Learn to Use JavaScript and jQuery When Designing Web Pages - Free Course

jQuery has become perhaps the most popular tool in use today for the design and implementation of JavaScript in web pages. The free online course from ALISON “JavaScript and jQuery” will introduce you to the basics of this dynamic cross-browser library. You will be guided through the fundamentals of JavaScript syntax as well as jQuery basics such as selecting and manipulating elements, assigning attributes, traversing tools, and CSS/Styling.

JavaScript and jQuery Course Content

The course includes the following topics:

The different concepts involved when using jQuery on your web pages;
The basics of JavaScript including testing, functions, objects, arrays, loops, conditional code, operators and syntax basics;
Gain a good knowledge of AJAX;
How plugins are used in web pages;
jQuery and JavaScript best practices;
How to manage dependencies;
How to demonstrate the power of custom events by creating a simple tool for searching Twitter.