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JavaScript
Table Of Content
Module 1 - JavaScript Basics
Who created JavaScript?
What is JavaScript
Why do you love JavaScript?
Your rst "hello world" program
Run just JavaScript
Variables
Data Types in JavaScript
Basic Operators
Special Operators
Fun with Operators
JavaScript as Object-Oriented Programming language
Polymorphism Example in JavaScript
Module 2 - Conditionals and Collections
Conditionals
If Else Condition
Ternary Operator
Advanced Ternary
Switch Statements
truthy and falsy values in JavaScript
For Loop
For-In loop
For-Of loop
While loop
Do-While loop
Map Reduce Filter
Map
Reduce
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Filter
Module 3 - JavaScript Objects and Functions
JavaScript Object Basics
Access Object Value
JavaScript Functions
Example Function
Invoke Function
Local variables
Function Expressions
Scoping in JavaScript
Two Types
Examples
Example: JavaScript does not have block scope
Constructor Functions
The this keyword
this with example
More this examples
The new Operator
Understand with example
Example of creating an object with and without new operator
WITHOUT new operator
WITH new operator
Interview Question: What is the di erence between the new operator and Object.create
Operator
new Operator in JavaScript
Object.create in JavaScript
Module 4 - Prototypes and Prototypal Inheritance
JavaScript as Prototype-based language
What is a prototype?
Example of Prototype
What is Prototypal Inheritance?
Understand Prototypal Inheritance by an analogy
Why is Prototypal Inheritance better?
Example of Prototypal Inheritance
Linking the prototypes
Prototype Chain
How does prototypal inheritance/prototype chain work in above example?
Module 5 - Advanced JavaScript (Closures, Method Chaining, etc.)
Hoisting in JavaScript
Another example
We get an error with Function Expressions
JavaScript Closures
Closure remembers the environment
IIFE
What is happening here?
Closure And IIFE
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JavaScript call() & apply() vs bind()?
bind
Example using bind()
call()
apply
Asynchronous JavaScript
Callback Function
Simple example
Example callback in asynchronous programming
Promises
Explanation via Example
Promise.all
Async-await
Explanation via Example
Handle errors using async-await
Module 6 - Next Generation JS - ES6 and Beyond
JavaScript Classes
Class methods
Class vs Constructor function
Using Function - ES5 style
Using Classes - ES6+ Style
let and const and Block scope
let
Example of let
const
Tricky const
Arrow Functions
Another example
Lexical this
Example of lexical this
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Module 1 - JavaScript Basics
Your rst "hello world" program
Write the below HTML code in index.html le and open it in browser
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>My First Web Page</h1>
<script>
console.log("Hello World");
</script>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript code is written in between the script tag in the above code.
When the page loads the browser will run the code between the script tag.
alert() function will be called which will create a model with hello world text on it.
Congratulation! You just wrote your rst JavaScript program
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Data Types in JavaScript
Values used in your code can be of certain type - number or string for example
This type is called data type of the language
Data Types supported in JavaScript are: Number, String, Boolean, Function, Object,
Null, and Undefined
They are categorized as primitive or non-primitive data types
Check the illustration below
Unlike Java or C#, JavaScript is a loosely-typed language
No type declarations are required when variables are created
Data Types are important in a programming language to perform operations on the variables
// Data Types examples
var x = 10 // number variable
var x = "hi" // string variable
var x = true // boolean variable
function x { // your function code here } // function variable
var x = { } // object variable
var x = null // null variable
var x // undefined variable
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Module 2 - Conditionals and
Collections
If Else Condition
var x = 10;
if(x == 10) {
console.log("x is 10")
}
else if(x < 10) {
console.log("x is less than 10)
}
else {
console.log("x is greater than 10)
}
if block is executed if the condition is true
else if block is used to specify additional conditions if the if condition is not satis ed
else block is executed if neither of the prior conditions is satis ed
truthy and falsy values in JavaScript
Boolean data types are either true or false
But in JS in addition to this, everything else has inherent boolean values
They are falsy or truthy
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Following values are always falsy:
// falsy values
false
0 (zero)
"" (empty string)
null
undefined
NaN (a special Number value meaning Not-a-Number)
All other values are truthy
// truthy values
"0" // zero in quotes
"false" // false in quotes
function () {} // empty functions
[] // empty arrays
{} //empty objects
This concept is important because the inherent values can then be used in conditional logic
You don't have to do if(x == false) - you can just do if(!x)
if (x) {
// x is truthy
}
else {
// x is falsy
// it could be false, 0, "", null, undefined or NaN
}
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For Loop
Loops are used to run the same code block again and again "for" given number of times
// ... your code
// This loop will be executed 10 times
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
console.log(i)
}
// ... your rest of the code
Check out the illustration above
It checks a condition rst
If the condition is true it will run the code inside the loop
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It will continue running the code inside the loop until the condition does not meet anymore
After that the execution will come outside the loop and continue executing the rest of the code
Loops come in handy when working with collections and arrays
Below code will iterate over an array and log all its items
var items = [1,2,3,4]
for (i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
console.log(items[i]) // 1,2,3,4
}
Module 3 - JavaScript
Objects and Functions
Function Expressions
You can also create functions using another syntax
You can assign an anonymous function to a variable, like below -
var addMe = function(a, b) {
return a + b
}
var sum = addMe(1,2)
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console.log(sum) // 3
Please note that the name of the function is assigned to the variable instead of the function
Result of the function remains the same
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Scoping in JavaScript
Every variable de ned in JavaScript has a scope
Scope determines whether the variable is accessible at a certain point or not
Two Types
Local scope
Available locally to a "block" of code
Global scope
Available globally everywhere
JavaScript traditionally always had function scope. JavaScript recently added block scope as a
part of the new standard. You will learn about this in the Advanced JavaScript module.
