Towaha - JavaScript projects for kids gear up for a roller-coaster ride into the world of JavaScript and programming with this easy-to-follow, fun, and entertaining project-based guide

Syed Omar Faruk Towaha has degrees in physics and computer engineering. He is a technologist, tech speaker, and physics lover from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet. He has a passion for programming, tech writing, and physics experiments.

His recent books include Easy Circuits for Kids , Fundamentals of Ruby , and How You Should Design Algorithms . He is an Oracle-certified professional developer currently involved with a number of projects that serve both physics and computer architecture.

He is the president of one of the largest astronomical organizations (Copernicus Astronomical Memorial of SUST (CAM-SUST)) in Bangladesh. He also volunteers for Mozilla as a representative.

I wish to take the opportunity to thank the staff at Packt Publishing for their commitment and hard work, especially Sachin Karnani (Content Development Editor), Aaron Lazar (Acquisition Editor), and Nikhil Nair (Project Coordinator). They got numerous reviews, kept the book on track, and helped me in many ways. I really appreciate their input. I also wish to thank Johnathan Iannotti (Reviewer) for his constructive criticism and helpful comments.

Johnathan Iannotti is a software engineer and geek on an epic journey of life. His experience spans 15 years of technology solutions for start-ups, financial companies, healthcare, and military. He is passionate about web technology and has been creating hybrid apps since their inception. A full-stack developer by trade, he loves UX/UI, frontend development, and mobile.

He works for USAA, creating mobile applications for over 27,000 employees that serve their military membership. He is also a combat veteran having served almost a decade in the United States Army.

Johnathan spends his time innovating, coding, and making the best of it all. When he's not plugged in, he spends as much time as he can with his beautiful wife and two children who make it all possible. <3

Follow Johnathan on Twitter at @notticode or visit his website at http://johnforhire.com/.

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Preface

As you can guess from the title of the book, this book is designed and set up for kids so that they can teach themselves JavaScript and create some projects using JavaScript.

By abstracting the core web programming in an unparalleled way, JavaScript changed websites and web apps forever. Boring static websites and non-interactive websites have now become quite awesome with the touch of JavaScript. Using JavaScript, you can develop web applications, even smartphone applications too, quickly without compromising quality. You can be very productive and deal with almost no configuration on your hardware and software if you start playing with JavaScript. Please remember that this is not a reference book, but you can learn every basic concepts of JavaScript from it. So, for the kids aged 10 and above, this will be a perfect book to discover the world of JavaScript.

What this book covers

, Exploring JavaScript in the Console , discusses JavaScript and the JavaScript Development Environment, including Google Developer Tools. We will install the necessary software and print a few simple lines of code in this chapter.

, Solving Problems Using JavaScript , covers JavaScript fundamentals from the main syntax to some easy commands in the console. We will learn how variables work and what can be achieved with arithmetic operators. We will also run some simple commands to solve problems inside the console.

, Introducing HTML and CSS , will make real use of JavaScript and will cover HTML, which empowers the readers to make use of JavaScript not only in the console but also in the browser's view. We will also explain the basics of CSS, such as CSS selectors, and CSS layouts.

, Diving a Bit Deeper , covers some of the more advanced features that JavaScript offers. We discuss for and while loops, if statements, and switches-case.

, Ahoy! Sailing into Battle , teaches us how to develop the famous game, Battleship. Building upon what we've learned in the previous chapters, the tiny tots will learn to put this information into use.