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Unit 14: JavaScript

In this unit, we will describe the basics of JavaScript, the language that runs in the web browser and can both modify and animate the web page in the browser, and communicate with the server. JavaScript is at the basis of any dynamic web page.

JavaScript Tutorials and Documentation

• JavaScript tutorial: read this; it’s the best.
• MDN JavaScript tutorial from the Mozilla Developer Network. Their description of promises is particularly good.
• jQuery.
• jQuery UI, the UI library to create effects often used with jQuery.

Code

• Code for the asynchonous JavaScript video.
• Code for the jQuery example.

Videos

• JavaScript basics (YouTube).
• JavaScript functions (YouTube).
• JavaScript objects (YouTube).
• Asynchronous JavaScript (YouTube).
• jQuery (YouTube).