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JavaScript Browser APIs and Web Features

1 Course

3 Labs

3 Hours

Skill IQ

The "JavaScript Browser APIs and Web Features" learning path provides an in-depth exploration of modern browser capabilities, empowering developers to create rich and interactive web applications. Through a series of targeted courses and hands-on labs, learners will gain an understanding of how to implement geolocation, manage web workers, establish real-time communication with WebSockets, enable offline functionality with service workers, and handle client-side data persistence. By learning these technologies, developers will be equipped to enhance user experiences and optimize web application performance in today's competitive digital landscape.

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Courses and Code Labs

The "JavaScript Browser APIs and Web Features" learning path aims to equip software developers with the skills and knowledge to leverage various modern browser APIs for building dynamic, efficient, and interactive web applications. By exploring topics ranging from geolocation and mapping to offline capabilities and real-time communication, learners will gain practical experience with JavaScript implementations that enhance user experiences and improve application performance. This path focuses on empowering developers to seamlessly integrate different browser features, tackle common challenges, and optimize their applications for a broad range of scenarios.

Course

Implementing Geolocation and Mapping with JavaScript

by Jon Friskics
29m
Jun 24, 2025

Lab

Guided: Working with Web Workers

by Zachary Bennett
56m
Jul 21, 2025

Lab

Guided: Offline Applications with Service Workers

by Kevin Bloch
41m
Aug 18, 2025

Lab

Guided: Client-side Data Persistence

by George Chiang
30m
Aug 22, 2025

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Throughout this learning path, you will discover how to effectively use JavaScript to access and implement various browser APIs, including Geolocation, Web Workers, WebSockets, Service Workers, and client-side data storage. You will learn to enhance user interactions by integrating geolocation and mapping functionalities, enable efficient background processing with web workers, manage real-time data exchanges with WebSockets, ensure offline capabilities through service workers, and implement robust data persistence solutions on the client side. Upon completion, you will have the skills to create web applications that are highly interactive, performant, and resilient.

Prerequisites

Before embarking on this learning path, learners should have a solid foundation in JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. Familiarity with basic web development concepts and asynchronous programming will be advantageous. While no prior experience with browser APIs is necessary, a keen interest in enhancing web application functionality and performance will help maximize learning outcomes. This path is suitable for developers aiming to build upon their existing web development skills and gain expertise in leveraging browser technologies.

JavaScript
HTML5 and CSS3
Asynchronous Programming
Web Application Architecture

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Jon Friskics

Jon is an author, developer, and Pluralsight team member via codeschool.com. Lately, he's been working on content and products that help authors create content efficiently. Prior to that, he worked for several years on interactive learning at Code School, and later helped bring that to Pluralsight as Interactive Content.

Zachary Bennett

Zach is currently a Lead Software Developer at OpalSoft where he uses tools such as Scala, TypeScript, Python, Docker, Node, and Angular. Zach has a passion for GIS programming along with open-source software. You can view some of his work on GitHub (https://github.com/zbennett10) and Stack Overflow (https://stackoverflow.com/users/6879849/zachary-bennett).

Kevin Bloch

After starting with GW-BASIC on a 286 at a very young age, Kevin's programming journey has involved many technologies in many contexts. Lately he's focused on PostgreSQL and JavaScript, but he's also spent ample time working on desktop apps and Perl scripts—whatever worked best at the time to make his colleagues' lives easier—and even some indie games using Haxe and Godot. The bulk of his career has been as a full-stack developer and system administrator, but his favorite areas of focus are proj...

George Chiang

George is a Pluralsight Author working on content for Hands-On Experiences. He is experienced in the Python, JavaScript, Java, and most recently Rust domains. Enamored with technology from a young age, he is always eager to learn more about new updates, trends, and breakthroughs in a plethora of topics ranging from Cybersecurity to Machine Learning. Outside of development, he also has a keen interest in fitness and enjoys spending time with friends and family.