- JavaScript Everywhere 6:20
- What to Expect 2:55
- JavaScript Everywhere Review 5 questions
- Display Messages with JavaScript 5:18
- Your First JavaScript Program 2:56
- Add JavaScript to HTML 6:58
- Debug JavaScript in the Console 5:52
- Adding Scripts and JavaScript Commands Review 6 questions
- JavaScript Practice Challenge 2:39
- JavaScript Challenge Solution 1:45
- Code Challenges and Getting Help
- Write JavaScript Statements 4 objectives
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What to Expect
2:55This JavaScript Basics course will guide you and help get you immersed in the JavaScript language, with quizzes, code challenges, practice opportunities, and more. This video covers the concepts you will learn in this course.
If JavaScript is your first programming
language, I bet you're excited, but
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also maybe a little nervous and
not sure what to expect, that's natural.
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I too felt a bit intimidated and out of my
comfort zone when I first started learning
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JavaScript, there were a lot of
new terms and concepts introduced.
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It wasn't until I fully
immersed myself in the language
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that I started to pick up quite a bit.
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Concepts began to stick and
code look more and more familiar overtime.
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So, this JavaScript Basics course
along with other follow along courses
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is intended to guide you and help you
get immersed in the JavaScript language
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with quizzes, code challenges,
practice opportunities, and more.
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It's going to be challenging but
also awesome and rewarding.
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I'm excited for you.
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Before you get started programming,
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I wanna talk about what
I'll cover in this course.
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JavaScript is a programming language.
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And like any language,
it has its own vocabulary and grammar.
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Programmers call this syntax.
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A programming language's syntax
is the rules of the language, or
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the instructions,
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special words and punctuation you
use to put together a program.
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Every programming language has its own
syntax, just as English, Spanish, and
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Mandarin each have their
own vocabulary and grammar.
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I'll also teach you basic
programming concepts.
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These concepts won't
just apply to JavaScript.
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They're common ideas you'll find in
other programming languages like Python,
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Java, or PHP, for example variables,
data types and conditional statements.
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I'll teach you the concepts I
think you should focus on at
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this particular part of your journey.
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And don't worry about remembering or
fully understanding everything right away.
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This is the journey and
you're just getting started.
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As a programmer, it's also important
to be able to talk like a programmer.
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So I'll introduce important vocabulary
that's useful for you to know.
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These are programming terms that will
come up often as you read, talk, and
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learn about JavaScript and programming.
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Like the word syntax,
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which again is a programming
language's vocabulary and grammar.
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Lastly, you'll learn important
programming techniques.
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These are best practices, or
proven ways to put together programs so
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they work better.
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For example, you'll learn how to use
comments to make your programs easier to
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understand and use.
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I'll also model for you the process
of basic debugging techniques.
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Or finding errors in your code.
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Making mistakes,
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sometimes mistakes that feel silly are all
part of the role of being a programmer.
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So it's important to practice finding and
fixing those errors.
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Errors can often be your greatest teacher, too.
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Learning alone can be challenging but
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remember you are not
taking this course alone.
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There are many other students
some of whom are programming for
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the first time taking
this course right now.
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So I encourage you to make use of your
support structure like the amazing
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community and tools we offer to help you
meet other students, ask questions and
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talk about what you are learning.
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Also, with each video is
a detailed set of teacher's notes.
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Now I'll do my best to point out when
there's something in there that you have
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to review, but try to get in
the habit of checking the notes for
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additional resources examples and
helpful tips.
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