Introduction to JavaScript

• What is JavaScript?
• Prerequisites for learning JavaScript
• Software needed for using JavaScript
• Origin, properties and usage of JavaScript
• Client-side & server-side applications

Fundamental Programming Concepts

• What is a variable?
• Data types
• Operators
• Expressions
• Keywords & reserved words

Program Flow Control

• Conditional statements (if .. else & switch)
• Repeating statements – Loops (for, while, & do .. while)
• Break and continue statements

Functions & Event Handlers

• Concept of function
• Function types
• How to define and call a function?
• Event handlers

JavaScript Object Model

• What is Object-Oriented Programming?
• Document Object Model Hierarchy
• Window & document objects
• Image object
• History, location & navigator objects

JavaScript Language Objects

• String, Array, Date, Math and Boolean objects

Custom JavaScript Objects

• Creating custom objects
• Creating the object: the constructor
• Creating an instance of a custom object
• Creating object methods
• Defining object properties

Receiving User Input

• Form controls
• Form objects
• Form validation

Cookies & JavaScript Security

• What are cookies?
• Why use cookies?
• How are cookies sent and stored?
• Testing for cookie presence
• Controlling cookies in the browser
• JavaScript security

Frames

• Frames and targets
• Targeting Windows

Image Maps

• Defining the image map
• Adding script to an image map

JavaScript Buttons

• JavaScript rollover buttons
• Other buttons

Advanced Topics

• Function setTimeout
• Function random
• External JavaScript