Make a Website Interactive with JavaScript | FREE Coding Skills | Online
About this class
As one of the most popular and most versatile programming languages out there today, it’s safe to say that JavaScript is a staple in the toolkit of a successful software engineer.
This free, 2-hour session is the perfect place to review and expand your existing JavaScript knowledge and apply it to a real website. (Don’t have existing JavaScript knowledge yet? Make sure to Learn the Basics before attending this session.) Learn how to define, access, and manipulate the DOM and how to add dynamic data from a third party API to a website.
By the end of this session, you’ll have a fully functional, interactive website made with HTML, CSS and JavaScript that you can add to your portfolio. Now that you've practiced the coding fundamentals, don’t miss our final session of Coding Week tomorrow you’ll get hands-on practice with Python Basics. We’ll see you there.
Takeaways
- Know the role Javascript plays in web development.
- Understand how to define, access, and manipulate the DOM using Javascript to make a website interactive.
- Hands-on practice programming the content and appearance of a website to change in response to user actions.
- Learn how to access and retrieve data from an API.
Prereqs & Preparation
- If you’re new to JavaScript, make sure to Learn the Basics before attending this class.
- If you plan to participate live, make sure you have a free Codepen account.
- Base code will be provided for those who didn’t participate in Build a Website with HTML & CSS earlier in the week.
- A recording of every session from Coding Week will be shared within a few business days after the week’s end.
- This session will be held in a Zoom webinar, so your mic and camera will be off. We’ll interact through the Chat, Q&A, and reactions.
