JavaScript - Basic

Concept

• Understand that JavaScript is interpreted
• Describe the (non)relationship/differences between JavaScript and Java

Code

• Use the different ways of embedding JavaScript in web pages - the script tag in head, body, inline JavaScript
• Understand how to break a code line within a text string using "\" and how it is inappropriate for non string code
• Comment JavaScript code out, using all the existing ways

Variables

• Name valid variables following the JavaScript rules - _, $, a..z A..Z followed by any number,alphabet,_,$
• Respect the JavaScript variables case-sensitivity rule.
• Identify that JavaScript variables are not strongly typed
• Understand the significance of creating variables with and without 'var'
• Identify variable scopes

Operators

Use the following operators and describe their limitations.

• Arithmetic Operators (+, -, *, /, %, --, ++)
• Assignment Operators (=, +=, /=, -=, *=, %=)
• Comparison Operators (==, ===, !=, >, <, <=, >=, !==)
• Logical Operators (!, &&, ||)
• String Operators (+)
• Conditional Operator (?:)

Write code using the following elements:

• Special characters (\',\",\&,\n,\t,\r,\b,\f')
• prototype
• typeof
• null
• new
• eval
• with
• void
• NaN
• undefined

Execution flow Predict the execution flow of code using the following constructs:

• if .. else
• switch case default
• for loop
• while loop
• for .. in
• with statement
• break & continue
• try .. catch
• throw

Built-in objects Use and create built-in objects (including using new and using eval).

• Strings
• Date
• Array - Initialization
• Boolean
• Math
• DOM Objects

Just introduction to the document objects - document, window with only these functions - open(),write(),setTimeout()/clearTimeout() Built-in functions Identify / use built-in Functions

• decodeURI()
• decodeURIComponent()
• encodeURI()
• encodeURIComponent()
• escape()
• eval()
• isFinite()
• isNaN()
• Number()
• parseFloat()
• parseInt()
• String()
• unescape()

HTML events

• Handle and react to HTML Events
• Bubble and suppress events