JavaScript (Intermediate) training course

Part 1 Effective device/feature detection

• This section covers several different ways of detecting the features available in the many browsers that are in common use.  This supports the concept of feature detection commonly used in modern development methodologies.
• Introduction
• Modernizr
• HTML5 feature detection
• Suggested webpages
• Feature detection using MIME type

Part 2 Event handling

• This section will look at advanced event handling which allows you to handle events such as drag/drop and touch.
• Event propagation
• Advanced event handling

Part 3 Inheritance via prototype

• This section looks at the way JavaScript handles Object Oriented coding via prototypal inheritance and object definition.
• JavaScript objects definition
• Prototypes and inheritance
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Part 4 Ajax and JSON/JSONP

• This section will cover AJAX coding and use, plus the way JavaScript interacts with JSON and JSONP.
• AJAX technologies
• Client side
• Server side
• JSON/JSONP
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Part 5 HTML5 media element

• This section looks at the new HTML5 elements available to support embedding media on a webpage.
• Video
• Audio
• Compatibility

Part 6 Functions

• This section covers the use of the arguments object with functions, plus looks at some special types of function commonly used in modern JavaScript , it's frameworks and libraries.
• The Arguments object
• First class objects
• Closures
• Currying
• Immediate functions
• Self-defining functions

Part 7 Testing techniques

• The final section in this course introduces some tools commonly used in the production and testing of JavaScript code.
• Testing JavaScript
• Basic testing techniques
• Code tidiers, syntax checkers & validators
• Online testing
• Browser based tools
• IDE’s
• Specialist unit test environments – Qunit, JS-Test-Driver

Examples and Exercises

• There are numerous (standards compliant) examples available for this course that illustrate the concepts covered.
• In addition to the examples there are practical exercises in each section that allow attendees to explore and consolidate their knowledge of the concept.  Further topics are given for future study that relate to the topics covered. 
• Some of the exercises are done as team work, the remainder are done on an individual basis with the individual choosing the level of complexity they want to code within the exercise parameters.