Discover how syntax highlighting and other features of text editors help make things clear.
- [Instructor] In this video, I'm going…to extol the virtues of a good text editor.…Give you some reasons why you might actually want…to have one in your tool kit, whatever…your level of experience.…If you're a web designer coming to JavaScript,…you might have an editor you like for HTML and CSS,…and that editor will probably be great…for JavaScript as well.…I've been teaching new developers for years,…and I'm continuously impressed with…how many high-quality, free editors, are available now.…We'll mostly talk about the features that are noticeable…when you're working on very small projects,…with a small number of files, and not a lot of code.…Editors can of course work…with projects including thousands of files,…but they're great for the small things…you'll be working on when you start out as well.…
The first thing everyone notices…when using a code editor, is syntax highlighting.…The editor uses colors and styles…to mark the different kinds of code…to help us know what we're looking at at a glance.…This makes the difference between…
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2/5/2019- Using a text editor
- Declaring and assigning variables
- Booleans and the quest for truth
- Working with objects and arrays
- Using operators and control structures
- Iterating with loops
- Objects, references, and functions
- Promises, async, and await
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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1. Getting Started
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Versions of JavaScript1m 43s
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Additional helpful resources2m 25s
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2. Variables and Types
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3. Objects, Arrays, and More
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Objects3m 21s
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Objects for modeling data2m 20s
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Manipulating objects3m 52s
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Arrays4m 55s
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Manipulating arrays5m 43s
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Readability: Whitespace2m 35s
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Readability: Comments4m 7s
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Regular expressions5m 43s
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4. Operators and Control Structures
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Simple comparisons4m 10s
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Arithmetic operators5m 24s
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Logical operators5m 43s
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Conditionals: If6m 21s
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Conditionals: Switch3m 53s
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Terse ifs4m 59s
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Ternary operator2m 30s
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Type checking5m 30s
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5. Iterating with Loops
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For loops: Sequential6m 9s
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For loops: Enumerative4m 33s
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While loops5m 36s
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6. Functions
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Basic functions2m 40s
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Arguments in functions4m 23s
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More on arguments5m 45s
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Functions are objects4m 18s
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Jargon: Scope in JavaScript1m 55s
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Variable scope in functions3m 20s
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Jargon: Callback functions3m 31s
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7. More Advanced Pieces
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Promises, async, and await3m 26s
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Modern JavaScript tooling3m 21s
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Conclusion
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Next steps3m 38s
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Video: Our friend the text editor