Course Synopsis: So you’re ready to make the leap from writing HTML and CSS web pages to creating dynamic web applications. You want to take your web skills to the next level and you’re finally ready to add “programmer” to the resume. It sounds like you’re ready to learn the Web’s most popular programming language: JavaScript. This class provides you with the concepts and skills to use JavaScript effectively. You get hands-on practice working with basic through advanced techniques to get the most out of your experience.

Who Should Attend: Those wishing to familiarize themselves with JavaScript in order to add functionality to Websites, as well as to learn JavaScript for other applications.

Prerequisites: Basic understanding of HTML and browser/web technologies. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.

What You Will Learn:
• Overview and Basics of JavaScript
• Variables and Data Types
• Managing the Browser Window
• Storing Data Using Forms
• Working with Data and Operators
• Using Control Constructs
• Using Standard Functions
• Overview of AJAX

Time: Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.

Locations: We have company-operated facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also work with a network of rental facilities to offer our classes regularly across the United States and in Canada. Please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Related Courses: We recommend the following courses that relate to this
class: Foundations of HTML and JavaScript Programming Advanced . Please take a look at our other course outlines.

Goals: Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.

Registration: Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.

Javascript Training Course Outline

LESSON 1
Getting Started with JavaScript
Create Basic JavaScript Script
Types of Scripts
The Script Tags
Components of JavaScript
The Alert Statement
Browser Support
Script Errors
Identify Scripting Guidelines
Comments
Line Terminators

LESSON 2
Managing the Browser Window
Display Messages on the Status Bar
Objects
Types of Objects
Client-Side Objects
Core Objects
Object Hierarchy
Instances
The Window Object
Window Object Properties
Window Object Methods
Event Handler
Mouse Events
Open a Linked Page in a New Window

LESSON 3
Managing the Document
Write Content to a Document
The Document Object
Document Properties
Document Methods
Document Event Handlers
Create a Dynamic Document
Document Object Model
DHTML
Image Rollover

LESSON 4
Storing Data Using Forms
Creating a Form
The Form Object
The Text Object
Button
The Select Object
Radio Buttons and Check Boxes
Creating a Function

LESSON 5
Store Data Using Variables
Data Type
Primitive Data Type
Composite Data Types
Variable
Guidelines for Variable Naming
Variable Status
Escape Characters
Constants
Understanding Variable Scope
Global Object
Manipulate Data Using Operators
Types of Operators
Assignment Operators
Operator Precedence
Special Unary Operators
Convert Data Types

LESSON 6
Validate Statements
Control Constructs
The if Construct
The switch ... case Construct
Comparison Operator
Logical Operator
Execute Statements Iteratively
Understanding Loops
The while Loop
The do ... while Loop
The for Loop
Understanding Arrays

LESSON 7
Working with Numerical, String,
and Date Values
Using Standard Functions
Calculate Numerical Values
The Number Object
Number Properties
Number Methods
The Math Object
Math Constants
Math Methods

LESSON 8
Manipulating String Values
The String Object
String Properties
String Methods
Substring
Trimming
Manipulate Date Values
The Date Object
The get Methods
The set Methods
The to Methods

LESSON 9
Implement Pattern Search
The Custom Object
The RegExp Object
Using Wildcards
Placeholders
The OR and NOT Functionality

LESSON 10
Implement Pattern Search
XML
AJAX
Architecture of AJAX
The XMLHttpRequest Object