavaScript

format strings in JavaScript

use the Number object to format numbers for display in JavaScript

use the Math object in JavaScript

use the Date object in JavaScript

create Boolean objects

create nested If statements in JavaScript

create nested loops in JavaScript

use JavaScript labels

use conditional operators to clean up If Else statements

get, retrieve, and display XML data using JavaScript

use external JavaScript script files

use events and event listeners

retrieve the information stored in an event object

capture basic user events and respond to them using JavaScript code

use the try-catch statements for error handling in JavaScript

use the throw statement to handle custom errors

use JavaScript comments detailing the intended purpose of your scripts

set delay and call a function after a specific time interval

debug a program by using the Error object

encode and decode URIs to a readable format by using JavaScript

Course Number:
sl_jsce_a02_it_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner