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JavaScript Developer
JavaScript Developer
at Community College of Baltimore County
Baltimore Catalog
Students can pursue a career as an entry-level JavaScript Developer. JavaScript Developers develop and implement websites, web applications, and interactive web interfaces using JavaScript. They evaluate code to ensure that it is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers and devices as well as optimizes website performance, scalability, and server-side code and processes. This program teaches students the basic constructs of JavaScript, how to use JavaScript to access and change page elements and their properties, and how to test and debug JavaScript. Students are introduced to React and learn the latest React techniques to build an application. Students also learn Vue.js to create a small but featureful math app and learn jQuery to maintain and modernize existing websites that use jQuery. Since this course is delivered completely online, students will need to have the self-discipline to complete all required material on their own. A course instructor will be available to assist students with questions and to lead online activities during the course of the class.
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