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Introduction to JavaScript Course

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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 Details

$990 incl GST

  • Duration:2 Days
  • Max. Class Size:10
  • Avg. Class Size:5
  • Study Mode:
    Classroom Online Live
  • Level:Beginner
  • Course Times: Classroom: 9.00am to 5.00pm approx(Local Time) Online Live: 9.00am to 5.00pm approx(AEST or AEDT)
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Course Dates

Sydney Class Dates

Level 11, 32 Walker Street, North Sydney , NSW 2060

04 - 05 Dec 24 Wed - Thu Online Live
22 - 23 Jan 25 Wed - Thu Online Live
03 - 04 Mar 25 Mon - Tue Online Live
10 - 11 Apr 25 Thu - Fri Online Live
12 - 13 May 25 Mon - Tue Online Live
19 - 20 Jun 25 Thu - Fri Online Live
Melbourne Class Dates

Level 12, 379 Collins Street, Melbourne , VIC 3000

04 - 05 Dec 24 Wed - Thu Online Live
22 - 23 Jan 25 Wed - Thu Online Live
03 - 04 Mar 25 Mon - Tue Online Live
10 - 11 Apr 25 Thu - Fri Online Live
12 - 13 May 25 Mon - Tue Online Live
19 - 20 Jun 25 Thu - Fri Online Live
Brisbane Class Dates

Level 6, 371 Queen Street, Brisbane , QLD 4000

04 - 05 Dec 24 Wed - Thu Online Live
22 - 23 Jan 25 Wed - Thu Online Live
03 - 04 Mar 25 Mon - Tue Online Live
10 - 11 Apr 25 Thu - Fri Online Live
12 - 13 May 25 Mon - Tue Online Live
19 - 20 Jun 25 Thu - Fri Online Live
Canberra Class Dates

All courses facilitated in, Online Live format ,

04 - 05 Dec 24 Wed - Thu Online Live
22 - 23 Jan 25 Wed - Thu Online Live
03 - 04 Mar 25 Mon - Tue Online Live
10 - 11 Apr 25 Thu - Fri Online Live
12 - 13 May 25 Mon - Tue Online Live
19 - 20 Jun 25 Thu - Fri Online Live
Adelaide Class Dates

All courses facilitated in, Online Live format ,

04 - 05 Dec 24 Wed - Thu Online Live
22 - 23 Jan 25 Wed - Thu Online Live
03 - 04 Mar 25 Mon - Tue Online Live
10 - 11 Apr 25 Thu - Fri Online Live
12 - 13 May 25 Mon - Tue Online Live
19 - 20 Jun 25 Thu - Fri Online Live
Perth Class Dates

All courses facilitated in, Online Live format ,

04 - 05 Dec 24 Wed - Thu Online Live
22 - 23 Jan 25 Wed - Thu Online Live
03 - 04 Mar 25 Mon - Tue Online Live
10 - 11 Apr 25 Thu - Fri Online Live
12 - 13 May 25 Mon - Tue Online Live
19 - 20 Jun 25 Thu - Fri Online Live

Course Units

Unit 1: Introduction

  • The Origins of JavaScript
  • The Document Object Model
  • Understanding the Browser

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Course Reviews

(5.00 out of 5) [ 14 March, 2024 ]

I enjoyed the course very much. It was a learning curve but I now have invaluable learnings to take away and use in my working life. It was all very clear and understandable.

(4.80 out of 5) [ 14 March, 2024 ]

John is an excellent facilitator, he explained Arrays, objects and functions very clearly. I believe that this course will help me to understand more about Scripting and CSS. Thank you so much.

(4.40 out of 5) [ 14 March, 2024 ]

John is a very knowledgeable person and sessions were really informative. I wanted to express my gratitude for the excellent training sessions that you have done. Your subject-matter skills and knowledge have been really helpful to me in understanding and putting what I've learnt into practice. The encounter has also been interesting and interesting because of your enthusiastic and positive outlook. I'm eager to return to work and give some of these a try

(5.00 out of 5) [ 05 April, 2023 ]

I loved it very much was very clear and very hands on and Mark is extremely knowledgeable and very patient. Would highly recommend any of his courses to friends and colleagues.

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