JavaScript Topics for CS559

These are tutorials and pages that discuss how to program in JavaScript in general, with a focus on how we use it in CS559.

Included is a a two part tutorial on doing Traditional Object-Oriented Programming in JavaScript, and some other thing useful for class.

Programming assignments in CS559 will use the Javascript programming language. We will help you learn Javascript, if you aren’t already familiar with it.

I used to give a “JavaScript tip of the day” at the beginning of every lecture. Students preferred that the lectures focused on course material. So I turned it into a single (long) video lecture…

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There is a tutorial on how to use the JavaScript Debugger in Visual Studio Code as a Workbook on GitHub. It is in the form of a workbook: you should clone it and work through it.

If you want something even simpler, you can try the debugger in Chrome. Here is a quick video on how to get started with the Chrome Debugger on Workbooks.

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The Functional Programming in JavaScript is a GitHub repository with a workbook you can clone. Or you can just read it on the web at this link.

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JavaScript does not require you to declare the types of your variables, function arguments, objects, object properties, or much of anything. However, if you give it some hints as to what you expect (as comments in your code), you can help a reader understand your program, and software tools find mistakes.

This page describes some programming practices that are recommended for CS559.

A quick introduction to using traditional object oriented programming (classes, inheritence, etc.) in JavaScript. Read more…

This is part 2 of our 2 part tutorial on Traditional Object Oriented programming in JavaScript. We’ll take a look at how we can use it to do the things you’re used to in object oriented programming: inheritance, polymorphism, and more. Read more…