Theory Lectures v2

Subscribe here
slides for
theory lectures
(DON’T SKIP THEM, THEY ARE SUPER
IMPORTANT 🤓)
Follow me here
📖 TABLE OF CONTENTS: THEORY LECTURES (CLICK THE TITLES)
1 Watch before you start! 19 Summary: Which Data Structure to Use? 37 How the Web Works: Requests and Responses
2 A Brief Introduction to JavaScript 20 First-Class and Higher-Order Functions 38 Promises and the Fetch API
3 Data Types 21 Closures 39 Asynchronous Behind the Scenes: The Event Loop
4 Boolean Logic 22 Data Transformations: map, filter, reduce 40 An Overview of Modern JavaScript Development
5 JavaScript Releases: ES5, ES6+ and ESNext 23 Summary: Which Array Method to Use? 41 An Overview of Modules in JavaScript
6 Functions Calling Other Functions 24 How the DOM Really Works 42 Modern, Clean and Declarative JavaScript Programming
7 Reviewing Functions 25 Event Propagation: Bubbling and Capturing 43 Forkify: Project Overview and Planning
8 Learning How to Code 26 Efficient Script Loading: defer and async 44 The MVC Architecture
9 How to Think Like a Developer 27 What is Object-Oriented Programming? 45 Event Handlers in MVC: Publisher-Subscriber Pattern
10 Debugging (Fixing Errors) 28 OOP in JavaScript 46 Forkify Project: Final Considerations
11 What's the DOM and DOM Manipulation 29 Prototypal Inheritance and The Prototype Chain
12 An high-level Overview of JavaScript 30 Object.create
13 The JavaScript Engine and Runtime 31 Inheritance Between "Classes": Constructor Functions
14 Execution Contexts and The Call Stack 32 Inheritance Between "Classes": Object.create
15 Scope and The Scope Chain 33 ES6 Classes summary
16 Variable environment: Hoisting and The TDZ 34 Mapty Project: How to Plan a Web Project
17 The this Keyword 35 Mapty Project: Final Considerations
18 Primitives vs. Objects (Primitive vs. Reference Types) 36 Asynchronous JavaScript, AJAX and APIs
WELCOME, WELCOME,
WELCOME!
SECTION
WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME!
LECTURE
WATCH BEFORE YOU START!
SOME QUICK CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE WE START... 🚀
✌ This course is for all of you! So please don’t write a bad review right away if the course is too easy, or too hard, or
progressing too slow, or too fast for you. To make it perfect for YOU, you can rewatch lectures, jump to other sections,
watch the course with slower or faster playback speed, or ask questions.
Please don’t be that person.

Everyone is different…
(Unless the course itself is truly terrible)
 
 
👩💻 You need to code along with me! You will learn ZERO JavaScript skills by just sitting and watching me code. You have to
code YOURSELF!
🤓 Try all the coding challenges! Try to do your best, but if you get stuck for too long, watch the solution. Don’t beat yourself
up if you can’t figure it out! Just rewatch the lectures that were covered in the challenge, try to understand them better,
and move on.
Watch for this sign!

📝 If you want the course material to stick, take notes. Notes on code syntax, notes on theory concepts, notes on everything!
Totally non-coding... Try to

understand a single word 😂
😱 If this is your first time ever programming, please don’t get overwhelmed. It’s 100% normal that you will not understand
everything at the beginning. Just don’t think “I guess coding is not for me”!
😅 In the first sections of the course, don’t bother understanding WHY things work the way they do in JavaScript. Also, don’t
stress about efficient code, or fast code, or clean code. While learning, we just want to make things WORK. We will
understand the WHY later in the course.
⏳ Before moving on from a section, make sure that you understand exactly what was covered. Take a break, review the code
we wrote, review your notes, review the projects we built, and maybe even write some code yourself.
✅ ✅ ✅
⁉ If you have an error or a question, start by trying to solve it yourself! This is essential for your progress. If you can’t solve
it, check the Q&A section. If that doesn’t help, just ask a new question. Use a short description, and post relevant code.
😲 3
🖥 I recorded this course on a Mac, but everything works the exact same way on Windows or Linux. If something doesn’t
work on your computer, it’s NOT because you’re using a different OS.
😍 Most importantly, have fun! It’s so rewarding to see something that YOU have built YOURSELF! So if you’re feeling
frustrated, stop whatever you’re doing, and come back later!
And I mean REAL fun 😅

JAVASCRIPT
FUNDAMENTALS –
PART 1
SECTION
JAVASCRIPT FUNDAMENTALS – PART 1
LECTURE
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO
JAVASCRIPT
WHAT IS JAVASCRIPT?
We don’t have to worry about complex

stuff like memory management
V A S C R I P T
J A
JAVASCRIPT IS A HIGH-LEVEL, We can use different styles

of programming
Based on objects, for OBJECT-ORIENTED, MULTI-PARADIGM
storing most kinds of data
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE. 🤯
Instruct computer to do things

THE ROLE OF JAVASCRIPT IN WEB DEVELOPMENT
CONTENT NOUNS
<p></p>
means “paragraph”
ADJECTIVES VERBS
p.hide();
p {color: red}
means “hide the
means “the
paragraph”
paragraph text is red”
PRESENTATION PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE:

BUILDING WEB APPLICATIONS

EXAMPLE OF DYNAMIC EFFECTS / WEB APPLICATION
Display user info on

hover
Show spinner + loading

Show spinner + loading data in the background
data in the background
Show data after loading
Show tweet box

after clicking
Display tweets after

loading data
THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN’T DO WITH JAVASCRIPT (WELL, ALMOST…)
Front-end apps Back-end apps
Dynamic effects and

Web applications on
web applications in the
web servers
browser 😍
THIS COURSE
100% based on JavaScript. They might

go away, but JavaScript won’t!
Native mobile Native desktop

applications applications

JAVASCRIPT RELEASES... (MORE ABOUT THIS LATER)
Biggest update to the New updates to JS

language EVER every single year
... ES6/ ES7/ ES8/ ES9/ ES10/ ES11/ ...

ES5
ES2015 ES2016 ES2017 ES2018 ES2019 ES2020
Modern JavaScript
ECMAScript
🔥 Learn modern JavaScript from the beginning, but without forgetting the older parts!
🥳 Let’s finally get started!
SECTION
LECTURE
DATA TYPES
OBJECTS AND PRIMITIVES
VALUE
EVERYTHING ELSE
OBJECT OR PRIMITIVE
THE 7 PRIMITIVE DATA TYPES
1. Number: Floating point numbers 👉 Used for decimals and integers
2. String: Sequence of characters 👉 Used for text
3. Boolean: Logical type that can only be true or false 👉 Used for taking decisions
4. Undefined: Value taken by a variable that is not yet de ned (‘empty value’)
5. Null: Also means ‘empty value’
6. Symbol (ES2015): Value that is unique and cannot be changed [Not useful for now]
7. BigInt (ES2020): Larger integers than the Number type can hold
☝ JavaScript has dynamic typing: We do not have to manually de ne the data type of
the value stored in a variable. Instead, data types are determined automatically.
Value has type, NOT variable!

