JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON (Coursera)

Course 4 of 4 in the Web Applications for Everybody Specialization

Syllabus

WEEK 1

Introduction to JavaScript

We talk a quick look at the JavaScript language. We assume that you already know PHP - so it is a pretty quick introduction focusing on what is different about JavaScript.

WEEK 2

JavaScript Objects

We do a quick look at how the JavaScript language supports the Object-Oriented pattern. This is the second time we look at the OO pattern so we focus on the unique aspect of how JavaScript approaches OO.

WEEK 3

Using JQuery

This is a brief introduction to the JQuery library which is widely used to do in-browser manipulation of the Document Object Model(DOM) and event handling.

WEEK 4

JSON - JavaScript Object Notation

In this section we look at JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). JSON is commonly used as a syntax to exchange data between code running on the server (i.e. in PHP) and code running in the browser (JavaScript/JQuery).