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1. Haim Michael
October 9th, 2013
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Watch the lecture at http://youtu.be/VYLL5xWc1Jc
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JavaScript Jump Start

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Introduction to JavaScript
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Development Tools
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Object Oriented Programming
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Functional Programming
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JavaScript Libraries
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Learning Resources
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Questions & Answers
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Table of Content

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JavaScript is a scripting language running on the web
browser or on the server. It was originally developed by
Netscape and became available in 1995.
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ECMA Script, defined by ECMA-262, is the standard
JavaScript language. ECMA Script defines the very
basic parts of the language
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Introduction to JavaScript

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We can embed the code we write in JavaScript into the
HTML page using the <script> element.
<script type="text/javascript">
function do_something()
{
alert(“Good Morning!”);
}
</script>
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Introduction to JavaScript

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We can alternatively have our code in a separated file
linked with our HTML page.
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”mycode.js”>
</script>
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Introduction to JavaScript

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We can use a simple text editor. We can alternatively
use an IDE.
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Development Tools

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JavaScript doesn't allow us to define classes. Each object
is a collection of properties (key value pairs).
var ob = new Object();
ob.name = "david";
ob.id = 132123;
ob.printDetails = function(){
document.write("id="+this.id+" name="+this.name);
};
ob.printDetails();
var other = {name:"david",id:123123);
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Object Oriented Programming

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JavaScript allows us to assign functions into variables.
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JavaScript allows us to pass the functions as
arguments.
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JavaScript allows us to define anonymous functions and
supports closure.
var f = function(){
//do something...
}
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Functional Programming

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The true power of JavaScript is the huge number of
available JavaScript libraries we can use in our code.
http://www.abelski.com/moodle/course/category.php?id=17
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JavaScript Libraries

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You can find a huge range of online courses available for
free personal use at
http://abelski.lifemichael.com
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Mozilla Developer Network
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/
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Google JavaScript Style Guide
https://code.google.com/p/google-styleguide/
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Facebook JavaScript Developers Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/407961892610345/
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Learning Resources

11. ●
Two courses you might find interesting include
Software Engineering in PHP
more info
Android 4.4 Java Applications Development
more info
HTML5 Cross Platform Mobile Applications
more info
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Thanks for your time!
Haim.
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Questions & Answers