fi
fi

SECTION
LECTURE
BOOLEAN LOGIC
BASIC BOOLEAN LOGIC: THE AND, OR & NOT OPERATORS
A AND B A OR B NOT A, NOT B

“Sarah has a driver’s license “Sarah has a driver’s license
AND good vision” OR good vision” 👇
Possible values Inverts true/false value
A A
AND TRUE FALSE OR TRUE FALSE
TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE TRUE TRUE

B
B
Results of
operation,
depending on 👉 EXAMPLE:
FALSE FALSE FALSE 2 variables FALSE TRUE FALSE
A: Sarah has a driver’s license
B: Sarah has good vision
👇 👇
true when ALL are true true when ONE is true Boolean variables that can
be either TRUE or FALSE
No matter how many variables

AN EXAMPLE 👩💻
A
BOOLEAN VARIABLES age = 16
AND TRUE FALSE
👉 A: Age is greater or equal 20 false
👉 B: Age is less than 30 true

TRUE TRUE FALSE
B
LET’S USE OPERATORS! FALSE FALSE FALSE
👉 !A true
false
A
👉 A AND B false
false true
OR TRUE FALSE
👉 A OR B true
false true
TRUE TRUE TRUE
B
👉 !A AND B true
true true
👉 A OR !B false FALSE TRUE FALSE

false false
SECTION
LECTURE
JAVASCRIPT RELEASES: ES5, ES6+
AND ESNEXT
A BRIEF HISTORY OF JAVASCRIPT
1995 👉 Brendan Eich creates the very first version of JavaScript in just 10 days. It was called
Mocha, but already had many fundamental features of modern JavaScript!
1996 👉 Mocha changes to LiveScript and then to JavaScript, in order to attract Java developers.
However, JavaScript has almost nothing to do with Java ☝
👉 Microsoft launches IE, copying JavaScript from Netscape and calling it JScript;
1997 👉 With a need to standardize the language, ECMA releases ECMAScript 1 (ES1), the rst official
standard for JavaScript (ECMAScript is the standard, JavaScript the language in practice);
2009 👉 ES5 (ECMAScript 5) is released with lots of great new features;
2015 👉 ES6/ES2015 (ECMAScript 2015) was released: the biggest update to the language ever!
👉 ECMAScript changes to an annual release cycle in order to ship less features per update 🙏
2016 – ∞ 👉 Release of ES2016 / ES2017 / ES2018 / ES2019 / ES2020 / ES2021 / … / ES2089 😅

fi

BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY: DON’T BREAK THE WEB!
👍
Modern JavaScript
Engine
BACKWARDS
1997 COMPATIBLE 2020
👉 Old features are never removed;
👉 Not really new versions, just

DON’T BREAK THE WEB!
incremental updates (releases)
👉 Websites keep working forever!
👎
Modern JavaScript 😂
Engine
NOT FORWARDS
2020 COMPATIBLE 2089

HOW TO USE MODERN JAVASCRIPT TODAY
👩💻 During development: Simply use the latest Google Chrome!
🚀 During production: Use Babel to transpile and poly ll your code (converting
back to ES5 to ensure browser compatibility for all users).
http://kangax.github.io/compat-table
👉 Fully supported in all browsers (down to IE 9 from 2011);

ES5
👉 Ready to be used today 👍
👉 ES6+: Well supported in all modern browsers;

ES6/ES2015
↓ 👉 No support in older browsers;
ES2020 👉 Can use most features in production with transpiling and polyfilling 😃
👉 ESNext: Future versions of the language (new feature proposals that reach Stage 4);
ES2021 – ∞
👉 Can already use some features in production with transpiling and polyfilling.
(As of 2020)
Will add new videos
fi

MODERN JAVASCRIPT FROM THE BEGINNING
🔥 Learn modern JavaScript from the beginning!
☝ But, also learn how some things used to be done before modern JavaScript
(e.g. const & let vs var and function constructors vs ES6 class).
3 reasons why we should not forget the Good Ol’ JavaScript:
👉 You will better understand how JavaScript actually works;
👉 Many tutorials and code you nd online today are still in ES5;
👉 When working on old codebases, these will be written in ES5.

fi

JAVASCRIPT
FUNDAMENTALS –
PART 2
SECTION
LECTURE
FUNCTIONS CALLING OTHER
FUNCTIONS
CALLING A FUNCTION INSIDE A FUNCTION: DATA FLOW
2
2
8
3
8
8
2
SECTION
LECTURE
REVIEWING FUNCTIONS
FUNCTIONS REVIEW; 3 DIFFERENT FUNCTION TYPES
👉 Function declaration
Function that can be

used before it’s declared
👉 Function expression
Essentially a function
value stored in a variable
👉 Arrow function
Great for a quick one-line

functions. Has no this
keyword (more later...)
☝ Three different ways of writing functions, but they all work in a
similar way: receive input data, transform data, and then output data.
FUNCTIONS REVIEW: ANATOMY OF A FUNCTION
Parameters: placeholders to receive input Function body: block of code that

values. Like local variables of a function we want to reuse. Processes the
Function name
function’s input data
return statement to
output a value from
the function and
terminate execution
Calling, running or invoking

the function, using ()
Variable to save returned Arguments: actual values

value (function output) of function parameters, to
input data
DEVELOPER SKILLS &
EDITOR SETUP
SECTION
DEVELOPER SKILLS & EDITOR SETUP
LECTURE
LEARNING HOW TO CODE
HOW TO FAIL 🤦 AT LEARNING HOW TO CODE
💥 He didn’t have a clear goal at the beginning of his journey
💥 He started by watching courses and reading tutorials, but he would just copy the
code without caring how it works. Sometimes he would just copy and paste code!
💥 He didn’t reinforce what he was learning by doing small challenges or taking notes
💥 He didn’t practice coding, and didn’t come up with his own project ideas
💥 He quickly became frustrated when his code was not perfectly clean or efficient
💥 He lost motivation because he thought he could never know everything
💥 He was learning in isolation
John 💥 After finishing a couple of courses, he thought he now was a web developer and
(not actually…) could start applying to jobs. But he couldn’t even build an app on his own!
 

HOW TO SUCCEED 🎉 AT LEARNING HOW TO CODE
💥 He didn’t have a clear goal at 💥 He would just copy the code 💥 He didn’t reinforce what he
the beginning of his journey without caring how it works. was learning by doing small
Sometimes he would just challenges or taking notes
copy and paste code!
FIX
FIX
👍 Set a specific, measurable, FIX
realistic and time-based goal 👍 After you learn a new feature
👍 Understand the code that or concept, use it immediately
👍 Know exactly why you are
you’re studying and typing
learning to code: Switching 👍 Take notes
careers? Finding a better job? 👍 Always type the code, don’t
👍 Challenge yourself and
👍 Imagine a big project you copy-paste!
practice with small coding
want to be able to build! exercises and challenges
👍 Research technologies you
👍 Don’t be in a hurry to
need and then learn them
complete the course fast!

