The Landscape of JavaScript Course (How To)

JavaScript is everywhere and used in all phases of development from software to hardware. This course walks you through the modern landscape of JavaScript, and what it means to learn and program with JavaScript now and beyond.

What you'll learn

• The history and evolution of JavaScript
• The different 'flavors' of JavaScript
• How JavaScript runs in the browser and other environments
• Tools and workflows of JavaScript developers

JavaScript is Everywhere

JavaScript is a cross-platform language. It's used in web and native application development, virtual reality, even to build voice-controlled bots, games, and just about anything you can think up! In this stage, you'll learn about JavaScript's interesting past, and the evolution of JavaScript through the years. You'll also learn about the different "flavors" of JavaScript, and have a look at the fascinating ways developers are using JavaScript today.

Chevron 6 steps

• JavaScript: How It All Began

  3:38

• JavaScript as a Cross-Platform Language

  3:09

• The Evolution of JavaScript

  3:56

• The Different Flavors of JavaScript

  3:21

• instruction

  jQuery, a JavaScript Library

• JavaScript is Everywhere Review

  6 questions

JavaScript Tools and Workflows

In this stage, you'll learn more about what type of language JavaScript is, and how JavaScript runs in the browser and other environments. We'll also explore common tools JavaScript developers use in their workflows.

Chevron 7 steps

• How Does JavaScript Code Run?

  2:44

• What Text Editors Do JavaScript Developers Use?

  2:35

• How JavaScript Runs Review

  6 questions

• JavaScript Build Tools

  0:41

• instruction

  What Build Tools Do JavaScript Developers Use?

• A JavaScript Developer's Workflow

  4:25

• Build Tools and Workflows Review

  7 questions