IT Specialist – JavaScript

Is This for You?

This JavaScript course is excellent for those looking to gain valuable introductory JavaScript skills and improve their employability prospects in the areas of designing and building webpages.

Award and Associated Qualifications

cpd

Awarded 50 CPD points upon successful completion

About This Course

Topics covered include – learning about JavaScript operators, keywords, and methods, using variables, data types, and functions, implementing decisions and loops, interacting with the DOM (Document Object Model), and interacting with forms.

In all of the topics, students will clearly see how JavaScript is used to enhance existing webpages. Furthermore, this course will help anyone looking to improve their employability prospects in the areas of designing and building webpages.

COURSE OUTLINE

DOMAIN 1 – JAVASCRIPT OPERATORS, METHODS AND KEYWORDS

Introduction, Assignment and Arithmetic Operators, JavaScript Best Practices, Inline and External Scripts, Exception Handling, Browser Object Model Interaction

DOMAIN 2 – VARIABLES, DATA TYPES AND FUNCTIONS

Primitive Data Types, Declare and Use Arrays, Complete and Debug code on Objects, Built-in Math Functions, Parameters and Return Values.

DOMAIN 3 – DECISIONS AND LOOPS

Logical and Comparison Operators, Decision Statements, Loops.

DOMAIN 4 – DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL

DOM Tree, HTML Events, Output to HTML Documents, Locate, Modify, and Add Elements.

DOMAIN 5 – HTML FORMS

Retrieve Input and Set Form Field Values, Input Validation, Form Submission Process, Conclusion.

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Aims and Objectives

  • Access to our LiveTutor service to help answer any content or learning queries you may have on a 24/7 basis.
  • The flexibility and value of a self study course designed to enable you to work at your own pace.
  • The opportunity to gain the widely recognised Pitman Training Certificate.

Pre-Requisites

There are no specific pre-requisites required before starting this course.

Finance Options

Wherever possible our training is tailored to your needs. The cost of our training programmes depend on the course(s) you choose and varies according to duration and breadth. Rest assured we have a number of payment options available to ensure the cost of training is affordable and can be worked alongside your other financial commitments. Common ways people fund their training include: –

Self-Funded:

  • Flexible payment plans to help you spread the cost* available at many of our centres;
  • You could opt to pay upfront.

Company Funded:

Requesting funding from your employers needn’t be a daunting task. Many employers support and encourage their employees with their professional development and consider it a worthwhile investment to fund any training required.

What we can help with:

  • Providing a comprehensive training programme outlining learning outcomes
  • Tailored personnel letters
  • Communication with finance departments to arrange payment options (upfront or payment plan*).

Funding & Grants:

There may be the opportunity to apply for funded grants that can help towards the cost of training. These include the Skills Development Scotland ITAs and the ReAct programme in Wales. All schemes will have different terms and conditions that will need to be met in order to qualify for a grant and these are managed by each individual centre.

We’d recommend you speak to a Course Advisor in your local centre to find out whether they are registered to offer any such schemes and discuss your requirements further.

* Terms and Conditions apply. Speak to a Course Advisor for full information on the options available to you.

Career Path

In all of the topics, students will clearly see how JavaScript is used to enhance existing webpages. Furthermore, this course will help anyone looking to improve their employability prospects in the areas of designing and building webpages.

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