JavaScript

JavaScript is a lightweight, interpreted programming language.

Getting started

Introduction

JavaScript is a lightweight, interpreted programming language.

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console.log()

alert('Hello world!');
console.log('Hello world!');
// => Hello world!

Numbers

let amount = 6;
let price = 4.99;

Variables

let x = null;
let name = "Tammy";
const found = false;

// => Tammy, false, null
console.log(name, found, x);

var a;
console.log(a); // => undefined

Strings

let single = 'Wheres my bandit hat?';
let double = "Wheres my bandit hat?";

// => 21
console.log(single.length);

Arithmetic Operators

5 + 5 = 10     // Addition
10 - 5 = 5     // Subtraction
5 * 10 = 50    // Multiplication
10 / 5 = 2     // Division
10 % 5 = 0     // Modulo

Comments

// This line will denote a comment

/*  
The below configuration must be 
changed before deployment. 
*/

Assignment Operators

let number = 100;

// Both statements will add 10
number = number + 10;
number += 10;

console.log(number); 
// => 120

String Interpolation

let age = 7;

// String concatenation
'Tommy is ' + age + ' years old.';

// String interpolation
`Tommy is ${age} years old.`;

let Keyword

let count; 
console.log(count); // => undefined
count = 10;
console.log(count); // => 10

const Keyword

const numberOfColumns = 4;

// TypeError: Assignment to constant...
numberOfColumns = 8;

Conditionals

if Statement

const isMailSent = true;

if (isMailSent) {
  console.log('Mail sent to recipient');
}

Ternary Operator

var x=1;

// => true
result = (x == 1) ? true : false;

Operators

true || false;       // true
10 > 5 || 10 > 20;   // true
false || false;      // false
10 > 100 || 10 > 20; // false

Logical Operator &&

true && true;        // true
1 > 2 && 2 > 1;      // false
true && false;       // false
4 === 4 && 3 > 1;    // true

Comparison Operators

1 > 3                // false
3 > 1                // true
250 >= 250           // true
1 === 1              // true
1 === 2              // false
1 === '1'            // false

Logical Operator !

let lateToWork = true;
let oppositeValue = !lateToWork;

// => false
console.log(oppositeValue);

else if

const size = 10;

if (size > 100) {
  console.log('Big');
} else if (size > 20) {
  console.log('Medium');
} else if (size > 4) {
  console.log('Small');
} else {
  console.log('Tiny');
}
// Print: Small

switch Statement

const food = 'salad';

switch (food) {
  case 'oyster':
    console.log('The taste of the sea');
    break;
  case 'pizza':
    console.log('A delicious pie');
    break;
  default:
    console.log('Enjoy your meal');
}

Functions

Functions

// Defining the function:
function sum(num1, num2) {
  return num1 + num2;
}

// Calling the function:
sum(3, 6); // 9

Anonymous Functions

// Named function
function rocketToMars() {
  return 'BOOM!';
}

// Anonymous function
const rocketToMars = function() {
  return 'BOOM!';
}

Arrow Functions (ES6)

With two arguments

const sum = (param1, param2) => { 
  return param1 + param2; 
}; 
console.log(sum(2,5)); // => 7

With no arguments

const printHello = () => { 
  console.log('hello'); 
}; 
printHello(); // => hello

With a single argument

const checkWeight = weight => { 
  console.log(`Weight : ${weight}`); 
}; 
checkWeight(25); // => Weight : 25

Concise arrow functions

const multiply = (a, b) => a * b; 
// => 60 
console.log(multiply(2, 30));

return Keyword

// With return
function sum(num1, num2) {
  return num1 + num2;
}

// The function doesn't output the sum
function sum(num1, num2) {
  num1 + num2;
}

Calling Functions

// Defining the function
function sum(num1, num2) {
  return num1 + num2;
}

// Calling the function
sum(2, 4); // 6

Function Expressions

const dog = function() {
  return 'Woof!';
}

Function Parameters

// The parameter is name
function sayHello(name) {
  return `Hello, ${name}!`;
}

Function Declaration

function add(num1, num2) {
  return num1 + num2;
}

Scope

Scope

function myFunction() {

  var pizzaName = "Volvo";
  // Code here can use pizzaName

}

// Code here can't use pizzaName

Block Scoped Variables

const isLoggedIn = true;

if (isLoggedIn == true) {
  const statusMessage = 'Logged in.';
}

// Uncaught ReferenceError...
console.log(statusMessage);

Global Variables

// Variable declared globally
const color = 'blue';

function printColor() {
  console.log(color);
}

printColor(); // => blue

Arrays

Arrays

const a1 = [0, 1, 2, 3];

