JavaScript: The Good Parts
JavaScript has bad parts that many times overshadow it’s good parts. Douglas claims JavaScript has, "some of the best parts of any programming language ever created." He explains why in this course, quizzes you on functional programming and covers the monad in the final lecture of the course.
Course info
Rating
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Feb 19, 2013
Duration
4h 53m
Table of contents
Introduction
Programming Style & Your Brain
The Way We Think
9m
The Programming Thought Process
7m
JavaScript: Good Parts and Bad Parts
13m
Understanding Good Programming Style
11m
Avoiding Confusing Code (A)
9m
Avoiding Confusing Code (B)
15m
Using JSLint
9m
And Then There Was JavaScript
The History of JavaScript
17m
JavaScript Fundamentals
9m
Numbers
12m
Strings and Arrays
14m
Objects
7m
Common JavaScript Statements
11m
Function the Ultimate
Background on Functions
11m
Functions as Subroutines
15m
Prototypal Inheritance (A)
6m
Prototypal Inheritance (B)
14m
Problems
Monads & Gonads
Description
Course info
Rating
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Feb 19, 2013
Duration
4h 53m
Description
JavaScript has bad parts that many times overshadow it’s good parts. Douglas claims JavaScript has, "some of the best parts of any programming language ever created." He explains why in this course, quizzes you on functional programming and covers the monad in the final lecture of the course.
About the author
About the author
Douglas is the author of Javascript: The Good Parts and Senior Javascript Architect at PayPal.