Computer Science Principles Lab: JavaScript

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files

• History of JavaScript
• How JavaScript is used
• Set up your PC
• Set up your Mac

• Work with values and variables
• Use functions to repeat actions
• Break down tasks
• Customize functions with parameters
• Variables and scope
• Return values from functions

• Capture input from the user
• Manage different variable types
• Create conditional tests
• Build compound conditional tests
• Use while loops
• Use for loops
• Create arrays to store groups of values
• Use loops with arrays
• Changing arrays

• Next steps