With HTML5's new JavaScript APIs like Geolocation and Web Storage, knowing JavaScript has become more important than ever. This introductory workshop aims to teach you all the basic concepts as well as best practices to get you started with JavaScript. In this three-hour workshop, participants will cover:
- JavaScript basics: variables, if/else statements and for loops
- The many ways to write Functions:
- basic functions
- anonymous functions
- named function expressions
- What is the DOM? How do we use it with JavaScript?
- Event Listeners vs Event Handlers
- Dealing with IE when using Event Listeners
- Objects in JavaScript
- Comparing two items: why is === so much better than == ?
- Debugging JavaScript with Chrome/Safari's Web Developer Tool by setting Watches & Breakpoints
- A brief overview of JavaScript libraries (what is jQuery and how might it help you?)
Please bring a laptop with an HTML editor. If you don't have one, you can use Aptana studio (version 3). It’s available at: http://www.aptana.com/
