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JavaScript 2022

25 courses
45 hours
Skill IQ

JavaScript is one of the most popular and prevalent languages in existence today. The language has moved beyond its origins in the browser and now can be utilized in embedded devices, cloud infrastructure, and in modern web application. This path will guide you in learning how to understand where JavaScript runs, how to develop locally, and how to take advantage of the capabilities that the language provides. It also will provide an overview of concepts that greatly affect how JavaScript solutions are architected.

First you will learn the foundational elements of JavaScript that are needed to understand the areas where it is used today, to develop locally with the language, and to explore the core of what can be done using JavaScript.

Then you will learn how to build off of the fundamental JavaScript concepts and utilize many of these concepts in depth while focusing on real-world use cases. Many of the approaches covered in these courses would be utilized on a daily basis for JavaScript developers.

And finally you will move more deeply into cross-cutting areas of JavaScript that can change how solutions are built. These areas can greatly improve how JavaScript solutions are architected to fully take advantage of language capabilities.

Courses in this path

Novice

This section covers novice content.

Javascript: The Big Picture

by David Tucker
56m
(100)

Building a JavaScript Development Environment

by Kamran Ayub
1h 39m
(17)

Entry-Level

This section covers entry-level content.

JavaScript Fundamentals

by David Tucker
6h 8m
(128)

Debugging JavaScript Applications

by Maaike van Putten
1h 35m
(26)

Practitioner

This section covers practitioner level content.

Arrays and Objects in JavaScript

by Matt Henry
1h 48m
(55)

Strings and Regular Expressions in JavaScript

by Andrejs Doronins
1h 52m
(34)

Functions in JavaScript

by Dan Geabunea
2h 19m
(34)

Error Handling in JavaScript

by Barry Luijbregts
31m
(56)

Looping and Branching in JavaScript

by Andrejs Doronins
1h 15m
(34)

Asynchronous Programming in JavaScript

by Nate Taylor
1h 17m
(76)

Network Requests in JavaScript

by Christian Wenz
1h 57m
(23)

Modules in JavaScript

by Shawn Wildermuth
1h 52m
(49)

JavaScript in the Browser

by Christian Wenz
2h 20m
(16)

Package Management in JavaScript with npm and Yarn

by Joe Eames
2h 8m
(25)

JavaScript Unit Testing with Jest

by Gabriel McNeilly
1h 38m
(87)

Building a REST API in JavaScript with Express

by Steve Buchanan
1h 23m
(31)

Building a Web Application with JavaScript

by Steve Buchanan
1h 54m
(26)

Creating and Using Decorators in JavaScript

by Ivan Mushketyk
1h 37m

Advanced

This section covers advanced level content.

Object-oriented Concepts in JavaScript

by Jim Cooper
2h 12m
(35)

Functional Programming Concepts in JavaScript

by Adhithi Ravichandran
1h 29m
(40)

JavaScript Performance Playbook

by Steve Buchanan
54m
(13)

Transpiling and Polyfills for Extended JavaScript Support

by Nertil Poci
1h 3m

Expert

This section covers expert level content.

Generators in JavaScript

by Maaike van Putten
1h 11m

Proxy Objects and Reflect in JavaScript

by Shawn Wildermuth
1h 23m
(11)

Web Assembly Interaction with JavaScript

by Jon Flanders
2h 21m
(17)

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What You Will Learn:

Understanding how JavaScript is used in today’s digital landscape
Configuring a JavaScript development environment locally
Exploring the fundamental concepts of the JavaScript language
Examining core data types and how to leverage them within JavaScript
Implementing real-world use cases with JavaScript for both the server and the browser
Detailing specific architectural patterns for utilizing JavaScript across execution environments

Experience

This path has no prerequisites other than a computer to set up a development environment on.

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David Tucker

David is a Webby Award winning cloud development consultant that focuses on cloud native web, mobile, and IoT applications. For over fifteen years as a consultant David has led custom software development on emerging platforms for companies such as FedEx, AT&T, Sony Music, Intel, Comcast, Herman Miller, Principal Financial, and Adobe (as well as many others). David regularly writes and speaks on the digital landscape with published works for O'Reilly and Lynda.com. He has written for Mashable,... more

Kamran Ayub

Kamran is a full-stack web developer who lives in beautiful Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the founder of Keep Track of My Games, which is like Goodreads but for gamers. He also helps maintain the Excalibur.js TypeScript game engine and speaks regularly at conferences like NDC and React Summit. Previously, he worked as an enterprise web developer for over 12 years for companies like Target and General Mills until he quit to spend more time with family and take summers off. He loves sharing what h... more

Maaike van Putten

Maaike is trainer and software developer. She founded training agency Brightboost in 2014 and spends most of her days and nights working and learning. Training gives her the opportunity to combine her love for software development with her passion to help others boost their careers and be successful. She has trained professionals in the field of Java, Spring, C#, Python, Scrum, React and Angular. A lot of her time is spend staying up-to-date with the latest developments in her field. Next to the... more

Matt Henry

Matt makes products that help people learn. Through a career spanning film, video, design, development, product management, and course authoring Matt is a passionate elearning professional. Since he began working in technology during middle school, Matt's career has spanned film, video, design, development, product management, and course authoring. He is currently the Vice President of Product at Innovative Language Learning, building a learner-centered platform for students to reach their langu... more

Andrejs Doronins

With over 10 years of industry experience, Andrejs is a seasoned tester and test automation professional. His capabilities span from hands-on test automation of UI and Web API layers to handling message-driven architectures. Additionally, he has proven experience in guiding and coordinating teams of testers to formulate comprehensive test plans and cases.