Examples
Function parameters are locally scoped variables
Variables declared inside the functions are local to those functions
// global scope
var a = 1;
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function one() {
console.log(a); // 1
}
// local scope - parameter
function two(a) {
console.log(a); // parameter value
}
// local scope variable
function three() {
var a = 3;
console.log(a); // 3
}
one(); // 1
two(2); // 2
three(); // 3
Example: JavaScript does not have block scope
In the below example value of a is logged as 4
This is because JavaScript function variables are scoped to the entire function
Even if that variable is declared in a block - in this case, the if-block
This phenomenon is called as Hoisting in JavaScript
var a = 1
function four(){
if(true){
var a = 4
}
console.log(a) // logs '4', not the global value of '1'
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Module 4 - Prototypes and
Prototypal Inheritance
JavaScript as Prototype-based language
JavaScript does not contain "classes" that de nes a blueprint for the object, such as is found in C++
or Java
JavaScript uses functions as "classes"
Everything is an object in JavaScript
In JavaScript, objects de ne their own structure
This structure can be inherited by other objects at runtime
What is a prototype?
It is a link to another object
In JavaScript, objects are chained together by prototype chain
Joe -> Person -> Object -> null
JavaScript objects inherit properties and methods from a prototype
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Example of Prototype
Prototype property allows you to add properties and methods to any object dynamically
function Animal(name) {
this.name = name
}
Animal.prototype.age = 10
When object Cat is inherited from object Animal
Then Animal is the prototype object or the constructor of the Cat
var Cat = new Animal('cat')
console.log(Cat) // constructor: "Animal"
console.log(Cat.name) // cat
console.log(Cat.age) // 10
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Module 5 - Advanced
JavaScript (Async JS,
Closures, Method Chaining,
etc.)
Hoisting in JavaScript
In JavaScript function declarations and variable declarations are 'hoisted'
Meaning variables can be used before they are declared
From the illustration above - refer the code below
We are logging bar variable to the console
But, the variable bar is de ned AFTER it is being used
In other traditional languages - that would have been an error
But, JavaScript does not throw any error here
But, remember - the value of the variable is still undefined because the value is really assigned on
AFTER it is being logged
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console.log(bar) // undefined - but no error
var bar = 1
Another example
// Function declarations
foo() // 1
function foo() {
console.log(1)
}
The variable declarations are silently moved to the very top of the current scope
Functions are hoisted rst, and then variables
But, this does not mean that assigned values (in the middle of function) will still be associated with
the variable from the start of the function
It only means that the variable name will be recognized starting from the very beginning of the
function
That is the reason, bar is undefined in this example
// Variable declarations
console.log(bar) // undefined
var bar = 1
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NOTE 1: Variables and constants declared with let or const are not hoisted!
NOTE 2: Function declarations are hoisted - but function expressions are not!