💥 He didn’t practice coding, and 💥 He quickly became frustrated 💥 He lost motivation because he
didn’t come up with his own when his code was not thought he could never know
project ideas perfectly clean or efficient everything
FIX FIX FIX
👍 Practicing on your own is the 👍 Don’t get stuck trying to write 👍 Embrace the fact that you will
most important thing to do the perfect code! never you know everything
👍 This is NOT optional! Without 👍 Just write tons of code, no 👍 Just focus on what you need
practice outside of courses, matter the quality! to achieve your goal!
you won’t go anywhere!
👍 Clean and efficient code will
👍 Come up with your own come with time
project ideas or copy popular
👍 You can always refactor code
sites or applications, or just
later
parts of them in the beginning
👍 Don’t be stuck in “tutorial hell”

💥 He was learning in isolation 💥 After finishing a couple of

courses, he thought he now
was a web developer and
FIX could start applying to jobs
👍 Explain new concepts to other

people. If you can explain it, FIX
you truly understand it!
👍 The biggest misconception
👍 Share your goals to make
that people have!
yourself accountable
👍 Courses are an amazing
👍 Share your learning progress NEXT SLIDE
starting point, but are only the
with the web dev community
beginning of your journey!
(#100DaysOfCode,
#CodeNewbie, #webdev, etc.)

LEARNING HOW TO CODE IS HARD, BUT YOU CAN DO IT!
Study courses: understand code, take

challenges and notes
Everything
is awesome Stay motivated! Keep writing lots of
JOB READY code on your own, no matter how bad
Cliff of
confusion
Pit of
despair Learn with other people, devs and
Back to beginners, and share progress
Confidence
awesome
Keep challenging yourself, run into lots

of problems, and fix them
Round up your skillset with best

Competence
practices and tools (git, testing, …)
You’re probably
somewhere here
JOB READY
(But the learning never stops 😅)
Source: https://www.thinkful.com/blog/why-learning-to-code-is-so-damn-hard/
 
SECTION
LECTURE
HOW TO THINK LIKE A DEVELOPER:
BECOME A PROBLEM SOLVER!
HOW TO FAIL 🤦 AT SOLVING PROBLEMS
👉 Example: In an array of
WHENEVER JOHN ENCOUNTERS A PROBLEM:
GPS coordinates, nd
the two closest points
💥 He jumps at the problem without much thinking
💥 He implements his solution in an unstructured way
💥 He gets stressed out when things don’t work
💥 He is too proud to research solutions
FIX
👍 Stay calm and slow down, don’t just jump at a problem without a plan
👍 Take a very logical and rational approach (programming is just logic, in the end…)
John can
code now 😁 👍 Use my 4-step framework to solve any problem
NEXT SLIDE
fi

4 STEPS TO SOLVE ANY PROBLEM
EXAMPLE
Make sure you 100% understand the
1 problem. Ask the right questions to get
a clear picture of the problem 💬 Project Manager: “We need a function
that reverses whatever we pass into it”
1 👉 What does “whatever” even mean in this context?

What should be reversed? Answer: Only strings,
numbers, and arrays make sense to reverse...
👉 What to do if something else is passed in?
👉 What should be returned? Should it always be a

string, or should the type be the same as passed in?
👉 How to recognize whether the argument is a number,

a string, or an array?
👉 How to reverse a number, a string, and an array?

EXAMPLE
2 SUB-PROBLEMS:
Divide and conquer: Break a big
2
problem into smaller sub-problems. 👉 Check if argument is a number, a string, or an array
👉 Implement reversing a number
👉 Implement reversing a string
👉 Implement reversing an array
👉 Return reversed value
Looks like a task list that we

need to implement

 
 

EXAMPLE
3 👉 How to check if a value is a number in JavaScript?

2
problem into smaller sub-problems. 👉 How to check if a value is a string in JavaScript?
👉 How to check if a value is an array in JavaScript?
👉 How to reverse a number in JavaScript?

Don't be afraid to do as much
3
research as you have to 👉 How to reverse a string in JavaScript?
👉 How to reverse an array in JavaScript?

 
 

EXAMPLE
4 function reverse(value)
2 if value type !string && !number && !array
problem into smaller sub-problems.
return value
if value type == string

reverse string
Don't be afraid to do as much
3 if value type == number
research as you have to
reverse number
if value type == array
reverse array
For bigger problems, write pseudo-code

4 return reversed value
before writing the actual code

 
 
 

SECTION
LECTURE
DEBUGGING (FIXING ERRORS)
WHAT IS A SOFTWARE BUG?
👉 Software bug: Defect or problem in a computer program.

Basically, any unexpected or unintended behavior of a
computer program is a software bug.
👉 Bugs are completely normal in software development!
👉 Previous example: “We need a function that reverses whatever

we pass into it”
reverse([1, 3, 5, 7])
Unexpected result: the array
is scrambled, NOT reversed.
So there is a bug in the A real bug which was
[5, 1, 7, 3] reverse function 🐛 causing an error in Harvard’s
computer in the 1940s
👉 Debugging: Process of finding, fixing and preventing bugs.

THE DEBUGGING PROCESS
Isolating where
Becoming aware Preventing it from
exactly the bug is Correct the bug
that there is a bug happening again
happening in code
IDENTIFY FIND FIX PREVENT
👉 During development 👉 Developer console 👉 Replace wrong 👉 Searching for the

(simple code) solution with new same bug in similar
👉 Testing software
correct solution code
👉 Debugger (complex
👉 User reports during
code) 👉 Writing tests using
production
testing software
👉 Context: browsers,
users, etc.
JAVASCRIPT IN THE
BROWSER: DOM AND
EVENTS
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTION
JAVASCRIPT IN THE BROWSER: DOM
AND EVENTS FUNDAMENTALS
LECTURE
WHAT'S THE DOM AND DOM
MANIPULATION
WHAT IS THE DOM?
Tree structure, generated

by browser on HTML load
DOM
DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL: STRUCTURED

REPRESENTATION OF HTML DOCUMENTS. ALLOWS
JAVASCRIPT TO ACCESS HTML ELEMENTS AND
STYLES TO MANIPULATE THEM.
Change text, HTML attributes,

and even CSS styles
THE DOM TREE STRUCTURE
Special object that is the entry

point to the DOM. Example:
document.querySelector()
DOM ! ==JAVASCRIPT 🧐
DOM Methods and 👎

Properties for DOM
Manipulation NOT PART OF
For example
document.querySelector()
API: Application Programming Interface
WEB APIs DOM Methods and

Properties 👍
Timers
CAN INTERACT
Fetch WITH
HOW JAVASCRIPT
WORKS BEHIND THE
SCENES
SECTION
HOW JAVASCRIPT WORKS BEHIND THE
SCENES
LECTURE
AN HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF
JAVASCRIPT
WHAT IS JAVASCRIPT: REVISITED
V A S C R I P T
J A
JAVASCRIPT IS A HIGH-LEVEL,
OBJECT-ORIENTED, MULTI-PARADIGM
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE.
WHAT IS JAVASCRIPT: REVISITED
V A S C R I P T
JA
JAVASCRIPT IS A HIGH-LEVEL, PROTOTYPE-BASED OBJECT-ORIENTED,

MULTI-PARADIGM, INTERPRETED OR JUST-IN-TIME COMPILED,
DYNAMIC, SINGLE-THREADED, GARBAGE-COLLECTED PROGRAMMING
LANGUAGE WITH FIRST-CLASS FUNCTIONS AND A NON-BLOCKING
EVENT LOOP CONCURRENCY MODEL. 🤔 🤯 🤣
DECONSTRUCTING THE MONSTER DEFINITION
High-level
Garbage-collected
Interpreted or just-in-time compiled
Multi-paradigm
Prototype-based object-oriented
First-class functions
Dynamic
Single-threaded
Non-blocking event loop

