Building Front-End Web Applications with Plain JavaScript

Learn to develop front-end web applications using plain JavaScript.

Beginner

143 Lessons

22h 10min

Certificate of Completion

Learn to develop front-end web applications using plain JavaScript.

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This course includes

110 Playgrounds

14 Quizzes

This course includes

110 Playgrounds

14 Quizzes

Course Overview

This course shows you how to build front-end web applications with plain JavaScript without using any (third-party) framework or library. It follows a "learning by doing" approach, which means that you don't have to read lots of text about the intricacies of JavaScript. Instead, you’ll focus on the essential parts of JavaScript and read only the minimum needed to start coding your first app. Learning from the examples provided in the course can quickly improve your understanding of basic concepts and techn...Show More

What You'll Learn

Learn to build a front-end web app with plain JS.

Understand how to implement associations between model classes without third-party frameworks.

Learn how to build an app with constraint validation and enumeration attributes.

Improve your JS skills by building a complete app.

What You'll Learn

Learn to build a front-end web app with plain JS.

Course Content

Introduction

Getting Started

The Foundations of Web Apps

The World Wide Web (WWW)

HTML, XML, and Unicode HTML Forms Style Web Documents and User Interfaces with CSS A Brief History of JavaScript Accessibility for Web Applications Quiz: Foundations of Web Applications

Javascript Fundamentals

JavaScript Basics

Data Type Testing Variables Strict mode Objects Array Lists Maps Important Types of Basic Data Structures Procedures Classes The localStorage API New JavaScript Elements More JavaScript elements Quiz: JavaScript Fundamentals

Building a Minimal Web App with Plain JS in Seven Steps

Overview of the Minimal Application Step 1: Set up the Folder Structure Step 2: Write the Model Code Step 3: Initialize the Application Step 4: Implement the Create Use Case Step 5: Implement the Retrieve/List_all Use Case Step 6: Implement the Update Use Case Step 7: Implement the Delete Use Case Quiz: Minimal Application

Challenge: Movie Application Views Challenge Solution: Movie App Views

Integrity Constraints and Data Validation

Introduction Integrity Constraints String Length Constraints Mandatory Value Constraints Range Constraints Interval Constraints Pattern Constraints Cardinality Constraints Uniqueness Constraints More Constraints Responsive Validation Constraint Validation in MVC Applications Adding Constraints to a Design Model Summary Quiz: Integrity Constraints and Data Validation

Constraint Validation in Plain JS

12 Lessons

Enumerations

7 Lessons

Enumeration Attributes in Plain JS

10 Lessons

Reference Properties and Unidirectional Associations

11 Lessons

10.

Implementing Unidirectional Functional Associations

8 Lessons

11.

Implementing Unidirectional Non-Functional Associations

9 Lessons

12.

Bidirectional Associations

5 Lessons

13.

Implementing Bidirectional Associations

9 Lessons

14.

Subtyping and Inheritance

11 Lessons

15.

Subtyping with Plain JS

12 Lessons

16.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

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