// Different data types
const a2 = [1, 'chicken', false];

Property .length

const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4];

numbers.length // 4

Index

// Accessing an array element
const myArray = [100, 200, 300];

console.log(myArray[0]); // 100
console.log(myArray[1]); // 200

Method .push()

// Adding a single element:
const cart = ['apple', 'orange'];
cart.push('pear'); 

// Adding multiple elements:
const numbers = [1, 2];
numbers.push(3, 4, 5);

Method .pop()

const a= ['eggs', 'flour', 'chocolate'];

const p = a.pop(); // 'chocolate'
console.log(a); // ['eggs', 'flour']

Mutable

const names = ['Alice', 'Bob'];

names.push('Carl');
// ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Carl']

Loops

While Loop

while (condition) {
  // code block to be executed
}

let i = 0;
while (i < 5) {        
  console.log(i);
  i++;
}

Reverse Loop

const a = ['banana', 'cherry'];

for (let i = a.length - 1; i >= 0; i--){
  console.log(`${i}. ${items[i]}`);
}

// => 2. cherry
// => 1. banana

Do…While Statement

x = 0
i = 0

do {
  x = x + i;
  console.log(x)
  i++;
} while (i < 5);
// => 0 1 3 6 10

For Loop

for (let i = 0; i < 4; i += 1) {
  console.log(i);
};

// => 0, 1, 2, 3

Looping Through Arrays

for (let i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
  console.log(array[i]);
}

// => Every item in the array

Break

for (let i = 0; i < 99; i += 1) {
  if (i > 5) {
     break;
  }
  console.log(i)
}
// => 0 1 2 3 4 5

Continue

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  if (i === 3) { continue; }
  text += "The number is " + i + "<br>";
}

Nested

for (let i = 0; i < 2; i += 1) {
  for (let j = 0; j < 3; j += 1) {
    console.log(`${i}-${j}`);
  }
}

for…in loop

let dic = {brand: 'Apple', model: ''};

for (let key in mobile) {
  console.log(`${key}: ${mobile[key]}`);
}

Iterators

Functions Assigned to Variables

let plusFive = (number) => {
  return number + 5;  
};
// f is assigned the value of plusFive
let f = plusFive;

plusFive(3); // 8
// Since f has a function value, it can be invoked. 
f(9); // 14

Callback Functions

const isEven = (n) => {
  return n % 2 == 0;
}

let printMsg = (evenFunc, num) => {
  const isNumEven = evenFunc(num);
  console.log(`${num} is an even number: ${isNumEven}.`)
}

// Pass in isEven as the callback function
printMsg(isEven, 4); 
// => The number 4 is an even number: True.

Array Method .reduce()

const arrayOfNumbers = [1, 2, 3, 4];

const sum = arrayOfNumbers.reduce((accumulator, curVal) => {  
  return accumulator + curVal;
});

console.log(sum); // 10

Array Method .map()

const a = ['Taylor', 'Donald', 'Don', 'Natasha', 'Bobby'];

const announcements = a.map(member => {
  return member + ' joined the contest.';
})

console.log(announcements);

Array Method .forEach()

const numbers = [28, 77, 45, 99, 27];

numbers.forEach(number => {  
  console.log(number);
});

Array Method .filter()

const randomNumbers = [4, 11, 42, 14, 39];
const filteredArray = randomNumbers.filter(n => {  
  return n > 5;
});

Objects

Accessing Properties

const apple = { 
  color: 'Green',
  price: { bulk: '$3/kg', smallQty: '$4/kg' }
};
console.log(apple.color); // => Green
console.log(apple.price.bulk); // => $3/kg

Naming Properties

// Example of invalid key names
const trainSchedule = {
  // Invalid because of the space between words.
  platform num: 10, 
  // Expressions cannot be keys.
  40 - 10 + 2: 30,
  // A + sign is invalid unless it is enclosed in quotations.
  +compartment: 'C'
}

Non-existent properties

const classElection = {
  date: 'January 12'
};

console.log(classElection.place); // undefined

Mutable

const student = {
  name: 'Sheldon',
  score: 100,
  grade: 'A',
}

console.log(student)
// { name: 'Sheldon', score: 100, grade: 'A' }

delete student.score
student.grade = 'F'
console.log(student)
// { name: 'Sheldon', grade: 'F' }

student = {}
// TypeError: Assignment to constant variable.