High-level 👉 Any computer program needs resources:
Garbage-collected

+
Multi-paradigm
Dynamic
LOW-LEVEL HIGH-LEVEL
Single-threaded
Developer has to manage Developer does NOT have
resources manually to worry, everything
Non-blocking event loop happens automatically
High-level
Garbage-collected
🧹
Multi-paradigm
✨ Cleaning the memory
Prototype-based object-oriented so we don’t have to
Dynamic
Single-threaded

High-level
Garbage-collected Abstraction over

0s and 1s
CONVERT TO MACHINE CODE = COMPILING

Multi-paradigm
Prototype-based object-oriented Happens inside the

JavaScript engine
Dynamic
Single-threaded
More about this Later in this Section 👇

High-level 👉 Paradigm: An approach and mindset of structuring code, which will

direct your coding style and technique.
Garbage-collected
The one we’ve been
Interpreted or just-in-time compiled using so far
1 Procedural programming
Multi-paradigm
☝ Imperative vs.
2 Object-oriented programming (OOP)
Prototype-based object-oriented 👋 Declarative
3 Functional programming (FP)
Dynamic
Single-threaded
More about this later in Multiple Sections 👉

High-level Prototype
Array
Garbage-collected
Array.prototype.push (Oversimplification!)
Interpreted or just-in-time compiled Array.prototype.indexOf
Multi-paradigm
Our array Built from prototype
inherits methods
Prototype-based object-oriented from prototype
Dynamic
Single-threaded
More about this in Section Object Oriented Programming 👉

High-level 👉 In a language with first-class functions, functions are simply treated

as variables. We can pass them into other functions, and return them
Garbage-collected
from functions.
Multi-paradigm Passing a function into another

function as an argument:
First-class functions!
Dynamic
Single-threaded
More about this in Section A Closer Look at Functions 👉

 
High-level
👉 Dynamically-typed language:
Garbage-collected
Interpreted or just-in-time compiled No data type definitions. Types

becomes known at runtime
Multi-paradigm
Data type of variable is

Prototype-based object-oriented automatically changed
Dynamic
Single-threaded

High-level 👉 Concurrency model: how the JavaScript engine handles multiple tasks
happening at the same time.
Garbage-collected
Why do we need that?
Interpreted or just-in-time compiled 👉 JavaScript runs in one single thread, so it can only do one thing at a time.
So what about a long-running task?

Multi-paradigm
👉 Sounds like it would block the single thread. However, we want non-blocking
Prototype-based object-oriented behavior!
(Oversimplification!)
First-class functions How do we achieve that?
👉 By using an event loop: takes long running tasks, executes them in the
Dynamic
“background”, and puts them back in the main thread once they are nished.
Single-threaded

More about this Later in this Section 👇
fi
SECTION
SCENES
LECTURE
THE JAVASCRIPT ENGINE AND
RUNTIME
WHAT IS A JAVASCRIPT ENGINE?
N G I N E ENGINE
JS E
PROGRAM THAT EXECUTES
JAVASCRIPT CODE. Object in
memory
Execution
context
👉 Example: V8 Engine
CALL STACK HEAP
How is it Where our code Where objects

compiled? is executed are stored
COMPUTER SCIENCE SIDENOTE: COMPILATION VS. INTERPRETATION 🤓
👉 Compilation: Entire code is converted into machine code at once, and written to a binary le that can be executed by a computer.
STEP 1 STEP 2
Portable file: Program
Source code
machine code running
COMPILATION EXECUTION
Can happen way after compilation
👉 Interpretation: Interpreter runs through the source code and executes it line by line.
STEP 1
Program
Source code
running
EXECUTION LINE BY LINE
Code still needs to be converted to machine code
👉 Just-in-time (JIT) compilation: Entire code is converted into machine code at once, then executed immediately.
STEP 1 STEP 2
Program
Source code Machine code
running
COMPILATION EXECUTION
NOT a portable file Happens immediately
fi
MODERN JUST-IN-TIME COMPILATION OF JAVASCRIPT
“JavaScript is an
interpreted language” 👉 AST Example
ENGINE
Happens in special
threads that we can’t Example
Parsing
access from code
AST
Just-in-time
Compilation compilation
Optimization
Execution Happens in
Call Stack
During execution!
THE BIGGER PICTURE: JAVASCRIPT RUNTIME
RUNTIME IN THE BROWSER

Functionalities provided to
Container including all the things the engine, accessible on
that we need to use JavaScript
ENGINE WEB APIs window object
(in this case in the browser)
DOM Timers
Fetch API ...

EVENT LOOP Essential for non-blocking concurrency model
CALLBACK QUEUE
onClick
click timer data ...
HEAP CALL STACK
Example: Callback function from DOM event listener

THE BIGGER PICTURE: JAVASCRIPT RUNTIME
RUNTIME IN NODE.JS
ENGINE
WEB APIs
C++ BINDINGS &

THREAD POOL
EVENT LOOP
CALLBACK QUEUE
click timer data ...

HEAP CALL STACK
SECTION
SCENES
LECTURE
EXECUTION CONTEXTS AND THE
CALL STACK
WHAT IS AN EXECUTION CONTEXT?
Compilation
EXECUTION CONTEXT
👉 Human-readable code:
Environment in which a piece of JavaScript

is executed. Stores all the necessary
Creation of global execution
context (for top-level code) information for some code to be executed.
“JavaScript code"
NOT inside
a function
📦 🍕 +🍴 + 🧾
EXECUTION
Execution of top-level code Pizza “execution context”

(inside global EC)
👉 Exactly one global execution context (EC):
Default context, created for code that is not
Function body inside any function (top-level).
only executed Execution of functions and
when called! waiting for callbacks 👉 One execution context per function: For each
function call, a new execution context is created.
Example: click event callback All together make the call stack
EXECUTION CONTEXT IN DETAIL
Global Literally the

name = ‘Jonas’
function code
WHAT’S INSIDE EXECUTION CONTEXT? first = <function>
second = <function>
x = <unknown>
Variable Environment Need to run

1
first() first
👉 let, const and var declarations first()
👉 Functions
👉 arguments object a = 1
b = <unknown>
Need to run
second() first
2 Scope chain
NOT in arrow
functions!
3 this keyword second()
c = 2
arguments = [7, 9]
Generated during “creation

phase”, right before execution Array of passed arguments. Available (Technically, values
in all “regular” functions (not arrow) only become known
during execution)
THE CALL STACK
👉 Compiled code starts execution
second()
ENGINE
first()
Global
🗺
“Place” where execution contexts get
stacked on top of each other, to keep CALL STACK
track of where we are in the execution
SECTION
SCENES
LECTURE
SCOPE AND THE SCOPE CHAIN
SCOPING AND SCOPE IN JAVASCRIPT: CONCEPTS EXECUTION CONTEXT
👉 Variable environment
👉 Scope chain
👉 this keyword
O N C E P T S
S C O P E C
👉 Scoping: How our program’s variables are organized and accessed. “Where do variables
live?” or “Where can we access a certain variable, and where not?”;
👉 Lexical scoping: Scoping is controlled by placement of functions and blocks in the code;
👉 Scope: Space or environment in which a certain variable is declared (variable

environment in case of functions). There is global scope, function scope, and block scope;
👉 Scope of a variable: Region of our code where a certain variable can be accessed.

