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Programming for the Web with JavaScript
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 4 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
Week 1: Web Programming Basics
Week 2: Using JavaScript to Create Dynamic Web Pages
Week 3: Client-Side Frameworks for Developing Modular Web Page Components
Week 4: Building Scalable Web Apps with Server-Side JavaScript
Prerequisite
- Basic knowledge of computer programming (variables, functions, control flow)
- Knowledge of core data structures (arrays, lists, sets, trees)
Instructors
Chris Murphy
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science
Bryn Mawr College
Swapneel Sheth
Senior Lecturer, Computer and Information Science
University of Pennsylvania
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