- JavaScript
- Beginner
About this Course
Learn the fundamentals of programming by building a JavaScript video game. This fun, exploratory course teaches you basic concepts like variables, values, conditional statements and functions by interactively playing with code while creating a game.
What you'll learn
- Basic programming concepts
- Variables
- Values
- Control structures
- Functions and commands
Let's Make a Game
Get started with programming by learning the basic concepts of JavaScript programming while building a game.
7 stepsFinishing the Game
Learn more about functions, control structures, and adding "smarts" to a program using conditional statements. Finish your JavaScript game by adding animated objects and a more complex scoring system.
6 stepsTeachers
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Andrew Chalkley
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien, I'm an Englishman in Portland. All of my professional life I've worked with computers online. I'm a polyglot programmer and like using the right tools for the job. In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my family and when I get chance, sticking opponents in Halo 4.
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Dave McFarland
Dave is a web developer, O'Reilly author, and Treehouse teacher.
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Joel Kraft
Joel is a web developer, as well as an author and teacher of JavaScript content. Joel lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and daughter.