JavaScript Developer Program

This curriculum provides a comprehensive path for beginners to build a solid foundation in JavaScript. This structured approach is designed to help beginners get a solid grasp of JavaScript while covering fundamental concepts and progressively building up to more advanced topics.

Module 1: JavaScript Fundamentals

Introduction to JavaScript

• What is JavaScript?
• History and evolution
• Usage of JavaScript
• JavaScript Versions & ECMAScript Specification

Set Up JavaScript Programming Environment

• Understanding the JavaScript running contexts
• Writing source code
• Web browsers Developer tools (Console, Inspect Element)

Basic Syntax

• JavaScript in HTML (inline and external scripts)
• Writing and running your first script
• Running JavaScript with Node

Basic Programming Constructs

Variables and Data Types

• var, let, const
• Primitive data types (Number, String, Boolean, null, undefined, Symbol)
• Type coercion

Basic Operators

• Arithmetic operators (+, -, *, /, %)
• Assignment operators (=, +=, -=, *=, /=)
• Comparison operators (==, ===, !=, !==, >, <, >=, <=)
• Logical operators (&&, ||, !)

Basic Input and Output

• alert(), prompt(), console.log()
• Reading input and displaying output

Control Structures

• Conditional Statements
• Switch Statements
• Loops

Functions

• Function declaration and expression
• Parameters and return values
• Scope and closures

Arrays

• Creating and initializing arrays
• Accessing and modifying elements
• Array methods (push(), pop(), shift(), unshift(), splice(), slice(), forEach())

JavaScript Objects

• Discussing some in-built JavaScript Creating and initializing objects
• Accessing and modifying properties
• Methods and this
• Object Destructuring
• Introduction to JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
• Stringifying and Parsing JSON

Client Side Web Programming with JavaScript

Introduction to the DOM

• What is the DOM?
• Accessing and modifying DOM elements

DOM Methods and Properties

• Accessing HTML elements using ID, Class, Tag and Selector
• Changing text contents
• Modifying attributes

Handling Events in JavaScript

• Adding and removing event listeners (addEventListener())
• Event types (click, submit, change, etc.)
• Event object and properties

Working with Web Forms Basics

• Accessing form elements
• Form methods (submit, reset)
• Basic HTML form validation
• Custom JavaScript validation
• Preventing default form submission (event.preventDefault())
• Reading input values (value property)
• Updating input values

Handling Errors and Exceptions

• What is Exception handling and why is it required
• Using try, catch, finally keywords
• Throwing custom errors

Module 2: JavaScript Programming Intermediate

More about JavaScript Functions

• Anonymous functions
• Arrow functions (=>)
• Higher-order functions
• Callback functions

Closures in Depth

• Understanding closures
• Practical uses of closures

Scope and Lexical Scope

• Global vs. local scope
• Lexical scope and function scope

Understanding ES6 – Great things that happened to JavaScript

ES6 Features

• New ways to declare variables
• Introduction to Template Literals
• Using backticks (`)
• Embedding expressions with ${}
• Arrays and Objects De-structuring
• Spread operator & Rest parameters

Classes and Inheritance

• Recap: Object Oriented Programming Methodology
• Basic class syntax
• Constructor method
• Understanding and Implementing Inheritance

JavaScript beyond Functional and Object Oriented

Asynchronous Programming with JavaScript

• The Java Event Loop
• Introduction to Asynchronous Programming
• Understanding callback functions
• JS In-built asynchronous implementations

Promises

• Creating and using promises
• Chaining promises
• Error handling with promises

Async/Await

• Syntax and usage
• Error handling in asynchronous programming

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks

• Overview of the JavaScript Ecosystem
• JavaScript plugins
• Node JS & the Node Package Manager
• Introduction to Modern Frameworks
• Choosing the right framework