THE 3 TYPES OF SCOPE
GLOBAL SCOPE FUNCTION SCOPE BLOCK SCOPE (ES6)
Example: if block, for loop block, etc.
👉 Outside of any function or block 👉 Variables are accessible only 👉 Variables are accessible only
inside function, NOT outside inside block (block scoped)
👉 Variables declared in global
scope are accessible everywhere 👉 Also called local scope ⚠ HOWEVER, this only applies to
let and const variables!
👉 Functions are also block scoped

(only in strict mode)

THE SCOPE CHAIN

(Considering only
variable declarations)
Global scope
Global variable
myName = “Jonas”
VARIABLE LOOKUP IN SCOPE CHAIN

let and const are block-scoped SCOPE CHAIN
first() scope
Variables not in
age = 30
current scope millennial = true
var is function-scoped
myName = “Jonas” Scope has access
to variables from
all outer scopes
if block scope second() scope

decade = 3 job = “teacher”
age = 30 age = 30
millennial = true millennial = true
myName = “Jonas” myName = “Jonas”

SCOPE CHAIN VS. CALL STACK
Global scope
a = “Jonas”
third() EC first = <function>
third = <function>
d = “Hey!”
second() EC first() scope third() scope

c = “Hi!” b = “Hello!” d = “Hey!”
second = <function>
a = “Jonas”
first() EC a = “Jonas” first = <function>
first = <function> third = <function>
b = “Hello!” third = <function>
second = <function>
SCOPE CHAIN
Global EC
second() scope Order in which functions
a = “Jonas”
c = “Hi!”
are written in the code
first = <function>
third = <function>
b = “Hello!”
second = <function>
CALL STACK a = “Jonas”

☝ Has nothing to do
c and b can NOT be found first = <function> with order in which
Variable Order in which
in third() scope! third = <function> functions were called!
environment (VE)
functions were called

SUMMARY 🥳
👉 Scoping asks the question “Where do variables live?” or “Where can we access a certain variable, and where not?”;
👉 There are 3 types of scope in JavaScript: the global scope, scopes defined by functions, and scopes defined by blocks;
👉 Only let and const variables are block-scoped. Variables declared with var end up in the closest function scope;
👉 In JavaScript, we have lexical scoping, so the rules of where we can access variables are based on exactly where in the
code functions and blocks are written;
👉 Every scope always has access to all the variables from all its outer scopes. This is the scope chain!
👉 When a variable is not in the current scope, the engine looks up in the scope chain until it finds the variable it’s looking
for. This is called variable lookup;
👉 The scope chain is a one-way street: a scope will never, ever have access to the variables of an inner scope;
👉 The scope chain in a certain scope is equal to adding together all the variable environments of the all parent scopes;
👉 The scope chain has nothing to do with the order in which functions were called. It does not affect the scope chain at all!

SECTION
SCENES
LECTURE
VARIABLE ENVIRONMENT: HOISTING
AND THE TDZ
HOISTING IN JAVASCRIPT
👉 Hoisting: Makes some types of variables accessible/usable in the code before they are EXECUTION CONTEXT
actually declared. “Variables lifted to the top of their scope”. 👉 Variable environment
BEHIND THE SCENES ✅

👉 Scope chain
👉 this keyword
Before execution, code is scanned for variable declarations, and for each variable, a new
property is created in the variable environment object.
HOISTED? INITIAL VALUE SCOPE In strict mode.

Otherwise: function!
👇 👇 👇
function declarations ✅ YES Actual function Block
var variables ✅ YES undefined Function

Technically, yes. But
not in practice
let and const variables 🚫 NO <uninitialized>, TDZ Block
function expressions and arrows 🤷 Depends if using var or let/const Temporal Dead Zone

TEMPORAL DEAD ZONE, LET AND CONST
TEMPORAL DEAD ZONE FOR job VARIABLE
👉 Different kinds of error messages:
ReferenceError: Cannot access 'job' before initialization
ReferenceError: x is not defined
WHY HOISTING? WHY TDZ?
👉 Using functions before actual declaration; 👉 Makes it easier to avoid and catch errors: accessing variables
before declaration is bad practice and should be avoided;
👉 var hoisting is just a byproduct.
👉 Makes const variables actually work

SECTION
SCENES
LECTURE
THE THIS KEYWORD
HOW THE THIS KEYWORD WORKS
👉 this keyword/variable: Special variable that is created for every execution context (every function). EXECUTION CONTEXT
Takes the value of (points to) the “owner” of the function in which the this keyword is used. ✅
👉 Variable environment
✅
👉 Scope chain
☝ this is NOT static. It depends on how the function is called, and its value is only assigned when the 👉 this keyword
function is actually called.
👉 Method example:
Method 👉 this = <Object that is calling the method> In strict mode! Otherwise:
window (in the browser)
Don’t get Simple function call 👉 this = undefined
own this
Arrow functions 👉 this = <this of surrounding function (lexical this)>
Event listener 👉 this = <DOM element that the handler is attached to>
new, call, apply, bind 👉 <Later in the course... ⏳>

calcAge jonas 1989
is method
☝ this does NOT point to the function itself, and also NOT the its variable environment! Way better than using
jonas.year!

GOT QUESTIONS? FEEDBACK?

Just POST IT IN THE Q&A OF THIS
VIDEO, AND YOU WILL GET HELP
THERE!
SECTION
SCENES
LECTURE
PRIMITIVES VS. OBJECTS (PRIMITIVE
VS. REFERENCE TYPES)
REVIEW: PRIMITIVES, OBJECTS AND THE JAVASCRIPT ENGINE
PRIMITIVES ENGINE OBJECTS

👉 Number 👉 Object literal
STORED IN
👉 String 👉 Arrays
👉 Boolean 👉 Functions
STORED IN
👉 Undefined 👉 Many more…
👉 Null
👉 Symbol
👉 BigInt REFERENCE TYPES
CALL STACK HEAP
PRIMITIVE TYPES
PRIMITIVE VS. REFERENCE VALUES

👉 Primitive values example:
Identifier Address Value Address Value
age 0001 30 31 {
name: ‘Jonas’;
D30F age: 30;
}
oldAge 0002 31
👉 Reference values example:
Reference to memory 27
me 0003 D30F address in Heap
No problem, because
we’re NOT changing the
value at address 0003! friend
CALL STACK HEAP
“HOW JAVASCRIPT WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES” TOPICS FOR LATER... ⏳
1 Prototypal Inheritance 👉 Object Oriented Programming (OOP) With JavaScript
2 Event Loop 👉 Asynchronous JavaScript: Promises, Async/Await and AJAX
3 How the DOM Really Works 👉 Advanced DOM and Events

