JavaScript Fundamentals

Chapter 1: Jumping into JavaScript

• JavaScript, the Basics
• Reading and Copying JavaScript Code
• Starting Your Development Environment
• Writing Your First JavaScript Program
• Running Code in the Console
• Rerunning Commands in the Console
• Running Code in a Browser Window

Chapter 2: Filling Your JavaScript Toolbox

• Installing Node.js
• Configuring Visual Studio Code
• Documenting Your Code
• Coding Responsibly with Git

Chapter 3: Using Data

• Making Variables with let
• Making Constants with const
• Taking a Look at the Data Types
• Wrangling the Object: The Complex Data Type
• Examining the Array — a Special Kind of Object
• Getting a Handle on Scope

Chapter 4: Working with Operators and Expressions

• Building Expressions
• Operators: The Lineup
• Other Operators

Chapter 5: Controlling Flow

• Choosing a Path
• Making Loops

Chapter 6: Using Arrays

• Introducing Arrays
• Creating Arrays
• Accessing Array Elements
• Modifying Arrays
• Deleting Array Elements
• Programming with Array Methods
• Looping with Array Methods
• Destructuring Arrays
• Spreading Arrays

Chapter 7: Making and Using Objects

• Objects: The Basics
• Creating Objects
• Modifying Objects
• Comparing and Copying Objects
• Understanding Prototypes
• Deleting Object Properties

Chapter 8: Writing and Running Functions

• Functions: An Introduction
• Writing Functions
• Writing Methods
• Understanding Context and this
• Chaining Functions

Chapter 9: Getting Oriented with Classes

• Encapsulation
• Abstraction
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Base Classes
• Derived Classes
• Constructors
• Properties and Methods
• Practicing and Becoming comfortable with Classes

Chapter 10: Making Things Happen with Events

• Understanding the JavaScript Runtime Model
• The Event Loop
• Listening for Events

Chapter 11: Writing Asynchronous JavaScript

• Understanding Asynchronous JavaScript
• Making Promises
• Using AJAX

Chapter 12: Using JavaScript Modules

• Defining Modules
• Exporting Modules
• Importing Modules
• Renaming Exports and Imports
• Importing a Module Object
• Loading Dynamic Modules
• Importing Modules into HTML