Assignment shorthand syntax

const person = {
  name: 'Tom',
  age: '22',
};
const {name, age} = person;
console.log(name); // 'Tom'
console.log(age);  // '22'

Delete operator

const person = {
  firstName: "Matilda",
  age: 27,
  hobby: "knitting",
  goal: "learning JavaScript"
};

delete person.hobby; // or delete person[hobby];

console.log(person);
/*
{
  firstName: "Matilda"
  age: 27
  goal: "learning JavaScript"
}
*/

Objects as arguments

const origNum = 8;
const origObj = {color: 'blue'};

const changeItUp = (num, obj) => {
  num = 7;
  obj.color = 'red';
};

changeItUp(origNum, origObj);

// Will output 8 since integers are passed by value.
console.log(origNum);

// Will output 'red' since objects are passed 
// by reference and are therefore mutable.
console.log(origObj.color);

Shorthand object creation

const activity = 'Surfing';
const beach = { activity };
console.log(beach); // { activity: 'Surfing' }

this Keyword

const cat = {
  name: 'Pipey',
  age: 8,
  whatName() {
    return this.name  
  }
};
console.log(cat.whatName()); // => Pipey

Factory functions

// A factory function that accepts 'name', 
// 'age', and 'breed' parameters to return 
// a customized dog object. 
const dogFactory = (name, age, breed) => {
  return {
    name: name,
    age: age,
    breed: breed,
    bark() {
      console.log('Woof!');  
    }
  };
};

Methods

const engine = {
  // method shorthand, with one argument
  start(adverb) {
    console.log(`The engine starts up ${adverb}...`);
  },  
  // anonymous arrow function expression with no arguments
  sputter: () => {
    console.log('The engine sputters...');
  },
};

engine.start('noisily');
engine.sputter();

Getters and setters

const myCat = {
  _name: 'Dottie',
  get name() {
    return this._name;  
  },
  set name(newName) {
    this._name = newName;  
  }
};

// Reference invokes the getter
console.log(myCat.name);

// Assignment invokes the setter
myCat.name = 'Yankee';

Classes

Static Methods

class Dog {
  constructor(name) {
    this._name = name;  
  }

  introduce() { 
    console.log('This is ' + this._name + ' !');  
  }

  // A static method
  static bark() {
    console.log('Woof!');  
  }
}

const myDog = new Dog('Buster');
myDog.introduce();

// Calling the static method
Dog.bark();

Class

class Song {
  constructor() {
    this.title;
    this.author;
  }

  play() {
    console.log('Song playing!');
  }
}

const mySong = new Song();
mySong.play();

Class Constructor

class Song {
  constructor(title, artist) {
    this.title = title;
    this.artist = artist;
  }
}

const mySong = new Song('Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Queen');
console.log(mySong.title);

Class Methods

class Song {
  play() {
    console.log('Playing!');
  }

  stop() {
    console.log('Stopping!');
  }
}

extends

// Parent class
class Media {
  constructor(info) {
    this.publishDate = info.publishDate;
    this.name = info.name;
  }
}

// Child class
class Song extends Media {
  constructor(songData) {
    super(songData);
    this.artist = songData.artist;
  }
}

const mySong = new Song({ 
  artist: 'Queen', 
  name: 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 
  publishDate: 1975
});

Modules

Require

var moduleA = require( "./module-a.js" );

// The .js extension is optional
var moduleA = require( "./module-a" );
// Both ways will produce the same result.

// Now the functionality of moduleA can be used
console.log(moduleA.someFunctionality)

Export

// module "moduleA.js"
export default function cube(x) {
  return x * x * x;
}

// In main.js
import cube from './moduleA.js';
// Now the `cube` function can be used straightforwardly.
console.log(cube(3)); // 27

Export Module

let Course = {};
Course.name = "Javascript Node.js"
module.exports = Course;

Import keyword

// add.js
export const add = (x, y) => {
    return x + y
}


// main.js
import { add } from './add';
console.log(add(2, 3)); // 5

Promises

Promise states

const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
  const res = true;
  // An asynchronous operation.
  if (res) {
    resolve('Resolved!');
  }
  else {
    reject(Error('Error'));
  }
});

promise.then((res) => console.log(res), (err) => alert(err));

Executor function

const executorFn = (resolve, reject) => {
  resolve('Resolved!');
};

const promise = new Promise(executorFn);

setTimeout()

const loginAlert = () =>{
  alert('Login');
};

setTimeout(loginAlert, 6000);

.then() method

const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {    
  setTimeout(() => {
    resolve('Result');
  }, 200);
});

promise.then((res) => {
  console.log(res);
}, (err) => {
  alert(err);
});

.catch() method

const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {  
  setTimeout(() => {
    reject(Error('Promise Rejected Unconditionally.'));
  }, 1000);
});

promise.then((res) => {
  console.log(value);
});

promise.catch((err) => {
  alert(err);
});

