Programming with JavaScript

Programming with JavaScript

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

4,915 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

5 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

95%

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What you'll learn

Creating simple JavaScript codes.
Creating and manipulating objects and arrays.
Writing unit tests using Jest

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Assessments

2 quizzes, 27 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 5 modules in this course

JavaScript is the programming language that powers the modern web. In this course, you will learn the basic concepts of web development with JavaScript. You will work with functions, objects, arrays, variables, data types, the HTML DOM, and much more. You will learn how to use JavaScript and discover interactive possibilities with modern JavaScript technologies. Finally, you will learn about the practice of testing code and how to write a unit test using Jest.

In this module, you are introduced to JavaScript. You'll learn why JavaScript is so integral to software development. And you'll get an overview of how to write JavaScript code inside the browser. Furthermore, you will learn about the most common operators as well as conditional statements and loops. After completing this module, you will have completed the following learning objectives:

What's included

19 videos22 readings2 quizzes6 assignments

19 videos Total 83 minutes

Introduction to Programming with JavaScript 4 minutes
How is JavaScript used in the real world? 4 minutes
Setting up VS code (Optional) 6 minutes
Introduction to programming 4 minutes
Why JavaScript? 5 minutes
Programming in JavaScript 3 minutes
Variables 7 minutes
Data types 5 minutes
Operators 7 minutes
Numbers 3 minutes
Strings 3 minutes
Booleans 5 minutes
Writing statements 3 minutes
Working with conditional statements 6 minutes
Looping constructs 4 minutes
For loop 3 minutes
While loop 3 minutes
Nested loops 6 minutes
Module summary: Introduction to JavaScript 1 minute

22 readings Total 285 minutes

Course syllabus 5 minutes
How to be successful in this course 10 minutes
How to Position Yourself for a New Career 10 minutes
How to uncover job opportunities 10 minutes
Additional resources 10 minutes
Writing your first Javascript code 10 minutes
Exercise: Declaring variables 10 minutes
Solution: Declaring variables 10 minutes
Operators in depth 30 minutes
Exercise: Advanced use of operators 10 minutes
Solution: Advanced use of operators 10 minutes
JavaScript improvements 10 minutes
Conditional examples 10 minutes
Exercise: Practice conditional statements 30 minutes
Solutions: Practice conditional statements 10 minutes
Exercise: Repetitive tasks with loops 30 minutes
Solutions: Repetitive tasks with loops 10 minutes
Loops and nested loops 5 minutes
Uses of loops 10 minutes
Exercise: Working with conditionals and loops 30 minutes
Solution: Working with conditionals and loops 10 minutes
Additional resources for Conditionals and Loops 5 minutes

2 quizzes Total 26 minutes

Self Review - Advanced use of operators 5 minutes
Knowledge check: Welcome to Programming 21 minutes

6 assignments Total 76 minutes

Module quiz: Introduction to JavaScript 30 minutes
Self review: Declaring variables 9 minutes
Self review: Practice conditional statements 5 minutes
Self review: Repetitive tasks with loops 3 minutes
Self review: Working with conditionals and loops 5 minutes
Knowledge check - Conditionals and loops 24 minutes

Here you'll learn how to use objects, arrays and functions. In addition, you will learn about the most common built-in methods, and the difference between undefined, null and empty strings. And you'll explore both error handling and defensive programming. After completing this module, you will be able to:

What's included

10 videos18 readings7 assignments

10 videos Total 42 minutes

Functions 6 minutes
Storing data in arrays 4 minutes
Introduction to objects 4 minutes
Math object 3 minutes
A closer look at strings 4 minutes
Typeof 3 minutes
Bugs and errors 5 minutes
Try catch blocks 6 minutes
Undefined, null and empty values 6 minutes
Module summary: The Building Blocks of a Program 2 minutes

18 readings Total 295 minutes

Building and calling functions 30 minutes
Exercise: Practicing with functions 30 minutes
Solution: Practicing with functions 10 minutes
Object Literals and the Dot Notation 30 minutes
Object Literals and the Brackets Notation 15 minutes
Arrays are Objects 15 minutes
Math object cheat sheet 10 minutes
String cheat sheet 15 minutes
Exercise: Creating arrays and objects 10 minutes
Creating arrays and objects (solutions) 10 minutes
Object Methods 15 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
Syntax, logical and runtime errors 30 minutes
Exercise: Error prevention 30 minutes
Solution: Error prevention 10 minutes
Exercise: Defensive programming 10 minutes
Solution: Defensive programming 10 minutes
Additional resources 10 minutes

7 assignments Total 86 minutes

Module quiz: The Building Blocks of a Program 30 minutes
Self review: Practicing with functions 5 minutes
Self review: Creating arrays and objects 5 minutes
Knowledge check: Arrays, Objects and Functions 21 minutes
Self review: Error prevention 5 minutes
Self review: Defensive programming 5 minutes
Knowledge check: Error handling 15 minutes

This module is about functional programming and the oriented programming paradigm. You will learn what scope is in JavaScript. You'll explore the differences between var, let and const. And you'll learn how to use classes and inheritance in object oriented programming. Additionally, you'll explore how to use write JavaScript using modern features like spread and rest. You will build code that can manipulate the DOM and handle events. And you will use JSON in JavaScript. After completing this module, you will be able to:

