Introduction to JavaScript
Learn JavaScript fundamentals for modern, interactive web development. This course covers syntax, data structures, control flow, functions, DOM manipulation, closures, prototypes, AJAX, debugging, and best practices to build dynamic, browser-based applications.
What you'll learn
- Understand JavaScript fundamentals including variables, data types, and control structures
- Write and organize functions while understanding scope and closures
- Manipulate the DOM to build dynamic, interactive web pages
- Explore prototypes, AJAX, APIs, and JSON for modern web development
- Apply debugging techniques and best practices for clean, maintainable code
- See how JavaScript integrates with HTML5 and client-side architectures
Skills you'll gain
- Explain how JavaScript powers interactive, browser-based web applications
- Use variables, data types, conditions, loops, arrays, and objects in JavaScript
- Write reusable functions and understand scope and closures
- Navigate and manipulate the DOM to create dynamic page content
- Integrate JavaScript with HTML5 for client-side web experiences
- Use AJAX, APIs, and JSON to work with external and real-time data
- Debug JavaScript code and apply coding standards and best practices
- Differentiate client-side from server-side scripting and basic architectures
Prerequisites
- • Introduction to HTML5 & CSS or equivalent working knowledge of HTML and CSS
Who this course is for
- → Beginners in web development with knowledge of HTML and CSS
- → Front-end designers wanting to add interactivity to static layouts
- → Career switchers and students moving into software or web development
- → Self-taught developers seeking a structured JavaScript foundation
Provider
UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies
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