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JavaScript for Front-End

Hands-on Training from Experts NYC or Live Online

Learn JavaScript to add interactivity and animation to webpages with scrolling animations, parallax, slideshows, and much more

  • Free retake
  • Setup assistance
  • Expert instructors
  • Small classes

Learn to Code JavaScript

In this hands-on JavaScript class, you’ll start by learning the fundamentals of JavaScript code to add logic and interactivity to webpages. You’ll write plain vanilla JavaScript as well as learn how to use pre-made JavaScripts (slideshows, tabbed panels, etc.) to save yourself time and be able to quickly add amazing functionality with relatively little work.

Create Animations with GreenSock

The GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP) is the industry standard framework for web animation. Learn to animate just about anything in a webpage, such as scrolling animations (including parallax effects), animate logos, banner ads, and much more.

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This course has a prerequisite

This advanced course is for people who have experience coding webpages. Students should feel comfortable coding HTML and CSS. You should have knowledge equivalent to our Advanced HTML & CSS class.

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I was introduced to Noble Desktop years ago by an employer. At the time, we were implementing a new workflow and there was no one on staff qualified to train the team. I was so impressed with the instructor and the class, that I signed up for additional classes on my own… everything from JavaScript to WordPress to UX/UI Design. These days the ability to remain employable is entirely dependent on the need to continually upgrade one’s skillset. No one provides better, more comprehensive (and well-documented) instruction and technical training than Noble Desktop. It’s also a great place to meet other people in my chosen field (and other industries) whom I might not have the opportunity to meet otherwise.

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JavaScript for Front-End is rated 4.7 stars by 137 students

in the past 24 months

It was fascinating to discover the possibilities available while using JavaScript & jQuery once you understand how the code works. The instructor was extremely knowledgeable and did an awesome job of answering questions, giving us resources and explaining every detail for all the exercises we worked on. This is definitely a class you need to take and have in your tool belt.

The Noble Desktop JavaScript & jQuery course is a great introduction to the world of programming. There is so much information covered in this course. I think anyone looking to improve their dev skills would benefit from this course.

Excellent course! JavaScript dissected and made easy!

This JavaScript & jQuery class was educational, inspirational, and exciting. I did not know that I can utilize JavaScript in so many different ways. The content offered is thorough and useful. I recommend this course to anyone who would like to start creating functional and dynamic websites.

If you're considering changing your career to web development and you're not too confident in your JavaScript knowledge, this is the class for you!

I'm really glad that I took Noble Desktop's JavaScript & jQuery class. These are really powerful skills for web developers to have in their toolkit.

The course does a good job explaining JavaScript to those who never before wrote with a programming language. I'm now familiar with its syntax. By taking this course I've begun the process to acquire a greater understanding of JavaScript. I'm appreciative of the class instructor for explaining JavaScript's complexities.

The JavaScript class was the perfect class for those that want to grasp the main concepts of the language. I walked out very satisfied.

The class and the instructor provided great examples for understanding the fundamentals of JavaScript and jQuery. I felt I left the course with a more comfortable knowledge of what I once thought was too complex to grasp.

Really gets at JavaScript + jQuery code—and manages to make it inviting and not cold!

Excellent instructors...patient and extremely knowledgeable.

Noble Desktop takes you through the development path with ease and provides you the background needed for a career in web development and design.


Hudson River Park Trust

I highly enjoyed Noble Desktop's JavaScript & jQuery class. My instructor was very knowledgeable and the class materials were easy to follow and used real-life examples.


The Lynx Group

Noble Desktop is fantastic 100% of classes (I have taken 4) have been well-paced and extremely real-world relevant.

The class had a quick and easy flow to understanding the contents of the class. It was taught by an outstanding instructor and I recommend to everyone and anyone who wants to learn more about Javascript and jQuery.

Awesome instructors! Class content is excellent! Experience has been great so far! Can't wait to do some more learning with Noble Desktop :)


Pixelove Design

This class is a must! Lasha is extremely knowledgable and a great teacher. You will learn how to create very cool interactive experiences with the information learned in this class. A+!


Citizen Watch America

This is a very, very solid overview of some powerful web building tools.

My main concern with JavaScript was I always felt like I was missing something fundamental or lacked confidence in what I was doing. After taking this course, I feel assured that I understand the core fundamentals of JavaScript and can now continue to build on that foundation.


Something Digital

Good experience! Learned a lot of solid information.

Great course! The exercises are well thought out and scaffolded so that each concept builds upon what you've already learned. Would definitely recommend to anyone interested in breaking into coding.

Devin was great about answering questions of all kinds and presenting the material!

Noble Desktop took me by complete surprise with how much of a complex coding language such as JavaScript I was able to grasp within a short 18 hours.

Schedule & Enrollment: JavaScript for Front-End

  • 18 Hours
  • $975
  • NYC or Live Online
  • Free retake
  • Setup assistance
  • Expert instructors
  • Small classes

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What’s the Role of JavaScript & How Does it Fit into Web Development?

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript all work natively in a web browser. Each has a distinctive, yet important role:

  • We use HTML to tag content appropriately as headings, paragraphs, links, images, forms, etc.
  • Once we’ve marked up the content, we style it with CSS. Using CSS we style type (color, size, etc.), set spacing, position, alignment, adjust the layout for multiple screen sizes and much more.
  • JavaScript is like the lord of a webpage, overseeing and controlling anything we want it to. JavaScript can change HTML or CSS (after a webpage has been created) based on user interaction, time, etc.

For example, when a user clicks a “Read More” link, JavaScript can sense the click and change the CSS to show the extra (hidden) text. Another example is validating a form. When you want to make sure a user has entered a certain type of information, JavaScript can look at what has been entered, make sure it matches a certain set of criteria, and then display an error message if it doesn’t. JavaScript creates the error message by adding HTML content (that can be styled with CSS). Once the information in the form has been corrected, JavaScript can remove the error from HTML and allow the form to be submitted. There are many more things JavaScript can do, but hopefully these examples give you a better sense of how it works.

JavaScript Libraries (GreenSock, React, jQuery, etc.)

A JavaScript library is JavaScript code that someone wrote and made available for you to use. Libraries speed up your coding because you don’t have to write as much code, and you can use smartly written code that may be beyond your own coding abilities! Here are just a few examples of popular JavaScript libraries:

  • GreenSock: Ultra high-performance, professional-grade animation. This library is focused solely on animation, allowing you to create amazing animations as fast as possible. You can use it to animation just about anything in a webpage, and even Google recommends it for animating ads.
  • React: A JavaScript library for building user interfaces. Created by Facebook, this JavaScript library creates components that manage their own state, updating when data changes.
  • jQuery: The Swiss army knife of JavaScript libraries, for years jQuery helped make doing many things with JavaScript easier. As JavaScript has advanced, the need to jQuery has been reduced so the industry is moving past jQuery and not using it as much anymore.

JavaScript for Front-End & Back-End

JavaScript initially was only a front-end language, but today you can also use JavaScript for back-end development. Front-end JavaScript works natively in a web browser and interacts with HTML and CSS. As more developers learned JavaScript, they wanted to use it on the back-end (the web server). Instead of having to learn a different server-side language such as PHP, Ruby on Rails, etc. you can use Node.js to perform server-side tasks using JavaScript.

In our JavaScript for Front-End class we focus on getting you started with using native JavaScript for front-end development, as well as GreenSock for animation.

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