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Building Interactive Prototypes using JavaScript

From programming basics to DOM manipulation, learn to use JavaScript, the programming language of the Web, to create interactive webpages.

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Created by: Kasey Champion and Bre'Ana Deen

Course Description

This course is part of the Microsoft Professional Program in Entry-Level Software Development.In this course, you'll learn how to turn a static web front-end into something that users can interact with. You'll learn the fundamentals of JavaScript and how to apply JavaScript to enhance the interactivity of webpages. By the end of this course, you'll have a web app prototype that allows basic interaction.Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:Read code and describe what it doesUtilize understanding of program execution to formulate algorithms to solve specific tasksWrite JavaScript code to manipulate DOM elements on a webpageOnce you complete this course, continue onto Building Functional Prototypes using Node.js to learn how to write JavaScript code to build the back-end of your app!

Beginner Level

Instructor Details

Kasey Champion and Bre'Ana Deen

Kasey Champion is a software engineer turned teacher. She graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Electrical Engineering, but worked for the Computer Science Department as a Teaching Assistant for 3 years. After graduation she joined Microsoft as a software engineer, but spent her mornings volunteer teaching computer science at local high schools through the TEALS program. Recently she was lucky enough to make her passion her full time job and joined the Microsoft Learning team to develop computer science courseware.