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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

JavaScript as your first programming language


JavaScript is the easiest language to start learning. It does not need any software to run. A modern browser and notepad are enough to start coding in JavaScript. JavaScript has some of the best online learning materials.

Websites such as Codecademy (https://www.codecademy.com), Code School (https://www.codeschool.com), CodePen (http://codepen.io), JS Bin (https://jsbin.com), and JSFiddle (https://jsfiddle.net) will help you learn JavaScript in short time.

JavaScript is everywhere

JavaScript is the only language that runs in almost every browser; even in smartphone browsers. As the web is everywhere, JavaScript is also everywhere.

JavaScript developer as profession

If you enjoy programming and want to build your career with programming, JavaScript is one of the best languages for this. I can say it would be difficult to make better choice than JavaScript. If you look at some of the trends in web development, you will see that real-time websites are...