Learn JavaScript

Learn JavaScript

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Instructor: Per Harald Borgen

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8 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

8 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

The basics of the JavaScript programming language, like variables, data types, functions, loops, conditionals, and more.
How to use JavaScript to build real-world web apps
How to use professional software development tools for coding, collaboration, and deployment

Skills you'll gain

Tools you'll learn

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Assessments

7 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 8 modules in this course

This is perhaps the most interactive JavaScript course ever recorded. It contains 140+ coding challenges, meaning that you will finally build that ever-so-important JavaScript muscle memory. You will solve the challenges directly in the browser thanks to Scrimba's interactive video technology, so there's not setup needed.

Say goodbye to "tutorial hell" and get ready to start feeling your JavaScript superpowers grow exponentially. Another unique thing with this course is that you will build projects from the very start. Instead of long and boring theoretical lessons, you will dive head-first into building products and solving challenges. At the end of the course, you will have built a game, a Chrome extension, and even a mobile app the uses Google Firebase to persist data. This is learning by doing on steroids.

Learn the basics of JavaScript by building a passenger counter app.

What's included

1 assignment35 plugins

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Build Your First Web App Practice Assignment30 minutes

35 pluginsTotal 105 minutes

Welcome to the course!2 minutes
How to use scrims2 minutes
Let's build a passenger counter app!1 minute
Setting up our JavaScript file3 minutes
Write your first JavaScript variable5 minutes
Basic mathematical operations4 minutes
Reassigning and incrementing4 minutes
Adding a button2 minutes
The onclick event listener3 minutes
Using functions to write less code4 minutes
Write your first function1 minute
Write a function that logs the sum3 minutes
Write a function that increments2 minutes
Increment on clicks2 minutes
Display the count5 minutes
The Document Object Model2 minutes
Display the count with innerText1 minute
Create the save button2 minutes
What is a string?2 minutes
Write your first string variable4 minutes
Log a greeting to the console4 minutes
Strings vs. Numbers3 minutes
Render a welcome message2 minutes
Improve the message with string concatenation2 minutes
Use plus equal for count1 minute
Create the save feature5 minutes
Debugging online4 minutes
Set the count to 05 minutes
Personalize and Download Your App5 minutes
Deploy with Netlify4 minutes
Congrats & recap3 minutes
Setting Up a Local Dev Environment3 minutes
Getting Started with GitHub Desktop4 minutes
Edit with VS Code and Push to GitHub4 minutes
Deploy and Share Your Project2 minutes

Put your knowledge to the test with code challenges and a graded assignment.

What's included

1 assignment6 plugins

Improve your JavaScript skills by building a Blackjack game.

What's included

1 assignment54 plugins

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Build a Blackjack Game Practice Assignment30 minutes

54 pluginsTotal 160 minutes

Let's build a Blackjack game!1 minute
Add the firstCard, secondCard, and sum1 minute
If...else conditionals6 minutes
Your first if...else statement3 minutes
if/else...if/else statement3 minutes
The if...else statement for our game2 minutes
Add the hasBlackJack variable2 minutes
Add the isAlive variable2 minutes
Let's practice boolean conditions3 minutes
Add the message variable3 minutes
Link to stylesheet3 minutes
Add basic styling4 minutes
Make the start button work6 minutes
Display the message3 minutes
Display the sum6 minutes
Display the cards2 minutes
New card button4 minutes
Add to the sum when newCard is clicked3 minutes
Rename the startGame function2 minutes
Solving our cards problem with an array3 minutes
Intro to arrays5 minutes
Array indexes4 minutes
Arrays with multiple data types2 minutes
Adding and removing items from arrays4 minutes
Creating the cards array1 minute
Push a new card to the array1 minute
Counting in JavaScript4 minutes
Write your first loop3 minutes
For loops and arrays4 minutes
Write your first array-based for loop1 minute
For loops, arrays, and DOM3 minutes
Use a loop to render cards2 minutes
How can we avoid hard-coding card values?2 minutes
Returning values in functions5 minutes
Use a function to set the card values3 minutes
Generating random numbers with Math.random()4 minutes
Math.random() * 62 minutes
Flooring the number with Math.floor()1 minute
Using Math.random() and Math.floor() to create a dice2 minutes
Completing our dice function3 minutes
Make getRandomCard() work3 minutes
Complete getRandomNumber function3 minutes
Assign values in the startGame function3 minutes
Our new card feature is broken1 minute
The logical AND operator4 minutes
Write your first logical operator2 minutes
The logical OR operator3 minutes
Only trigger newCard() if you're allowed to1 minute
Object sneak peek5 minutes
Intro to objects5 minutes
Create your first object3 minutes
Use an object to store player data3 minutes
Methods on object2 minutes
Congrats & recap4 minutes

Check your understanding with code challenges and a graded assignment.

