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JavaScript Projects for Kids

By : Omar Faruk Towaha
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JavaScript Projects for Kids

By: 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 (12 chapters)
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Index

Installing jQuery

The question is where to find jQuery. Well, you can find it at http://jquery.com/. I have also attached the file with this book. You can download it from there.

If you go to http://jquery.com/, you will see the following screen:

Installing jQuery

Click the Download jQuery button. You will be redirected to the following page:

Installing jQuery

There are two versions of jQuery: 1.x.x and 2.x.x. There are just a few differences between these versions. The compressed version's code is not readable as the version does not have blank spaces and comments; however, the uncompressed version is clearly coded and formatted, it also has important comments to understand the code and functions' work. If you want to learn how a function of jQuery works, I would suggest you to go through the jQuery uncompressed version.

Throughout this chapter, we will use the 2.x.x version. The latest version of 2.x.x is 2.2.0.

Note

You can download the compressed or uncompressed version of jQuery.

I'll advice you to use the compressed...