From the course: Computer Science Principles Lab: JavaScript

Welcome - JavaScript Tutorial

From the course: Computer Science Principles Lab: JavaScript

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Welcome

- [Doug] JavaScript is the core programming language for creating applications for the web and browsers. The key advantage to using JavaScript is the language's ease of use, the ability to apply it to many platforms, and the free tools that are available to you as a coder. My name is Doug Winnie, and in this course you will build on the concepts introduced in the Computer Science Principles Programming course and learn the specific syntax to apply those principles in the JavaScript programming language. In this course, we'll cover how you can set up your Mac OS or Windows machine to code in JavaScript and test your code using a browser. Then we will go through the specifics of working with values, variables, working with conditional tests, loops, and working with collections using arrays. This course does not cover object oriented JavaScript programming. JavaScript can support object oriented design patterns, but it is a more advanced topic that requires more knowledge of how JavaScript syntax works and is beyond the scope of this course. After you've completed this course, you will know the basics of JavaScript programming and have a solid foundation to go deeper with JavaScript to build powerful applications for the web and other platforms.

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