ExpiredJavascript: fundamentals (for absolute beginners)

Who should use this course?

This course has been created for absolute beginners. You don’t need any prior coding experience because you’ll go through, step-by-step, how a website works, installation and each fundamentals topic.

This course is for you if:

• You’re curious about Javascript as a coding language and want to understand the fundamentals well.
• You want to be taught by an experienced Web Developer who has extensive experience in teaching and training and understands how students learn best.
• You want to become a Web/Front-end Developer and want to understand Javascript well before you make a deep dive into the more advanced and complex topics.

This course is not for you if:

• You already know and understand how a website works and the fundamentals of Javascript (variables, data types, operators and expressions, conditions (if-statements)).
• You do not consider yourself to be an absolute beginner.
• You do not enjoy attempting exercises to consolidate your learning.

To maximise your success on this course, you are encouraged to use the Exercise Book (in PDF) along with video lessons.

What exactly will you cover in this course?

The fundamentals of Javascript are the topics you’ll be using day-in and day-out as a Developer, so it’s important to know them well.

In this course, you’ll be going through each of them properly: you’ll know how to code them and you’ll also understand what’s actually happening in the background. Most importantly, you’ll go through real-world examples to help you learn and consolidate the key concepts…. and all in 1 hour of video lessons.

The fundamental topics you’ll cover include:

1. Variables
2. Variables and memory
3. Operators and expressions
4. Data types
5. Conditionals (if-statements)
6. How to use programming logic

What can you expect after taking this course?

• At the end of this course, you’ll know and understand the fundamentals of Javascript.
• You’ll also have the confidence to stretch yourself further to learn more advanced and complex topics.
• You’ll also have a high-level understanding of how a website works and how Javascript fits into the bigger picture of a website.
• You’ll also be using a very popular tool Professional Developers use in their role to code with Javascript – Visual Studio Code.

What comes with the course?

This course comes with video lessons and a free Exercise Book for you to keep.

How should you use this course?

You should go through the video lessons in order because the concepts build on each other. At the end of a video lesson, you should then attempt the exercises in the Exercise Book (these exercises are also available as online assignments in the course). It’s been carefully designed to help everything sink in properly and you are encouraged to complete it. The answers and solutions are also available in the book, so you get the most out of it!

What is Javascript and why should you learn it?

• Javascript is one of the most in-demand coding languages used. Javascript skills are highly-sought after by nearly every company in the world with an online presence.
• It is incredibly powerful and makes websites interactive. So, when you click on buttons to purchase products, fill in a form, or use interactive maps, Javascript is what powers these interactions.
• By learning Javascript to create dynamic websites, you’ll also gain the skills to build mobile-apps and browser games.
• In the UK, the average salary for a Javascript Developer is £44,000, which could rise to £66,000+.