Learning to program is both fun and easy by taking this brand new and exciting Introduction to Programming for Non-Programmers course! Not only will you learn the foundations of how to program, but you’ll also gain a solid foundation in the world’s most popular computer language: JavaScript. Without having to install any special software, and using only your web browser and your text editor, you’ll journey into the exacting world of programming. Using an easy to learn training style, you’ll learn about the JavaScript language, functions, variables, making decisions, looping, and more. At the end of the course, you’ll be in a great position to take other introductory programming language course.
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Video Title
Length
01: Introduction to Programming
16 min
02: Introduction to JavaScript
15 min
Quiz: Introduction to Programming and JavaScript
14 min
04: Functions Part 2
17 min
Quiz: Functions
05: Variables
24 min
Quiz: Variables
06: Making Decisions
22 min
Quiz: Making Decisions
07: Repeating Steps
24 min
Quiz: Repeating Steps
08: Course Summary
20 min
09: Capstone Exercise
15 min
Course Survey
Module 00: Course Introduction
Module 01: Introduction to Programming
- What is a computer language?
- Why should you learn a computer language?
- What computer language should you learn first?
- Demo: Let's Make our First Statement in JavaScript!
- Lab Exercise: hello.html
Module 02: Introduction to JavaScript
- JavaScript Advantages
- Web Browser and JavaScript
- .html File Extension
- Editing hello.html
- // and /* … */
- Demo: Hello World
- Lab Exercise: Hello World
Module 03: Functions Part 1
- About Functions
- alert() w/o input parameter
- Semicolon
- alert() w/Input parameter
- Strings
Module 04: Functions Part 2
- Defining Functions without inputs
- Defining Functions with inputs
- Returning values from Functions
- Demo: Using the Alert Function
- Lab Exercise: Using the Alert Function
Module 05: Variables
- JavaScript Variables
- var keyword
- String variables
- Number variables
- Operators: +, -, *, /
- Confirm Function
- true, false
- prompt() Function
- Demo: Using Variables
- Lab Exercise: Using Variables
Module 06: Making Decisions
- if statement
- if else statement
- confirm() with if statement
- confirm() with if-else statement
- Compare Operators: ==, <. >, <=, >=
- if-else-if…
- Demo: Making Decisions
- Lab Exercise: Making Decisions
Module 07: Repeating Steps
- Repeating fixed number of times
- Repeating variable number of times
- while statement
- while statement with prompt()
- Checking for null
- Demo: Repeating Steps
- Lab Exercise: Repeating Steps
Module 08: Course Summary
- Put All Skills Together To Write a Javascript App
- Review the key concepts
- Write a temperature conversion script!
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The only prerequisite is a basic familiarity with computers, along with an eagerness to learn programming. You do not need any programming experience.
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