Dan Geabunea

I'm a passionate software developer and mentor with a decade of experience building mission-critical software applications in banking, air traffic management, maritime safety, and identity management. Nothing satisfies me more than providing value to customers while building robust software solutions that are easy to maintain and evolve. I love sharing my skills and experience with others. I started to publish coding tutorials on YouTube in 2015, and became a Pluralsight author in 2018.

Barry Luijbregts

Barry is an independent software architect and developer with a passion for the cloud. He is also a Pluralsight author and a podcast host. He has worked for lots of companies throughout the last decades and is keen to share his knowledge with the community. He has a broad and deep knowledge of the Microsoft stack with a special interest on web technology and the cloud. He currently teaches people about the benefits of the cloud. You can reach Barry on Twitter @AzureBarry and through his website... more

Nate Taylor

Nate's first program was written in QBasic on an 8086 clone his dad built. Since then he's written applications in C++, .NET, and Node.js. He spent the first 12 years of his career writing Windows applications before transitioning to write applications for the web. Regardless of the language or type of application he's written, he strives for writing clean, testable, and maintainable code. In addition to his day job as a developer, Nate also enjoys speaking at various conferences. He will typica... more

Christian Wenz

Christian Wenz is an architect, consultant and author focusing on web technologies. He wrote or co-wrote over 100 books, is a fixture at international developer conferences since 2001, is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Developer Technologies since 2004, and the main author of the official Zend PHP certification. His day job includes conducting security audits, migrating old code bases, implementing complex web applications and helping companies choose the right web strategy an... more

Shawn Wildermuth

Shawn Wildermuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a Vic-20 back in the early ‘80s. As a Microsoft MVP since 2003, he’s also involved with Microsoft as an ASP.NET Insider and ClientDev Insider. He’s authored eight books and innumerable articles on software development. You can also see him at one of the local and international conferences he’s spoken at including TechEd, Oredev, SDC, NDC, VSLive, DevIntersection, MIX, Devteach, DevConnections and Dev Reach. He is one of... more

Joe Eames

Joe began his love of programming on an Apple III in BASIC. Although his preferred language is JavaScript, he has worked professionally with just about every major Microsoft language. He is currently a consultant and full time author for Pluralsight. Joe has always had a strong interest in education, and has worked both full and part time as a technical teacher for over ten years. He is a frequent blogger and speaker, organizer of ng-conf, the AngularJS conference (www.ng-conf.org), and a paneli... more

Gabriel McNeilly

Gabriel is a QA Automation Lead who is passionate about creating quality digital solutions. His experience spans the software industry; he has worked in both agency and product house environments in a variety of roles including cloud engineer, software developer and QA engineer. He has always had a passion for teaching and is also a great believer in continual improvement and so loves to learn new things to stay up to date with the latest tools and ideas and then share this in understandable an... more

Steve Buchanan

Steve Buchanan is a startup advisor, and seasoned Principal PM Manager at Microsoft, driving innovation and enhancing the cloud experience for users worldwide. With over twenty years in the tech industry, Steve brings a unique blend of leadership, strategic planning, and technical expertise to one of the world's leading tech companies. An accomplished thought leader, Steve has shared insights on over a dozen podcasts, co-authored MN’s computer science plan, he authored 8 technical books, a resp... more

Ivan Mushketyk

Ivan is a Principal Software Engineer and a Tech Lead who is passionate about Big Data and Cloud Computing. He has worked for numerous big IT companies including Samsung and Amazon Web Services. He is an Open Source enthusiast and has contributed to a number of projects including Gatling and Apache Flink. When he is not writing code or working on a new course, he is probably writing another technical article for his blog.

Jim Cooper

Jim Cooper is a software developer at Pluralsight, with more than 20 years of software development experience. He has a passion for Agile processes, especially lean software development. Jim has been developing production Angular apps since before Angular version 1.0, including Pluralsight's first Html5-based video player. Jim has over 10 years of TDD and pair programming experience which has contributed significantly to his professional development. He has successfully mentored other developers... more

Adhithi Ravichandran

Adhithi Ravichandran is a Software Consultant, Author, and Speaker based in Kansas City. She founded Surya Consulting, Inc., a company through which she channels her expertise in software development and consulting. Surya Consulting, Inc. specializes in providing a spectrum of services in software consulting, architecture, and education. Her deep-rooted passion for technology and teaching has led her to author several acclaimed Pluralsight courses, educating over 115,000 students in areas inclu... more

Nertil Poci

Nertil is a freelance software architect working with different companies around the globe to help them bring their products to market. He has a master’s degree in computer science with a focus in software architecture. One of his main passions is discovering new tools and libraries that exists out there. Knowing what tools are available building apps much easier and gives you the confidence you need when challenging task comes along. Nertil enjoys building practical open source apps in his spar... more

Jon Flanders

Although Jon spent the first few years of his professional life as an attorney, he quickly found chasing bits more interesting than chasing ambulances. He first worked at the University of Minnesota, building a financial reporting Web site using ASP and SQL Server, specializing in automatic integration between multiple data stores. Since joining the training industry in 1999, Jon has devoted his time to working on various projects while migrating from the world of ASP and COM to the world of .NE... more

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