DATA STRUCTURES,
MODERN OPERATORS
AND STRINGS
SECTION
DATA STRUCTURES, MODERN
OPERATORS AND STRINGS
LECTURE
SUMMARY: WHICH DATA STRUCTURE
TO USE?
DATA STRUCTURES OVERVIEW
SOURCES OF DATA “Object”
1 From the program itself: Data written directly in source code (e.g. status messages) Array
2 From the UI: Data input from the user or data written in DOM (e.g tasks in todo app)
3 From external sources: Data fetched for example from web API (e.g. recipe objects)
“Object”
Application
Programming
Interface
Collection of data
OTHER BUILT-IN:
👉 WeakMap
👉 WeakSet
NON-BUILT IN:
Data structure
👉 Stacks
👉 Queues SIMPLE LIST? KEY/VALUE PAIRS?
👉 Linked lists
👉 Trees Keys allow us to 👉 JSON data format example
👉 Hash tables Arrays or Sets Objects or Maps describe values
ARRAYS VS. SETS AND OBJECTS VS. MAPS
ARRAYS VS. SETS OBJECTS VS. MAPS
👉 Use when you need ordered 👉 Use when you need to work
list of values (might contain with unique values
👉 More “traditional” key/value 👉 Better performance
duplicates)
👉 Use when high-performance
store (“abused” objects)
👉 Keys can have any data type
👉 Use when you need to is really important
manipulate data 👉 Easier to write and access
👉 Easy to iterate
👉 Use to remove duplicates
values with . and []
from arrays 👉 Easy to compute size
👉 Use when you need to 👉 Use when you simply need

include functions (methods) to map key to values
👉 Use when working with 👉 Use when you need keys

JSON (can convert to map) that are not strings

A CLOSER LOOK AT
FUNCTIONS
SECTION
A CLOSER LOOK AT FUNCTIONS
LECTURE
FIRST-CLASS AND HIGHER-ORDER
FUNCTIONS
FIRST-CLASS VS. HIGHER-ORDER FUNCTIONS
FIRST-CLASS FUNCTIONS HIGHER-ORDER FUNCTIONS

👉 JavaScript treats functions as first-class citizens 👉 A function that receives another function as an
👉 This means that functions are simply values argument, that returns a new function, or both
👉 Functions are just another “type” of object 👉 This is only possible because of rst-class functions
👉 Store functions in variables or properties: 1

👉 Function that receives another function
Higher-order Callback
function function
✅📞💬
👉 Pass functions as arguments to OTHER functions:
2
👉 Function that returns new function
Higher-order
👉 Return functions FROM functions function
👉 Call methods on functions: Returned

function
fi

SECTION
A CLOSER LOOK AT FUNCTIONS
LECTURE
CLOSURES
“CREATING” A CLOSURE
Global scope
secureBooking = <f>
booker = <f>
Variable
Environment
secureBooking() scope
passengerCount = 0
secureBooking() EC secureBooking = <f>

booker = <f>
passengerCount = 0
Global EC
secureBooking = <f>
booker = <f>
CALL STACK Order in which Order in which functions SCOPE CHAIN

functions were called are written in the code

UNDERSTANDING CLOSURES
secureBooking() EC Variable Environment of

Execution Context in which
passengerCount = 0 booker was created
Global scope
secureBooking = <f>
booker = <f>
passengerCount = 0
booker() EC secureBooking = <f>

booker = <f>
<empty>
This is the function

booker() scope
Global EC
<empty>
secureBooking = <f>
secureBooking = <f>
booker = <f>
booker = <f>
How to access
CALL STACK passengerCount?
SCOPE CHAIN

UNDERSTANDING CLOSURES
👉 A function has access to the variable environment (VE) of the execution context in which it was created
👉 Closure: VE attached to the function, exactly as it was at the time and place the function was created Global scope
secureBooking = <f>
booker = <f>
passengerCount = 0
(Priority over
booker() EC scope chain) secureBooking = <f>
booker = <f>
<empty> CLOSURE
This is the function
booker() scope
Global EC
2
1
passengerCount = 0 <empty>
secureBooking = <f>
secureBooking = <f>
booker = <f>
booker = <f>
How to access
CALL STACK passengerCount?
SCOPE CHAIN

CLOSURES SUMMARY 🥳
👉 A closure is the closed-over variable environment of the execution context in which a function was created, even after that
execution context is gone;
Less formal
👉 A closure gives a function access to all the variables of its parent function, even after that parent function has returned. The
function keeps a reference to its outer scope, which preserves the scope chain throughout time.
Less formal
👉 A closure makes sure that a function doesn’t loose connection to variables that existed at the function’s birth place;
Less formal
Function Connection Parent scope Variables
👉 A closure is like a backpack that a function carries around wherever it goes. This backpack has all the variables that were
present in the environment where the function was created.
Function Closure Variables
☝ We do NOT have to manually create closures, this is a JavaScript feature that happens automatically. We can’t even
access closed-over variables explicitly. A closure is NOT a tangible JavaScript object.

WORKING WITH
ARRAYS
SECTION
WORKING WITH ARRAYS
LECTURE
DATA TRANSFORMATIONS: MAP, FILTER,
REDUCE
DATA TRANSFORMATIONS WITH MAP, FILTER AND REDUCE
Original array
3 1 4 3 2 3 1 4 3 2 3 1 4 3 2
MAP FILTER REDUCE

Example Accumulator
current * 2 current > 2 acc + current
1 2
6 2 8 6 4 3 4 3 13
11
3
8
4
Reduced value
Filtered array
👉 map returns a new array containing 👉 filter returns a new array 👉 reduce boils (“reduces”) all array
the results of applying an operation containing the array elements that elements down to one single value
on all original array elements passed a speci ed test condition (e.g. adding all elements together)
fi
SECTION
WORKING WITH ARRAYS
LECTURE
SUMMARY: WHICH ARRAY METHOD TO
USE?
WHICH ARRAY METHOD TO USE? 🤔 “I WANT...:”
To mutate original array A new array An array index Know if array includes To transform to value
👉 Add to original: 👉 Computed from original: 👉 Based on value: 👉 Based on value: 👉 Based on accumulator:
.push (end) .map (loop) .indexOf .includes .reduce
.unshift (start)
(Boil down array to single
👉 Filtered using condition: 👉 Based on test condition: 👉 Based on test condition:
value of any type: number,
👉 Remove from original:

.filter .findIndex .some string, boolean, or even new
array or object)
.pop (end) .every
👉 Portion of original:
.shift (start) .slice
.splice (any)
An array element A new string To just loop array
👉 Adding original to other:
👉 Based on test condition: 👉 Based on separator string: 👉 Based on callback:

👉 Others: .concat
.find .join .forEach
.reverse
👉 Flattening the original:
.sort (Does not create a new array,
.flat just loops over it)
.fill
.flatMap
ADVANCED DOM AND
EVENTS
SECTION
ADVANCED DOM AND EVENTS
LECTURE
HOW THE DOM REALLY WORKS
REVIEW: WHAT IS THE DOM?
BROWSER
DOM
INTERFACE
👉 Allows us to make JavaScript interact with the browser;

Nodes
👉 We can write JavaScript to create, modify and delete HTML elements;
set styles, classes and attributes; and listen and respond to events;
👉 DOM tree is generated from an HTML document, which we can then

interact with;
Application Programming Interface
👉 DOM is a very complex API that contains lots of methods and

properties to interact with the DOM tree
“Types” of
DOM objects
DOM tree .querySelector() / .addEventListener() / .createElement() / (next slide)
.innerHTML / .textContent / .children / etc ...

