Good Parts of JavaScript and the Web

By Douglas Crockford
This course teaches the history of JavaScript and covers many details of the language, with special attention on functions. You’ll also dive into how browsers and servers work, and learn more about security concerns.
Course info
Rating
(62)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Mar 7, 2018
Duration
10h 55m
Table of contents
Programming Style and Your Brain
Two Systems 5m Visual Processing 10m JavaScript: Good Parts and Bad Parts 12m Programming Style 8m Composition 11m Scope 9m Bad Style 8m Performance 6m
And Then There Was JavaScript
History of JavaScript 15m Objects 7m Numbers 9m Booleans and Strings 6m Arrays 5m Dates, RegEx, and Types 10m JavaScript Syntax 5m Statements 6m
Function the Ultimate
Functions 8m Function Best Practices 11m Closure 7m Closure Examples 14m Pseudoclassical Inheritance 10m Module Pattern 8m Pseudoclassical Inheritance vs. Functional Inheritance 7m
The Metamorphosis of AJAX
The History of HTML 9m How JavaScript Saved HTML 10m The Browser 5m The Script Tag 8m Document Tree Structure 6m Retrieving Nodes 10m Events 7m Performance 5m Division of Labor 6m
ES5: The New Parts
A Better JavaScript 5m New Syntax 6m New Methods 10m Meta Object API 8m Strict Mode 9m
Fun with Functions
Function Challenge 1 10m Function Challenge 2 7m Function Challenge 3 9m Function Challenge 4 12m Function Challenge 5 10m Function Challenge 6 11m Function Challenge 7 9m Function Challenge 8 7m Function Challenge 9 5m Function Challenge 10 9m Building a Better Constructor 11m Function Challenge 11 4m Identifying Security Vulnerabilities 8m Identifying Security Vulnerabilities - Continued 11m Identifying Security Vulnerabilities - Solution 8m Function Challenge 12 5m Securing the pubsub() Function 9m Securing the pubsub() Function - Continued 11m
Principles of Security
The History of Security 11m Cryptography 13m Security and the Browser 7m Cross Site Scripting 5m Object Capabilities 8m Reducing Complexity 7m A Simple Attack 8m
Managing Asynchronicity
Synchronous Functions 8m Asynchronous Functions 9m JavaScript on the Server 6m Functional Programming 5m RQ Example 8m RQ Function Types 6m Testing with JSCheck 10m Closure and Continuation 3m
The Better Parts
The Good Parts 7m Arguments Against the Good Parts 10m New Good Parts in ES6 10m Good Parts Reconsidered 8m The Next Language 10m Evolution of Inheritance 7m A Bug Story 12m JSON 7m Final Thoughts 6m Audience Q&A 9m
Description
Course info
Rating
(62)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Mar 7, 2018
Duration
10h 55m
Description

In this course, Good Parts of JavaScript and the Web, you'll learn about the history of JavaScript, and will dive into many details of the language. You’ll pay particular attention to functions, which is where the power of the JavaScript language is hidden. You’ll also explore how browsers work, how JavaScript works on the server, and many of JavaScript’s security concerns. By the end of this course you'll have greatly improved your understanding and appreciation of JavaScript.

About the author
Douglas Crockford
About the author

Douglas is the author of Javascript: The Good Parts and Senior Javascript Architect at PayPal.

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