What's included

1 assignment8 plugins

Learn more JavaScript by building a Chrome extension.

What's included

1 assignment54 plugins

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Build a Chrome Extension Practice Assignment30 minutes

54 pluginsTotal 164 minutes

Let's build a Chrome Extension!5 minutes
Add button and input tag2 minutes
Style the button and input tag7 minutes
Make the input button work with onclick1 minute
Refactor to addEventListener2 minutes
Write your first addEventListener()2 minutes
Your turn to refactor1 minute
Create the myLeads array and inputEl2 minutes
When to use let and const3 minutes
Push to the myLeads array1 minute
Push the value from the input field1 minute
Use a for loop to log out leads2 minutes
Create the unordered list2 minutes
Render the leads in the unordered list4 minutes
How to render <li> elements with innerHTML4 minutes
Write your first innerHTML2 minutes
More innerHTML practice2 minutes
Render the <li> elements with innerHTML1 minute
Use createElement() and append() instead of innerHTML4 minutes
Improving the performance of our app3 minutes
Create the render function2 minutes
Clear the input field2 minutes
Add the <a> tag4 minutes
Template strings3 minutes
Write your first template string1 minute
Make the template string even more dynamic1 minute
Template strings on multiple lines3 minutes
Refactor the app to use a template string1 minute
Style the list4 minutes
Preparing the deployment5 minutes
Deploying the Chrome Extension2 minutes
What is localStorage?3 minutes
Your first localStorage4 minutes
Storing arrays in localStorage6 minutes
Save the leads to localStorage2 minutes
Get the leads from localStorage4 minutes
Truthy and falsy values8 minutes
Guess the expression - truthy or falsy?2 minutes
Checking localStorage before rendering4 minutes
Style the delete button3 minutes
Make the delete button work4 minutes
How function parameters can improve our code6 minutes
Write your first function parameter3 minutes
Functions with multiple parameters3 minutes
Numbers as function parameters2 minutes
Arguments vs Parameters3 minutes
Arrays as parameters2 minutes
Refactor renderLeads() to use a parameter2 minutes
Create the tabBtn3 minutes
Save the tab url3 minutes
How to get the current tab?4 minutes
Use the Chrome API to get the tab6 minutes
Deploy the final version2 minutes
Congrats & recap6 minutes

Reinforce your learning with code challenges and a graded assignment.

What's included

1 assignment8 plugins

Learn the basics of building a mobile app with Firebase, setting up the project, and styling it.

What's included

1 assignment24 plugins

1 assignmentTotal 15 minutes

Build a Mobile App - Practice Assignment15 minutes

24 pluginsTotal 68 minutes

Let's Build a Mobile App2 minutes
Create new Firebase Project6 minutes
Create new Firebase Realtime Database3 minutes
Set up Database Environment Variable2 minutes
Delete unneeded code4 minutes
Aside: Push data to Firebase Realtime Database4 minutes
Push a lead to Firebase Realtime Database3 minutes
Aside: Get a snapshot of data using onValue4 minutes
Console log data inside of onValue2 minutes
Aside: Turn an Object into an Array2 minutes
Render all items using onValue3 minutes
Aside: Delete all data using remove5 minutes
Delete all leads using remove4 minutes
Add label, placeholder and max-width2 minutes
Aside: Setting the viewport2 minutes
Adding viewport with meta tag1 minute
Aside: Favicon2 minutes
Adding favicon and phone icons1 minute
Aside: Web Application Manifest3 minutes
Turning the web app into "mobile" app2 minutes
Deploy to Netlify2 minutes
Add app to home screen2 minutes
Recap3 minutes
Congrats on completing the Learn JavaScript course!4 minutes

This bonus module gives you the chance to build Solo Projects—optional, real-world coding challenges where you apply your skills, experiment freely, and gain hands-on experience without a guided solution.

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