HOW THE DOM API IS ORGANIZED BEHIND THE SCENES
Represented by .addEventListener()
JavaScript object
EventTarget .removeEventListener()
.innerHTML .textContent
.classList .childNodes
.children .parentNode Global object, lots
.parentElement .cloneNode() Node Window of methods and
.append() properties, many
.remove() unrelated to DOM INHERITANCE OF
.insertAdjacentHTML()
<p>Paragraph<p> METHODS AND
.querySelector() PROPERTIES
.closest()
.matches()
Element Text Comment Document
.scrollIntoView() Example:
.setAttribute() <p>Paragraph<p>  .querySelector()
Any HTMLElement will
.createElement() have access to
.getElementById() .addEventListener(),
HTMLElement .cloneNode()
or .closest() methods.
HTMLButtonElement ... HTMLDivElement

(One different type of
HTMLElement per
HTML element...)
(THIS IS NOT A DOM TREE)

SECTION
LECTURE
EVENT PROPAGATION: BUBBLING AND
CAPTURING
BUBBLING AND CAPTURING
Click event
1 3
CAPTURING BUBBLING
PHASE PHASE
(THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN

2 TARGET PHASE
ON ALL EVENTS)
SECTION
LECTURE
EFFICIENT SCRIPT LOADING: DEFER
AND ASYNC
DEFER AND ASYNC SCRIPT LOADING
HEAD BODY END
REGULAR Parsing HTML Waiting... Finish parsing HTML Parsing HTML Fetch script Execute
Time Fetch script Execute DOMContentLoaded DOMContentLoaded
ASYNC Parsing HTML Waiting Finish parsing HTML 👉 Makes no sense 🤷
Fetch script Execute DOMContentLoaded
DEFER Parsing HTML Execute 👉 Makes no sense 🤷
Fetch script DOMContentLoaded

REGULAR VS. ASYNC VS. DEFER
END OF BODY ASYNC IN HEAD DEFER IN HEAD
Parse HTML Fetch Run Parse HTML Wait Parse HTML Parse HTML Run
DOMContentLoaded Fetch Run DOMContentLoaded Fetch DOMContentLoaded
👉 Scripts are fetched and executed after the 👉 Scripts are fetched asynchronously and 👉 Scripts are fetched asynchronously and
HTML is completely parsed executed immediately executed after the HTML is completely
parsed
👉 Use if you need to support old browsers 👉 Usually the DOMContentLoaded event
waits for all scripts to execute, except for 👉 DOMContentLoaded event fires after
async scripts. So, DOMContentLoaded defer script is executed
does not wait for an async script
👉 Scripts are executed in order
👉 Scripts not guaranteed to execute in order
👉 This is overall the best solution! Use for
👉 Use for 3rd-party scripts where order your own scripts, and when order matters
doesn’t matter (e.g. Google Analytics) (e.g. including a library)
You can, of course, use different

strategies for different scripts. Usually a Parse HTML Parse HTML
complete web applications includes
more than just one script
Fetch Run Fetch Run
DOMContentLoaded DOMContentLoaded
OBJECT ORIENTED
PROGRAMMING (OOP)
WITH JAVASCRIPT
SECTION
OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
(OOP) WITH JAVASCRIPT
LECTURE
WHAT IS OBJECT-ORIENTED
PROGRAMMING?
WHAT IS OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING? (OOP)
Style of code, “how” we
write and organize code
OOP
👉 Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the
concept of objects; E.g. user or todo list item
Data
👉 We use objects to model (describe) real-world or abstract features;

E.g. HTML component or data structure
👉 Objects may contain data (properties) and code (methods). By using objects, we
pack data and the corresponding behavior into one block;
👉 In OOP, objects are self-contained pieces/blocks of code;
👉 Objects are building blocks of applications, and interact with one another;
👉 Interactions happen through a public interface (API): methods that the code
outside of the object can access and use to communicate with the object;
Behaviour 👉 OOP was developed with the goal of organizing code, to make it more flexible
and easier to maintain (avoid “spaghetti code”).

CLASSES AND INSTANCES (TRADITIONAL OOP)

☝ Conceptual overview: it works
a bit differently in JavaScript.
Like a blueprint from
which we can create
Instance Still important to understand!
new objects
New object created from the class. Like a
real house created from an abstract blueprint
CLASS Instance
Instance
Just a representation,
NOT actual JavaScript
syntax!
JavaScript does NOT

support real classes
like represented here

THE 4 FUNDAMENTAL OOP PRINCIPLES
The 4 fundamental
principles of Object-
Oriented Programming
Abstraction
Encapsulation
🤔 “How do we actually design classes? How
Inheritance do we model real-world data into classes?”
Polymorphism
PRINCIPLE 1: ABSTRACTION
Real phone Abstracted phone
Abstraction
Encapsulation
Inheritance
Details have been

Polymorphism abstracted away
Do we really need all these low-level details?
👉 Abstraction: Ignoring or hiding details that don’t matter, allowing us to

get an overview perspective of the thing we’re implementing, instead of
messing with details that don’t really matter to our implementation.
PRINCIPLE 2: ENCAPSULATION
Again, NOT actually JavaScript
syntax (the private keyword
NOT accessible from doesn’t exist)
outside the class!
Abstraction STILL accessible from

within the class! WHY?
Encapsulation
STILL accessible from 👉 Prevents external code from
within the class! accidentally manipulating
Inheritance NOT accessible from internal properties/state
outside the class!
👉 Allows to change internal
Polymorphism implementation without the
risk of breaking external code
👉 Encapsulation: Keeping properties and methods private inside the class,

so they are not accessible from outside the class. Some methods can
be exposed as a public interface (API).

PRINCIPLE 3: INHERITANCE
Inherite CHILD CLASS
d
INH
CHI E RI
LD
CL A TAN
SS C E
Abstraction EXT
END
SP
ARE
NT
CL A
Encapsulation SS
Inherited
Inheritance
PARENT CLASS OWN methods
and properties
Polymorphism
👉 Inheritance: Making all properties and methods of a certain class available

to a child class, forming a hierarchical relationship between classes. This
allows us to reuse common logic and to model real-world relationships.
PRINCIPLE 4: POLYMORPHISM
INHERITANCE INHERITANCE
Abstraction
Encapsulation
Inheritance PARENT CLASS
Own login method,

Polymorphism
overwriting login method
inherited from User
CHILD CLASS CHILD CLASS
👉 Polymorphism: A child class can overwrite a method it inherited from a

parent class [it’s more complex that that, but enough for our purposes].
SECTION
LECTURE
OOP IN JAVASCRIPT
OOP IN JAVASCRIPT: PROTOTYPES
👉 Example: Array
“CLASSICAL OOP”: CLASSES OOP IN JS: PROTOTYPES
Contains
methods
Class Prototype
INSTANTIATION PROTOTYPAL INHERITANCE/

DELEGATION
Array.prototype is the
Instance Object Can access prototype of all array objects
methods we create in JavaScript
Therefore, all arrays have
access to the map method!
👉 Objects (instances) are 👉 Objects are linked to a prototype object;
instantiated from a class, which
👉 Prototypal inheritance: The prototype
functions like a blueprint;
contains methods (behavior) that are
👉 Behavior (methods) is copied from accessible to all objects linked to that
class to all instances. prototype;
👉 Behavior is delegated to the linked

prototype object.