// NO ERROR
foo();
function foo() {
// your logic
}
We get an error with Function Expressions
var foo is hoisted but it does not know the type foo yet
foo(); // not a ReferenceError, but gives a TypeError
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var foo = function bar() {
// your logic
}
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Asynchronous JavaScript
Callback Function
These are functions that are executed "later"
Later can be any action that you'd want to be completed before calling the the callback function
Callback functions are passed as arguments to the outer function
Simple example
In this example greet() is the outer function
And getName() is the callback function
We pass getName() function to the outer greet() function as a function argument
The value from getName() callback function is then used in the outer function greet()
function getName() {
return "Sleepless Yogi";
}
function greet(callbackFn) {
// call back function is executed here
const name = callbackFn();
return "Hello " + name;
}
This was a very basic example
Callback functions are more often used in asynchronous programming
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Asynchronous programming
- This is the type of programming where actions does not take place in a
predictable order
- Example: network calls
- When you make an HTTP call you cannot predict when the call will return
- Therefore your program needs to consider this asynchronism to out the
correct results
Example callback in asynchronous programming
In the below example we de ne a callback function printUser
This function depends on the variable name
So, basically until we have value for the name variable we cannot print the value
We then de ne fetchAndPrintUser function to fetch the user and then print the user's name
We are simulating network call using setTimeout method
Basically it means after 500 ms we will have the name available
In real world this will be a network call to some user API that queries the user database for
this information
After we get the user's name
We call the callback function printUser with the name value
function printUser(name) {
console.log(name)
}
function fetchAndPrintUser(printCallbackFunction) {
// simulate fake network call
setTimeout(() => {
const fakeUserName = 'Sleepless Yogi'
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// We call the callback function here
printCallbackFunction(fakeUserName)
}, 500)
}
// Execute the function to fetch user and print the user's name
fetchAndPrintUser(printUser)
Module 6 - Next Generation
JS - ES6 and Beyond
JavaScript Classes
Classes were introduced in ES6 standard
Simple Person class in JavaScript
You can de ne constructor inside the class where you can instantiate the class members
Constructor method is called each time the class object is initialized
class Person {
constructor(name) {
this.name = name
}
}
var john = new Person("John")
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Class methods
You can add your functions inside classes
These methods have to be invoked programmatically in your code
class Person {
constructor(name) {
this.name = name
}
getName() {
return this.name
}
}
john.getName() // John
JavaScript class is just syntactic sugar for constructor functions and prototypes
If you use typeof operator on a class it logs it as "function"
This proves that in JavaScript a class is nothing but a constructor function
example:
class Foo {}
console.log(typeof Foo); // "function"
Class vs Constructor function
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Below example demonstrates how to achieve the same result using vanilla functions and using new
classes
You can notice how using class make your code cleaner and less verbose
Using class also makes it more intuitive and easier to understand for Developer coming from
class-based languages like Java and C++
Using Function - ES5 style
var Person = function(name){
this.name = name
}
var Man = function(name) {
Person.call(this, name)
this.gender = "Male"
}
Man.prototype = Object.create(Person.prototype)
Man.prototype.constructor = Man
var John = new Man("John")
console.log(John.name) // John
console.log(John.gender) // Male
Using Classes - ES6+ Style
class Person {
constructor(name){
this.name = name
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}
}
class Man extends Person {
constructor(name){
super(name)
this.gender = "Male"
}
}
var John = new Man("John")
console.log(John.name) // John
console.log(John.gender) // Male
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let and const and Block scope
let and const keywords were introduced in ES6
These two keywords are used to declare JavaScript variables
let myFirstName = "NgNinja"
const myLastName = "Academy"
console.log(myFirstName + myLastName) // "NgNinjaAcademy"
These two keywords provide Block Scope variables in JavaScript
These variables do not hoist like var variables
Remember: using var to declare variables creates a function scope variables
These two keywords lets you avoid IIFE
IIFE is used for not polluting global scope
But, now you can just use let or const inside a block - {} - which will have same e ect
let
let keyword works very much like var keyword except it creates block-scoped variables
let keyword is an ideal candidate for loop variables, garbage collection variables
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Example of let
var x declares a function scope variable which is available throughout the function
checkLetKeyword()
let x declares a block scope variable which is accessible ONLY inside the if-block
So, after the if-block the value of x is again 10
function checkLetKeyword() {
var x = 10
console.log(x) // 10
if(x === 10) {
let x = 20
console.log(x) // 20
}
console.log(x) // 10
}
const
const keyword is used to declare a constant in JavaScript
Value must be assigned to a constant when you declare it
Once assigned - you cannot change its value
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const MY_NAME = "NgNinja Academy"
console.log(MY_NAME) // NgNinja Academy
MY_NAME = "JavaScript" // Error: "MY_NAME" is read-only
Tricky const
If you de ned a constant array using const you can change the elements inside it
You cannot assign a di erent array to it
But, you can add or remove elements from it
This is because const does NOT de ne a constant value. It de nes a constant reference to a value.
Example below:
const MY_GRADES = [1, 2, 3]
MY_GRADES = [4, 4, 4] // Error: "MY_GRADES" is read-only
MY_GRADES.push(4) // [1, 2, 3, 4]
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