About the Course
This 2 day course introduces JavaScript, including how to write JavaScript, programming principles, working with numbers and arithmetic, string operations and Boolean calculations. Other topics include form validation and form calculators. Practical projects are designed to give students hands-on confidence, and include creating a game, a slide show and jump menus.
Who should do this course?
This course is designed for participants who want to extend their web development skills beyond HTML and want to enhance the user interface on the website. The core skills taught in this course can also be applied to variety of other applications which require JavaScript.
Prerequisites
Although there are no prerequisites for attending this course; we recommend that participants have a basic understanding of HTML and CSS to get the best out of this course and to better contextualise the learning.
Course Dates
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Sydney Class Dates
Book NowLevel 11, 32 Walker Street, North Sydney , NSW 2060
12 - 13 Nov 19 Tue - Wed 30 - 31 Jan 20 Thu - Fri 27 - 28 Feb 20 Thu - Fri 08 - 09 Apr 20 Wed - Thu 19 - 20 May 20 Tue - Wed -
Melbourne Class Dates
Book NowLevel 12, 379 Collins Street, Melbourne , VIC 3000
14 - 15 Nov 19 Thu - Fri 06 - 07 Jan 20 Mon - Tue 17 - 18 Feb 20 Mon - Tue 02 - 03 Apr 20 Thu - Fri 11 - 12 May 20 Mon - Tue 25 - 26 Jun 20 Thu - Fri -
Brisbane Class Dates
Book NowLevel 6, 371 Queen Street, Brisbane , QLD 4000
11 - 12 Nov 19 Mon - Tue 11 - 12 Feb 20 Tue - Wed 28 - 29 Apr 20 Tue - Wed 20 - 21 Jul 20 Mon - Tue 13 - 14 Oct 20 Tue - Wed
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Canberra Class Dates
Book NowLevel 4, 54 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra , ACT 2601
20 - 21 Jan 20 Mon - Tue 06 - 07 Apr 20 Mon - Tue 25 - 26 Jun 20 Thu - Fri 15 - 16 Sep 20 Tue - Wed 10 - 11 Dec 20 Thu - Fri -
Adelaide Class Dates
19 Young Street, Adelaide , SA 5000
Classes scheduled on demand in AdelaidePlease Join our waitlist and we'll notify you when a new class is scheduled or contact us to disucss your training needs.
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Perth Class Dates
Level 1, 140 St Georges Terrace, Perth , WA 6000
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Unit 1: Introduction
- The Origins of JavaScript
- The Document Object Model
- Understanding the Browser
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Unit 2: JavaScript Syntax
- Statements
- Comments
- Variables
- Data Types
- Arrays
- Objects
- Arithmetic Operators
- Conditional Statements
- Comparison Operators
- Logical Operators
- Looping Statements
- The While Loop
- The For Loop
- Functions
- Objects
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Unit 3: The Document Object Model
- Understanding Document
- Understanding Object
- Understanding Model
- Understanding Nodes
- Element Nodes
- Text Nodes
- Attribute Nodes
- Cascading Style Sheets
- Getting Elements
- Understanding Attributes
- getAttribute
- setAttribute
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Unit 4: Project - A JavaScript Image Gallery
- The Markup
- A DOM Diversion
- Finishing the Function
- Applying the JavaScript
- Event Handlers
- Expanding the Functions
- Introducing childNodes
- Introducing the nodeType Property
- Adding a Description with JavaScript
- Introducing nodeValue Property
- Introducing firstChild and lastChild
- Using nodeValue to Update the Description
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Unit 5: Best Practice
- The JavaScript - Pseudo Protocol
- Inline Event Handler
- Separation of Structure and Style
- Progressive Enhancement
- Unobtrusive JavaScript
- Backward Compatibility
- Object Detection
- Browser Sniffing
- Performance Considerations
- Minimising DOM Access and Markup
- Assembling and Placing Scripts
- Minification
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Unit 6: Project - The Image Gallery Revisited
- A Quick Recap
- Checking if JavaScript is Unobtrusive
- Adding the Event Handlers
- Sharing the Load
- Fine-Tuning
- Keyboard Access
- Sharing Hooks with CSS
- DOM Core and HTML-DOM
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Unit 7: Creating Markup on the Fly
- Understanding Old-School Methods
- document.write
- innerHTML
- Understanding DOM Methods
- createElement
- appendChild
- createTextNode
- Inserting a new Element Before an Existing One
- Inserting a New Element After an Existing One
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Unit 8: Enhancing Content
- Making the Invisible Visible
- Working with the Content
- The Markup - HTML
- The CSS
- The JavaScript
- Displaying Abbreviations
- Writing the displayAbbreviations Function
- Displaying Citations
- Writing the displayCitations Function
- Displaying Access Keys
- Retrieving and Attaching Information
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Unit 9: CSS-DOM
- Structure
- Presentation
- Behaviour
- Seperation
- Understanding the Style Property
- Getting Styles
- Setting Styles
- Knowing When to Use DOM Styling
- Styling Elements in a Node Tree
- Repetitive Styling
- Responding to Events
- Understanding className
- Abstracting a Function
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Unit 10: An Animated Slideshow
- Understanding Animation Basics
- Position
- Time
- Incremental Movement
- Abstraction
- Working with Practical Animation
- The Situation
- The Solution
- Adding CSS
- Adding JavaScript
- The Scope
- Refining the Animation
- Adding a Safety Check
- Generating Markup
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Unit 11: Putting it All Together
- Raw Materials
- Site Structure
- Page Structure
- CSS: Colour
- CSS: Layout
- CSS: Typography
- Javascript Page: Highlighting
- Javascript: Slideshow
- Javascript Internal: Navigation
- Javascript: Image Gallery
- Javascript: Table Enhancements
- Javascript: Form Enhancements
- Javascript: Minification
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Training Packages
Web Design Package - Level 2
- HTML5 Essentials (2 days)
- CSS3 Essentials (2 days)
- Introduction to JavaScript (2 days)
- jQuery: Interactive Websites (2 days)
$ 2970 incl GST
(You save $990)
Duration
8 days
Web Developer Package
- Dreamweaver: Website Development (3 days)
- Introduction to JavaScript (2 days)
- jQuery: Interactive Websites (2 days)
- Introduction to PHP and MySQL (3 days)
$ 3630 incl GST
(You save $1320)
Duration
10 days
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