3 WAYS OF IMPLEMENTING PROTOTYPAL INHERITANCE IN JAVASCRIPT
🤔 “How do we actually create prototypes? And how do we link objects to ☝ The 4 pillars of OOP
are still valid!
prototypes? How can we create new objects, without having classes?”
👉 Abstraction
👉 Encapsulation
1 Constructor functions 👉 Inheritance
👉 Technique to create objects from a function; 👉 Polymorphism
👉 This is how built-in objects like Arrays, Maps or Sets are actually implemented.
2 ES6 Classes
👉 Modern alternative to constructor function syntax;
👉 “Syntactic sugar”: behind the scenes, ES6 classes work exactly like constructor functions;
👉 ES6 classes do NOT behave like classes in “classical OOP” (last lecture).
3 Object.create()
👉 The easiest and most straightforward way of linking an object to a prototype object.

SECTION
LECTURE
PROTOTYPAL INHERITANCE AND THE
PROTOTYPE CHAIN
HOW PROTOTYPAL INHERITANCE / DELEGATION WORKS
NOT of Person, but objects created by Person
.prototype
Constructor function Prototype 🆕 The new operator:
[Person()] [Person.prototype]
1 An empty object is created
.constructor
calcAge: function
2 this keyword in
constructor function call
is set to the new object
PROTOTYPAL
PROTOTYPE
INHERITANCE/ .__proto__
CHAIN DELEGATION 3 The new object is linked
(__proto__ property) to
the constructor function’s
Object prototype property
[jonas]
4 The new object is
name: ‘Jonas’ returned from the
Can’t find calcAge here! constructor function call
birthYear: 1990
__proto__:
☝ This is how it works with function Person.prototype Always points to an
constructors and ES6 classes object’s prototype

THE PROTOTYPE CHAIN

null
Prototype
[Object.prototype]
Constructor function
[Object()]
__proto__: null PROTOTYPE
CHAIN
Here it is!
.__proto__ Series of links
This is an OBJECT
between objects,
itself! Remember, every
Prototype linked through
object in JavaScript
[Person.prototype] prototypes
Constructor function has a prototype!
[Person()] __proto__: (Similar to the
Object.prototype scope chain)
Can’t find
.__proto__ hasOwnProperty
Built-in constructor function here!
for objects. This is used when
Object
we write an object literal:
[jonas]
{…} === new Object(…)
__proto__:
Person.prototype
Can’t find hasOwnProperty here!
SECTION
LECTURE
OBJECT.CREATE
HOW OBJECT.CREATE WORKS
Prototype CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTIONS

[PersonProto]
calcAge: function
.__proto__
AUTOMATIC
Object
[steven]
OBJECT.CREATE
name: ‘Steven’
birthYear: 2002
__proto__:
PersonProto

SECTION
LECTURE
INHERITANCE BETWEEN "CLASSES":
CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTIONS
INHERITANCE BETWEEN “CLASSES”
Parent
“CLASS” 2
Constructor PERSON
Prototype
Function
1 Constructor functions
2 ES6 Classes
Child
Constructor “CLASS” 1 3 Object.create()
Prototype
Function
STUDENT
More specific type

of person, ideal as
child class
Object
☝ Using class terminology here to

make it easier to understand.
Prototype
[Person.prototype]
[Person()]
.__proto__
Prototype Create connection

[Student.prototype] manually using PROTOTYPE
Constructor function Object.create()
CHAIN
[Student()] __proto__:
Person.prototype
.__proto__
Object
[mike]
__proto__:
Student.prototype
Prototype
[Person.prototype]
[Person()]
[Student()]
Object
[mike]
👍 GOOD 👎 BAD __proto__:
Student.prototype

Prototype
Prototype null
[Object.prototype]
[Person.prototype]
[Person()] __proto__:
Object.prototype
.__proto__ Here it is!
Prototype
[Student.prototype] PROTOTYPE
CHAIN
[Student()] __proto__:
Person.prototype
Can’t find
calcAge here!
.__proto__
Object
[mike]
__proto__:
Student.prototype
Can’t find calcAge here!
SECTION
LECTURE
INHERITANCE BETWEEN "CLASSES":
OBJECT.CREATE
INHERITANCE BETWEEN “CLASSES”: OBJECT.CREATE
Prototype
[PersonProto]
calcAge: function
Student
.__proto__ inherits from
Person
Prototype
[StudentProto] PROTOTYPE
CHAIN
__proto__:
PersonProto
.__proto__
Object
[jay]
__proto__:
StudentProto
SECTION
LECTURE
ES6 CLASSES SUMMARY
Public field (similar to property, available on created object) Parent class
Private fields (not accessible outside of class) Inheritance between
Static public field (available only on class) classes, automatically
sets prototype
Call to parent (super) class (necessary with
extend). Needs to happen before accessing this Child class
Instance property (available on created object)
Constructor method,
Redefining private field
called by new operator.
Public method Mandatory in regular
class, might be omitted
in a child class
Referencing private field and method
Private method (⚠ Might not yet work in your

browser. “Fake” alternative: _ instead of #)
Getter method
👉 Classes are just
Setter method (use _ to set property with “syntactic sugar” over
same name as method, and also add getter) constructor functions
👉 Classes are not hoisted
Static method (available only on class. Can not access
instance properties nor methods, only static ones) 👉 Classes are first-class
citizens
👉 Class body is always
Creating new object with new operator executed in strict mode

MAPTY APP: OOP,

GEOLOCATION,
EXTERNAL LIBRARIES,
AND MORE!
SECTION
MAPTY APP: OOP, GEOLOCATION,
EXTERNAL LIBRARIES, AND MORE!
LECTURE
HOW TO PLAN A WEB PROJECT
PROJECT PLANNING
Description of the application’s

functionality from the user’s
perspective. All user stories put
together describe the entire application. WHAT we will build HOW we will build it
1. 2. 3. 4. DEVELOPMENT
USER STORIES FEATURES FLOWCHART ARCHITECTURE STEP
PLANNING STEP
Implementation of
our plan using code
 
 
 
1. USER STORIES
👉 User story: Description of the application’s functionality from the user’s perspective.
👉 Common format: As a [type of user], I want [an action] so that [a bene t]
Who? What? Why?

Example: user, admin, etc.
As a user, I want to log my running workouts with location, distance, time, pace and
1
steps/minute, so I can keep a log of all my running
As a user, I want to log my cycling workouts with location, distance, time, speed and
2
elevation gain, so I can keep a log of all my cycling
As a user, I want to see all my workouts at a glance, so I can easily track my progress
3
over time
As a user, I want to also see my workouts on a map, so I can easily check where I
4
work out the most
As a user, I want to see all my workouts when I leave the app and come back later, so
5
that I can keep using there app over time
fi

2. FEATURES
USER STORIES FEATURES
Log my running workouts with location, 👉 Map where user clicks to add new workout (best way to
1
distance, time, pace and steps/minute get location coordinates)
👉 Geolocation to display map at current location (more user
friendly)
Log my cycling workouts with location,
2 👉 Form to input distance, time, pace, steps/minute
distance, time, speed and elevation gain
👉 Form to input distance, time, speed, elevation gain
3 See all my workouts at a glance

👉 Display all workouts in a list
4 See my workouts on a map 👉 Display all workouts on the map
👉 Store workout data in the browser using local storage API

See all my workouts when I leave the
5
app and come back later 👉 On page load, read the saved data from local storage and
display

3. FLOWCHART
FEATURES
1 2 3 4
1. