Programming for Entrepreneurs – JavaScript

Update June 2015 – This course now includes live coding exercises to put into practice your new skills!

JavaScript is eating the world. Starting as a web scripting language, JavaScript is now used not just for web development, but also game, mobile app, server, and database development.

This course is the fastest way for you to get a basic understanding of JavaScript programming. Whether your goal is to build websites, HTML5 games, apps, or server-side programming, you need to learn the basics of the language and get it right from the start.

The first part of the course covers the basics of JavaScript and programming in general.

This course is taught by Pablo Farias Navarro, founder of ZENVA and JavaScript developer. Pablo has created dozens of web applications and JavaScript games, authored over 40 online courses taken by over 85 students, created educational content for companies such as Amazon and Intel, and run live workshops on programming and HTML5 game development.

Some of the concepts you’ll learn in this course:

• Variables and strings
• Functions
• Working with Arrays
• Objects and JSON
• Conditional statements
• Loops
• Accessing the DOM
• Working with events and user interaction
• Putting it all together in a fun project