Video2Brain - Introducing the JavaScript Language [repost]

JavaScript is the lingua franca of the web, but before using it to create dynamic websites, you need to understand how it works. In this workshop trainer and developer Joe Chellman explores the syntax behind the JavaScript language. He shows how to "speak" JavaScript by gaining an understanding of variables, types, objects, arrays, operators, control structures, loops, and functions, through a series of hands-on examples that put these ideas into action. After completing this course, most developers will understand the core syntax of JavaScript and how this scripting language works to build powerful and complex functionality on the web.

Introduction 1m 31s
Welcome 1m 31s

1. Getting Started 18m 3s
Syntax: Learning to read and write 1m 29s
Web browsers for learning JavaScript 4m 8s
How to enable Firebug and web inspectors 6m 50s
Our friend, the text editor 3m 35s
Additional helpful resources 2m 1s

2. Variables and Types 20m 11s
Declaring and assigning a variable 7m 9s
Numbers 3m 28s
Strings 6m 9s
Booleans and the quest for truth 3m 25s

3. Objects, Arrays, and More 44m 5s
Objects 6m 52s
Manipulating objects 4m 31s
Objects and references 3m 24s
Arrays 6m 2s
Manipulating arrays 7m 27s
Readability: Whitespace 3m 38s
Readability: Comments 4m 55s
Regular expressions 7m 16s

4. Operators and Control Structures 43m 45s
Simple comparisons 4m 33s
Arithmetic operators 6m 54s
Logical operators 7m 5s
Conditionals: If 7m 7s
Conditionals: Switch 5m 59s
Terse ifs: one-liners and the ternary operator 6m 36s
Type checking 5m 31s

5. Iterating with Loops 20m 29s
For loops: Sequential 8m 1s
For loops: Enumerative 4m 58s
While loops 7m 30s

6. Functions 26m 2s
Basic functions 2m 19s
Basic uses of functions 4m 23s
More on arguments 4m 13s
Objects, references, and functions 4m 56s
Functions are objects 4m 41s
Understanding variable scope 5m 30s