Course: Web Design and Digital Content Production , Topic: Module 6: JavaScript I

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Web Design

Digital Content Creation

Wordpress blog site

Web Design refers to the HTML (structure), CSS (style), and JavaScript (interaction) technologies used in browser-Web Server communication, resulting in web pages being displayed to the end user.

The first aim of this course is to learn, understand and apply the above technologies to create simple code-based websites.

With the term Digital Content Production, we describe the production - editing of images, audio documents and video.

The second aim of this course is to learn, understand and use free software to create audio and video files.

In this course, it is necessary to familiarize students with the "remote" computer, the Web Server, and the structure of a website. To achieve that, students will create a Wordpress blog in which they will upload some of the material they have created.

The third aim of this course is to learn, understand and create a Wordpress blog site and upload content to it.
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Module 6: JavaScript I
Introduction to JavaScript. Simple file. Data types

Introduction to JavaScript

Simple JavaScript file

Data types

Introduction to JavaScript. JavaScript is a programming language; this means that is able to make decisions based on data or to do things repetitively. Moreover, it adds interactivity to the browser and enables enriched browser-server communication. JavaScript is the most popular language among web developers.

Simple JavaScript file. In this submodule, we will learn how to use variables and simple interactions (alert, prompt) to create simple files. We will learn about developer tools and how to check our code for errors. We will also learn how to add JavaScript comments.

Data types. In this submodule we will learn about types of data, how to find the type of a variable and how to change its type or its value (arithmetic and assignment operators). We will also learn some of the string and number methods.
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  JavaScript in HTML file
  
  alert interaction
  
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  Comments in JavaScript
  
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  Boolean
  
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Topic outline

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Terminology and aims of the course:

Module 6: JavaScript I

Introduction to JavaScript. Simple file. Data types