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Programming Foundations with JavaScript

Build a study-time calculator from small steps you can explain and check.

Level: Beginner
Lessons: 12 lessons in 4 modules
Estimated study: About 16 hours
Format: Online, self-paced

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Before you start

Recommended preparation:

Build Your First Website

Use a computer with a keyboard and a current browser. Individual lessons explain the tools needed for each exercise.

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About this course

Start JavaScript after building a basic web page. In about 16 hours of reading and practice, name values, make decisions, repeat steps, and group information. Build a study-time calculator with reusable functions. Learn to find mistakes and write checks for normal, empty, and invalid inputs. You need a browser and a plain-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

Name values, tell text from numbers, and choose what happens with clear rules.

Run your first program and name its values1 h 15 minFree preview
Distinguish text, numbers and missing values1 h 15 min
Choose a response with comparisons and branches1 h 15 min

Write reusable functions and repeat steps with loops that stop.

Package a calculation as a function1 h 15 min
Repeat a calculation with a loop1 h 15 min
Combine helpers into a clear calculation1 h 15 min

Keep related information in lists and records, then select and present it.

Store sessions in an array and visit each one1 h 15 min
Give each session a meaningful record1 h 15 min
Filter records and transform their presentation1 h 15 min

Follow changing values, read error messages, and check examples against expected answers.

Trace execution and investigate errors1 h 15 min
Check contracts with small example tests1 h 15 min
Deliver the study-time calculator2 h 15 min

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