Introduction to JavaScript Fall 2011
Contents
Class Schedule
- Class 01 (2011-09-06): Introduction
- Class 02 (2011-09-13): Programming Syntax and Concepts
- Class 03 (2011-09-20): Functions and Events
- Class 04 (2011-09-27): Objects, Arrays, & Loops
- Class 05 (2011-10-04): More DOM Scripting
- Class 06 (2011-10-11): Libraries, jQuery
- Class 07 (2011-10-18): Project 1 Critique
- Class 08 (2011-10-25): Midterm Exam
- Class 09 (2011-11-01): AJAX and JSON
- Class 10 (2011-11-08): Client Storage, HTML5 APIs
- Class 11 (2011-11-15): Object Oriented Programming
- Class 12 (2011-11-22): Scripting the Canvas
- Class 13 (2011-11-29): Performance Optimization
- Class 14 (2011-12-06): Project 2 Critique
- Class 15 (2011-12-13): Final Exam
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Course Deliverables
In-Class Work
10 points each
In-Class 1
Due:
Assignments
40 points each
Assignment 1
Due:
Projects
125 points each
Course Resources
Text Editors
Cross Platform
- Aptana (free, built on top of eclipse)
For Windows
- Notepad++ (free)
- e TextEditor
- SciTE (free and open source)
For OS X
- TextWrangler (free)
- jEdit (free and open source)
- TextMate
- Coda
Browser Tools
Tools for Firefox
Books
DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model: this book is very gentle introduction to JavaScript that focus on practical examples of scripting websites.
Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming: this book (also available as a free eBook) goes into more detail about programming with JavaScript, and doesn't even touch DOM Scripting until the end. Some of it's DOM Scripting practices seem a bit out of date to me, still a great read though.
JavaScript: the Definitive Guide: this is THE JavaScript reference book in my opinion. It is thick, and dry. I wouldn't try and read it cover to cover until you're already comfortable with JavaScript and you want to poke though every nitty gritty detail.
eBooks
References and Tutorials
- W3Schools JavaScript reference
- Mozilla JavaScript reference
- Dive Into HTML5 (an online book about HTML5)
- (online videos of JavaScript lectures)
Web Development Toolbox
Tutor
Which tutors know some JavaScript?