Promise.all()

const promise1 = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
  setTimeout(() => {
    resolve(3);
  }, 300);
});
const promise2 = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
  setTimeout(() => {
    resolve(2);
  }, 200);
});

Promise.all([promise1, promise2]).then((res) => {
  console.log(res[0]);
  console.log(res[1]);
});

Avoiding nested Promise and .then()

const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {  
  setTimeout(() => {
    resolve('*');
  }, 1000);
});

const twoStars = (star) => {  
  return (star + star);
};

const oneDot = (star) => {  
  return (star + '.');
};

const print = (val) => {
  console.log(val);
};

// Chaining them all together
promise.then(twoStars).then(oneDot).then(print);

Creating

const executorFn = (resolve, reject) => {
  console.log('The executor function of the promise!');
};

const promise = new Promise(executorFn);

Chaining multiple .then()

const promise = new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve('dAlan'), 100));

promise.then(res => {
  return res === 'Alan' ? Promise.resolve('Hey Alan!') : Promise.reject('Who are you?')
}).then((res) => {
  console.log(res)
}, (err) => {
  alert(err)
});

Async-Await

Asynchronous

function helloWorld() {
  return new Promise(resolve => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      resolve('Hello World!');
    }, 2000);
  });
}

const msg = async function() { //Async Function Expression
  const msg = await helloWorld();
  console.log('Message:', msg);
}

const msg1 = async () => { //Async Arrow Function
  const msg = await helloWorld();
  console.log('Message:', msg);
}

msg(); // Message: Hello World! <-- after 2 seconds
msg1(); // Message: Hello World! <-- after 2 seconds

Resolving Promises

let pro1 = Promise.resolve(5);
let pro2 = 44;
let pro3 = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
  setTimeout(resolve, 100, 'foo');
});

Promise.all([pro1, pro2, pro3]).then(function(values) {
  console.log(values);
});
// expected => Array [5, 44, "foo"]

Async Await Promises

function helloWorld() {
  return new Promise(resolve => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      resolve('Hello World!');
    }, 2000);
  });
}

async function msg() {
  const msg = await helloWorld();
  console.log('Message:', msg);
}

msg(); // Message: Hello World! <-- after 2 seconds

Error Handling

let json = '{ "age": 30 }'; // incomplete data

try {
  let user = JSON.parse(json); // <-- no errors
  alert( user.name ); // no name!
} catch (e) {
  alert( "Invalid JSON data!" );
}

Aysnc await operator

function helloWorld() {
  return new Promise(resolve => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      resolve('Hello World!');
    }, 2000);
  });
}

async function msg() {
  const msg = await helloWorld();
  console.log('Message:', msg);
}

msg(); // Message: Hello World! <-- after 2 seconds

Requests

JSON

const jsonObj = {
  "name": "Rick",
  "id": "11A",
  "level": 4  
};

XMLHttpRequest

const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', 'mysite.com/getjson');

GET

const req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.responseType = 'json';
req.open('GET', '/getdata?id=65');
req.onload = () => {
  console.log(xhr.response);
};

req.send();

POST

const data = {
  fish: 'Salmon',
  weight: '1.5 KG',
  units: 5
};
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('POST', '/inventory/add');
xhr.responseType = 'json';
xhr.send(JSON.stringify(data));

xhr.onload = () => {
  console.log(xhr.response);
};

Fetch API

fetch(url, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Content-type': 'application/json',
      'apikey': apiKey
    },
    body: data
  }).then(response => {
    if (response.ok) {
      return response.json();
    }
    throw new Error('Request failed!');
  }, networkError => {
    console.log(networkError.message)
  })
}

JSON Formatted

fetch('url-that-returns-JSON')
.then(response => response.json())
.then(jsonResponse => {
  console.log(jsonResponse);
});

promise url parameter fetch api

fetch('url')
.then(
  response  => {
    console.log(response);
  },
 rejection => {
    console.error(rejection.message);
);

Fetch API Function

fetch('https://api-xxx.com/endpoint', {
  method: 'POST',
 body: JSON.stringify({id: "200"})
}).then(response => {
  if(response.ok){
      return response.json();  
  }
    throw new Error('Request failed!');
}, networkError => {
  console.log(networkError.message);
}).then(jsonResponse => {
  console.log(jsonResponse);
})

async await syntax

const getSuggestions = async () => {
  const wordQuery = inputField.value;
  const endpoint = `${url}${queryParams}${wordQuery}`;
  try{
const response = await fetch(endpoint, {cache: 'no-cache'});
    if(response.ok){
      const jsonResponse = await response.json()
    }
  }
  catch(error){
    console.log(error)
  }
}

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