Building a JavaScript Development Environment
By Cory House
Course info



Course info



Description
Hello! My name is Cory, and welcome to Building a JavaScript Development Environment. In this course, you will explore the long list of decisions and patterns for building your own JavaScript development from scratch using modern tooling. You will get there by learning about major topics like transpiling, bundling, testing, and npm scripts for automation.
By the end of this course, you will be able to create a rapid feedback JavaScript development experience that suits your team's unique preferences.
Before you begin, make sure you are already familiar with JavaScript and HTML.
After this course, you'll be ready to move on to building applications in a wide array of technologies including Angular, React, Node.js, and Electron.
I hope you'll join me, and I look forward to helping you on your learning journey here at Pluralsight.
Course FAQ
In this course, you will learn to create a rapid feedback JavaScript dev environment and be ready to build apps in a variety of different technologies.
You will want to download Git and have an account. You will also need a JavaScript editor. If you don't already have a favorite, we will discuss how to select an editor that meets your needs.
You will need to be already familiar with JavaScript and HTML.
Building a JavaScript development environment means that you don't have to start every new project from scratch. You will have a solid foundation customized to your specific needs.
This course is for developers and teams looking for a reusable JavaScript environment that supports automated testing, bundling, linting, error logging, and more.
Section Introduction Transcripts
Course Overview
Ah, JavaScript. It's so easy to get started. Wait, no it's not, it's overwhelming. Now sure, today, more of us are writing JavaScript than ever before, and if you've been coding for long, you may recognize the value of testing, linting, bundling, transpiling, automated builds, and more, but all too often, we ignore many of these items. Why? Because setting up a solid JavaScript development environment is so much work. The list of choices is so long and complex that it's hard to know even where to get started. Hi, I'm Cory House, and I'm here to help. I've been building rich web applications in JavaScript for over 15 years now, and frankly I'm tired of starting from scratch. So in this course, I propose a solution. What if your team had a powerful, rapid feedback development environment? What if every time you started a new project, you had a solid foundation that supported automated testing, bundling, linting, transpiling, error logging, and so much more out of the box? That's the goal of this course. Let's stop starting from scratch. Let's build a JavaScript starter kit so your team can rapidly get started and enjoy all the benefits of a modern, powerful, and automated development experience. A great JavaScript development environment makes doing the right thing the easy thing. In this course, we'll make it happen.