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Programming Foundations with JavaScript
Turn everyday study questions into programs you can explain, test and improve.
- Level
- Beginner
- Estimated study
- About 16 hours
- Lessons
- 12 lessons in 4 modules
- Format
- Online, self-paced
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About this course
For complete beginners who have built a web page. In about 16 hours you will learn variables, decisions, functions, loops, arrays and objects by building a study-time calculator, then debug it and write your own tests. You need only a browser and a text editor.
What you will be able to do
- Use values, conditions, loops, functions, arrays and objects to solve a problem.
- Trace a program and use error messages to investigate a failure.
- Check normal, empty and unexpected inputs with small test cases.
Course outline
Module 1: Values and decisions
3 lessons · 3 h 45 minWork with variables, types, comparisons and branching.
- Run your first program and name its values
- Distinguish text, numbers and missing values
- Choose a response with comparisons and branches
Module 2: Reusable steps
3 lessons · 3 h 45 minWrite functions with clear inputs and outputs, then practice loops.
- Package a calculation as a function
- Repeat a calculation with a loop
- Combine helpers into a clear calculation
Module 3: Collections and objects
3 lessons · 3 h 45 minStore, filter and transform related information without losing track of the data.
- Store sessions in an array and visit each one
- Give each session a meaningful record
- Filter records and transform their presentation
Module 4: Debug and test
3 lessons · 4 h 45 minTrace execution, inspect errors and use examples to check your assumptions.
- Trace execution and investigate errors
- Check contracts with small example tests
- Deliver the study-time calculator
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