What's included

20 videos21 readings9 assignments3 programming assignments4 ungraded labs

20 videos Total 81 minutes

Introduction to functional programming 4 minutes
Function calling and recursion 3 minutes
Introduction to scope 2 minutes
Scoping with var, let and const 4 minutes
Comparing var, let and const 4 minutes
Introduction to object-oriented programming 9 minutes
Classes 2 minutes
Inheritance 5 minutes
De-structuring arrays and objects 3 minutes
For- of loops and objects 5 minutes
Working with template literals 4 minutes
Data Structures 4 minutes
Spread operator 4 minutes
Rest operator 4 minutes
JavaScript modules 5 minutes
JavaScript DOM manipulation 7 minutes
JavaScript selectors 3 minutes
Event handling 5 minutes
JavaScript Object Notation - JSON 3 minutes
Module summary: Programming Paradigms 2 minutes

21 readings Total 340 minutes

Return values from functions 10 minutes
The functional programming paradigm 30 minutes
Visual Studio Code on Coursera 10 minutes
Additional resources 10 minutes
Object Oriented Programming principles 30 minutes
Constructors 10 minutes
Creating classes 30 minutes
Default Parameters 10 minutes
Designing an OO Program 10 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
For of loops and objects 30 minutes
Template literals examples 30 minutes
Data Structures examples 30 minutes
Using Spread and Rest 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
JavaScript interactivity 5 minutes
Exercise: Web page content update 15 minutes
Exercise: Capture Data 10 minutes
Solution: Capture Data 10 minutes
Moving data around on the web 10 minutes
Additional resources 10 minutes

9 assignments Total 118 minutes

Module quiz: Programming Paradigms 30 minutes
Self review: Build a functional program 5 minutes
Knowledge check: Introduction to Functional Programming 15 minutes
Self review: Building an object-oriented program 6 minutes
Knowledge check: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming 15 minutes
Self review: Array and object iteration 5 minutes
Knowledge check: Advanced JavaScript Features 18 minutes
Self review: Capture data 9 minutes
Knowledge Check - JavaScript in the browser 15 minutes

3 programming assignments Total 540 minutes

Building a Functional Program 180 minutes
Building an object-oriented program 180 minutes
Array and Object Iteration 180 minutes

4 ungraded labs Total 240 minutes

Introduction to Recursion with Fibonacci Sequence Example 60 minutes
Refactoring var to let and const: Fixing Common JavaScript Errors 60 minutes
Working with Arrays and Objects: A Destructuring Exercise 60 minutes
JavaScript Essentials: Spread, Rest, and Concise Array Operations 60 minutes

Here you will learn about Node.js and Node Package Manager (npm). And you will explore how to install npm packages and how to work with package.json. Furthermore, you will learn about testing in JavaScript and you'll code a simple unit test in Jest. After completing this module, you will be able to:

What's included

7 videos2 readings3 assignments1 programming assignment

7 videos Total 36 minutes

Other JavaScript environments - node & NPM 6 minutes
What is testing? 7 minutes
Types of testing 5 minutes
Introduction to Jest 5 minutes
Writing tests with Jest 5 minutes
TDD (Test-Driven Development) 7 minutes
Module summary: Testing 2 minutes

2 readings Total 20 minutes

Installing Node and NPM (Optional) 10 minutes
Additional resources 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 53 minutes

Module quiz: Testing 30 minutes
Self review: Writing a Unit Test 5 minutes
Knowledge check: Introduction to testing 18 minutes

1 programming assignment Total 180 minutes

Writing a Unit Test 180 minutes

In the final module, you'll synthesize the skills you gained from the course to create code for the "Little lemon receipt maker. After you complete the individual units in this module, you will be able to take the graded assessment. You'll also have to opportunity to reflect on the course content and the learning path that lies ahead.

What's included

2 videos2 readings2 assignments1 programming assignment2 discussion prompts

2 videos Total 6 minutes

Recap Programming with JavaScript 4 minutes
Congratulations on completing the course Programming with JavaScript 2 minutes

2 readings Total 13 minutes

About the Little Lemon receipt maker exercise 10 minutes
Next steps 3 minutes

2 assignments Total 41 minutes

Final graded quiz: Programming with JavaScript 36 minutes
Self review: Little Lemon receipt maker 5 minutes

1 programming assignment Total 180 minutes

Little Lemon Receipt Maker 180 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

What challenges did you encounter during the assignment? 10 minutes
Reflect on learning 10 minutes

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Reviewed on Dec 13, 2023

Really solid course. Explains everything clearly and from a beginner level. The exercises are great too. I'm stoked to keep learning with Meta. Thanks for the high-quality courses!

Reviewed on Sep 14, 2022

A really good course overall, although I have noticed errors in some of the code examples. Not sure if that was deliberate to make you research why. That said, I've learned a lot.

Reviewed on Jan 26, 2023

Fantastic description and deep insight. Too bad some of the content is either in the wrong order making it difficult to follow or just wrong... the automatic tests also need fixing..

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