University of Glasgow
Computational Thinking with JavaScript Specialization
University of Glasgow

Computational Thinking with JavaScript Specialization

Unlock the Thinking Behind Computing. Develop key underpinning skills to give you insight into the world of computing and to harness its potential.

Jeremy Singer
Quintin Cutts

Instructors: Jeremy Singer

Sponsored by Syrian Youth Assembly

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Specialization - 4 course series

What you'll learn

  • A key problem solving framework to use new technologies in any problem domain.

    Experience using the framework with Javascript and animated graphics.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Computational Thinking
Category: Scripting Languages
Category: Web Development
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: Javascript
Category: Full-Stack Web Development
Category: Javascript and jQuery
Category: Web Applications
Category: Computer Graphics
Category: Web Design and Development
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Computer Science
Category: Scripting
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Computer Programming

What you'll learn

  • Learners will discover how to process, analyse and visualize data using simple JavaScript libraries and data structures.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Full-Stack Web Development
Category: Web Development
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: Javascript
Category: Javascript and jQuery
Category: Web Applications
Category: Scripting Languages
Category: YAML
Category: JSON
Category: Algorithms
Category: Computational Thinking
Category: Applied Machine Learning
Category: Computer Science
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Data Structures
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Machine Learning

What you'll learn

  • You develop and deepen your Computational Thinking skills

  • You learn how HTML and JavaScript work together to give you much of what you see on the web

  • You develop skills in reading and writing HTML and JavaScript to create interactive, animated web pages with text and graphics, using new libraries

Skills you'll gain

Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: Javascript and jQuery
Category: Full-Stack Web Development
Category: Web Development
Category: Web Applications
Category: Javascript
Category: Scripting Languages
Category: Web Design and Development
Category: HTML and CSS
Category: Integrated Development Environments
Category: CI/CD
Category: Development Environment
Category: Web Design
Category: Software Development
Category: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Category: Software Development Tools
Category: Application Development
Category: Scripting
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Computational Thinking

What you'll learn

  • Experience of conceiving, developing and implementing a programming problem of your choice

    The stages of the software development process

Skills you'll gain

Category: Software Engineering
Category: JavaScript Frameworks
Category: Software Development
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Peer Review
Category: DevOps
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Release Management
Category: Full-Stack Web Development
Category: Web Applications
Category: Continuous Delivery
Category: Prototyping
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: Systems Development Life Cycle
Category: Application Development
Category: Javascript and jQuery
Category: Systems Engineering
Category: Javascript
Category: Application Lifecycle Management
Category: Software Development Life Cycle

Instructors

Jeremy Singer
University of Glasgow
4 Courses2,074 learners

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