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Javascript Essentials (Udemy.com)

Learn how Javascript works, some basic API's and finally create a mini project.

4.4

36,239 reviews

Created by: Lawrence Turton

Last updated December 2017

Our take

Based on the ratings of 36,239 students and a sample of their written reviews. No course pays to be reviewed.

Lawrence Turton's course is a free, 6.5 hour introduction to JavaScript for people who already know a little HTML and CSS. The description lists primitive types, arrays, functions, assignment operators, the window object, and a plain look at objects and constructors. It then moves into how the language works underneath, including scope, execution context, and prototype inheritance, and it wraps up with a mini project that uses some basic APIs. That mix of basics plus some under the hood material sets it apart from a simple syntax tour.

No written reviews are available for this course, so this page cannot say what students praise or grumble about. The numbers are a 4.4 rating from 36,239 reviews, a strong showing for a free course. The bigger flag is age. The course was last updated in 2017, and its own pitch talks about 2016, so newer syntax is likely missing.

As a free, short course with no certificate, it costs nothing to try. It suits someone who wants a first pass at how JavaScript behaves, especially scope and objects, before committing to a longer paid course. Anyone planning to write modern JavaScript should treat it as a starting point and check a newer course afterward for features like let, const, arrow functions, and modules. Pair it with something current rather than leaning on it alone.

Best forBeginners with some HTML and CSS who want a free, short first pass at JavaScript, including scope and objects.

Skip it ifYou want a recently refreshed course with up to date syntax, since this one was last updated in 2017.

Pros

Free, and only 6.5 hours, so it is short enough to finish quickly
Goes past syntax into scope, execution context, and prototype inheritance
Ends with a mini project that uses some basic APIs
A 4.4 rating across 36,239 reviews is strong for a free course

Cons

Last updated in 2017, so newer JavaScript features are likely missing
No certificate of completion is offered with the course
Expects HTML and CSS first, so it is not for complete web newcomers

Labeled beginner, but the requirements list basic HTML and CSS, so it suits web newcomers with a little markup behind them.

How it compares

Against the other 239 rated Udemy courses in JavaScript on CourseDuck:

Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 38% of them
Reviews36,239#5 of 240 by number of reviews
Length6.5 hourslonger than 57% of them
Last updatedDecember 2017earlier than 87% of them

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Overall Score : 88 / 100

Course Description

Learn the Javascript essentials for web development or any type of programming. Learn all the basics of Javascript including primitive types, arrays, functions, assignment operators, the window object and much more. Also I'll provide clear explanations of objects, constructors and arrays in a clear way for anyone to understand. We'll also dive into some more detail about how Javascript works and even advanced topics like prototype inheritance, scope, execution context and much more. So why should you learn Javascript? Well it's everywhere and is getting even bigger in 2016. It's available to mobile apps, desktop apps, server side nodeJS technology and as always in every single browser around the world. There has never been a better time to learn the basics of Javascript!

Beginner Level

Time: 6.5h

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Instructor Details

Lawrence Turton

4.4 Rating
36,239 Reviews

Lawrence Turton works as a web developer & graphic designer specialising in HTML, CSS, jQuery, UI & UX design. He has previously worked with Fifteendesign producing websites, iPhone and Android apps and started his own agency in 2010 called Elite Web Design. During that time Lawrence has established a wide range of clients from blue chip companies to large corporations. From a young age he was an online instructor and started to work with two of the leading online training specialists Cartoonsmart and Envato. Lawrence always created projects involving designs in Photoshop and bringing his creations to life by coding them with web technologies. This gives him a unique perspective into real world projects from start to finish and a wealth of information for new comers to the web industry.