Opleiding: JavaScript Development

Learn to write professional software in JavaScript

JavaScript is an unknown, underappreciated, misunderstood and underestimated language. In its syntax, it much resembles Java, but it has its own very distinct semantics. JavaScript has a simple, dynamic and flexible type system. It doesn't have the classes, inheritance or encapsulation that we're used to in traditional OO-languages. Furthermore, JavaScript has influences from functional programming, strange scoping rules, and operators that differ treacherously from Java/C#. This all leads us to a very different world than the one we're traditionally used to with Java/C#/C++.
For a long time, it was sufficient to know only the basics of JavaScript in order to write small functions and handle events in a browser. But with the arrival of modern 'rich clients', that has changed. A solid and professional understanding of the JavaScript language in necessary to utilize its full power and to avoid its pitfalls.
You will become familiar with the type system of JavaScript and the role of its operators. You will find out which operators and control structures work different compared to C#/Java/C++. You will practice with lexical scoping and learn to use the similarities (and …