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Javascript: Broadcasting 450: Advanced Online Journalism Felix Burgos

JavaScript is a dynamic programming language originally developed by Brendan Eich for use in web browsers. It can be used to alter how content interacts on a webpage and extract information for online journalism stories. JavaScript basics include variables, strings, functions, and the document object model. Learning JavaScript requires only a text editor and browser, and knowledge of coding is becoming increasingly important for many career paths.

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Javascript: Broadcasting 450: Advanced Online Journalism Felix Burgos

JavaScript is a dynamic programming language originally developed by Brendan Eich for use in web browsers. It can be used to alter how content interacts on a webpage and extract information for online journalism stories. JavaScript basics include variables, strings, functions, and the document object model. Learning JavaScript requires only a text editor and browser, and knowledge of coding is becoming increasingly important for many career paths.

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JavaScript

Broadcasting 450: Advanced Online Journalism


Felix Burgos
What is JavaScript?
Dynamic computer programming language
A programming language defines the computer instructions which
are used to write programs that perform some task, e.g.
composing a web page.

Originally developed by Brendan Eich who worked for Netscape
Communications Corporation

Currently used as part of a web browsers to alter how content
interacts on a web page & change the document content that a
webpage display

Also used in server-side programming to create both desktop and
mobile applications


JavaScript in journalism
Why am I studying JavaScript? How can JavaScript enhance
or help online journalism?

JavaScript can be used to enhance stories

JavaScript can be used to extract information for stories

JavaScript can be used as a way to dive into further
programming languages

Examples of JavaScript in Journalism
Interactive: Before and after the Highway
530 mudslide


China Still Dominates, but some
Manufacturers Look Elsewhere


Drought and Deluge in the Lower 48





JavaScript basics
Prototype-based programming
Inheritance happens via cloning

Coding happens in the <script type=text/javascript> </script>
tags

Var (number, word or sentence)

Strings & String concatenation

Alerts and Prompts

If and Else statements/Functions









Some more JavaScript
fundamentals
Numbers, Boolean, Text

For loops / While loops

Operators

Arrays

Arguments

Forms and Validation




Document Object Model (DOM)
Document

Root
element
<html>

Element
<h2>
Element
<h1>
Text
Creating a
blog
Text
Felixs Site
Attribute
<href>
JavaScript libraries
jQuery




Prototype




MooTools
So you want to learn JavaScript
All you need is a text editor and a web browser!

Freeware coding software
Brackets (Win/Mac OSX)


NetBeans (Win/Mac OSX/Linux)



W3Schools, http://code.org, http://codeacademy.com,

F12 in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox opens up Developer
Tools


Developer Tools..USE IT!!
Looking ahead to the future
Many jobs now prefer to hire candidates who have some
experience with code and web development

Writing code requires logical thinking; it helps exercise the
brain all while picking up a new skillset

Many schools, including middle and high school are now
introducing coding classes, and some of these schools are
making these classes a requirement for graduation

Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding

Coding is here to stay; learn it or get left behind!

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