JavaScript Deep Dive

JavaScript Deep Dive

This course is part of Become a JavaScript Developer Specialization

Instructor: Per Harald Borgen

Sponsored by Louisiana Workforce Commission

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

4.6

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Intermediate level

Some related experience required

16 hours to complete

3 weeks at 5 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

4.6

(11 reviews)

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

16 hours to complete

3 weeks at 5 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

How the JavaScript programming language works, all the way from the basics to the advanced concepts
Basic computer science concepts like variables, data types, functions, conditionals, loops, and much more.
How to build real-world web apps using the JavaScript programming language

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Assessments

9 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

If you want to be a developer, the language to learn is JavaScript. It’s the engine of the web and if you know JavaScript, you can make software usable by everybody on any possible device.

However, navigating the JavaScript ecosystem today is harder than ever before. What exactly do you need to learn? And how do you learn it all? Where do you even begin? Welcome to "JavaScript Deep Dive", a course designed to teach you JavaScript in the best way possible, so you can build amazing apps, master the language, and transform your career. You’ll learn next-level JavaScript from the beginning, so that you later can adapt any JavaScript library or framework you want to learn (like React, Angular, Vue). You’ll learn concepts essential to making any serious app or program, break through the hard parts of the language, all while working through fun coding challenges to practice all of these concepts. And to top it off, you’ll solidify your learning by building practical, real-world apps.

In this module, you will learn the basics of JavaScript, like Variables, Functions, Data Types, and Conditionals.

What's included

3 assignments33 plugins

3 assignmentsTotal 45 minutes

Variables Quiz15 minutes
Types & Conditionals Quiz15 minutes
Functions Quiz15 minutes

33 pluginsTotal 218 minutes

Welcome to the course!3 minutes
How to use scrims2 minutes
Start Using JavaScript4 minutes
Module Intro: Variables & Strings1 minute
Variable Basics with var7 minutes
Challenge: Variable Basics2 minutes
Better Code with Strict Mode10 minutes
Why Use let & const Over var5 minutes
Challenge: const & let2 minutes
How Const Improves Your Code7 minutes
Why Block Scoping Matters7 minutes
How Template Literals Improve Strings11 minutes
Challenge: Template Literals10 minutes
How Variables Should Be Named7 minutes
Module Intro: Types & Conditionals1 minute
Conditionally Run JavaScript Code11 minutes
Challenge: Your First Conditional4 minutes
Types and How They Can Be Changed16 minutes
Challenge: Types4 minutes
How to Shorten Conditionals with Ternaries13 minutes
Challenge: Ternaries3 minutes
Even Shorter Conditionals with Short-Circuiting11 minutes
Challenge: Short-Circuiting4 minutes
Intro: Functions1 minute
Why We Need Functions14 minutes
Challenge: Your First Function2 minutes
What is a Closure and Why it Matters11 minutes
Challenge: Count Downwards Using Closure3 minutes
Better Functions with Default Parameters7 minutes
Shorter Functions with Arrow Functions12 minutes
Challenge: Arrow Functions3 minutes
Partial Application for Single-Responsibility Functions14 minutes
How Functions Should Be Named6 minutes

In this module, you will learn about complex data types like Arrays, Objects, Sets, and Maps.

What's included

3 assignments37 plugins

3 assignmentsTotal 45 minutes

Objects & Maps Quiz15 minutes
Arrays & Sets Quiz15 minutes
Classes Quiz15 minutes

37 pluginsTotal 280 minutes

Module Intro: Objects & Maps1 minute
Use Objects for Managing Key-Value Pairs13 minutes
Challenge: Your First Object3 minutes
Understand Primitive vs Object Types8 minutes
Get and Modify Object Data13 minutes
Easy Property Access with Destructuring10 minutes
Challenge: Object Destructuring3 minutes
Merge Objects with Object Spread11 minutes
How Maps Can Do What Objects Can't13 minutes
Challenge: Your First Map2 minutes
Improve Methods with Arrow Functions12 minutes
Module Intro: Arrays1 minute
Build Flexible Collections with Arrays8 minutes
Challenge: Your First Array3 minutes
Check Element Existence in Arrays11 minutes
Challenge: .some and .every3 minutes
Perform Actions on All Elements10 minutes
Get Subsets of Arrays8 minutes
Transform Arrays with .reduce()8 minutes
Challenge: Transform Arrays with .reduce()3 minutes
Understand the Power of .reduce()9 minutes
Avoid Mutations with Array Spread7 minutes
Mold Arrays with the Spread Operator13 minutes
More Flexible Arrays with Destructuring10 minutes
Challenge: Array Destructuring4 minutes
Turn Objects into Flexible Arrays16 minutes
Get Unique Sets of Data7 minutes
Use New, Immutable Array Features3 minutes
Module Intro: Classes1 minute
What Are Constructor Functions?11 minutes
Challenge: Your First Constructor Function4 minutes
Understand the Prototype Chain7 minutes
Easy Prototypal Inheritance with Classes8 minutes
Challenge: Your First Class5 minutes
Share Class Features with Extends11 minutes
How To Get, Set and Simplify Classes10 minutes
Fix Context Problems with .bind()10 minutes

In this module, you will learn how to work with the DOM to make websites interactive, and how to run asynchronous operations in JavaScript.

What's included

2 assignments16 plugins

2 assignmentsTotal 30 minutes

DOM Quiz15 minutes
Async JavaScript Quiz15 minutes

16 pluginsTotal 98 minutes

Intro: the DOM1 minute
What is the DOM?6 minutes
Get Single and Multiple Elements5 minutes
Creating and Modifying HTML Elements3 minutes
Challenge: Creating and Modifying HTML Elements3 minutes
Dynamically Add CSS Styles3 minutes
Understand and Work with Events9 minutes
Challenge: Events3 minutes
Intro: Async JavaScript1 minute
The Problem with Callbacks6 minutes
Fix Callback Hell with Promises13 minutes
Make Network Requests with fetch()19 minutes
Challenge: Fetch API3 minutes
Dead-Simple Promises with async-await10 minutes
Catch Errors with async-await10 minutes
Challenge: async-await3 minutes

In this module, you will learn how to build two epic projects: a Google Keep clone and a Hacker News clone. You will also learn some essential concepts in-between to level up your project-builing skills.