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JavaScript Projects for Kids

By : Syed Omar Faruk Towaha
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JavaScript Projects for Kids

By: Syed Omar Faruk Towaha

Overview of this book

JavaScript is the most widely-used programming language for web development and that's not all! It has evolved over the years and is now being implemented in an array of environments from websites to robotics. Learning JavaScript will help you see the broader picture of web development. This book will take your imagination to new heights by teaching you how to work with JavaScript from scratch. It will introduce you to HTML and CSS to enhance the appearance of your applications. You’ll then use your skills to build on a cool Battleship game! From there, the book will introduce you to jQuery and show you how you can manipulate the DOM. You’ll get to play with some cool stuff using Canvas and will learn how to make use of Canvas to build a game on the lines of Pacman, only a whole lot cooler! Finally, it will show you a few tricks with OOP to make your code clean and will end with a few road maps on areas you can explore further.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
JavaScript Projects for Kids
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

All chores can be done by JavaScript


With JavaScript, you can do a lot of awesome things. From robotics to web app developing, JavaScript is a strong tool. Let's see how people use JavaScript in their tech life:

  • Robotics

  • 3D games

  • Making apps for your smartphones

  • Running web servers

  • Running Ruby and Python

  • Writing OS independent desktop applications

  • Web scraping and screenshotting

  • Web analytics

  • Responsive and interactive contents

  • Animation

  • Creating cookies

Robotics

In robotics, you need to control your robot with logics. In real world, the logics are handled by microcontrollers. You may have heard of Arduino, an open source hardware that deals with microelectronics. Basically, Arduino controls microcontrollers using C code. However, if you know JavaScript, you can also code for it; to work with microprocessor/microcontroller and make your first robot. You can get help from http://nodebots.io/ in order to see how JavaScript is used to build robots. Following is an image of Arduino UNO board:

An Arduino...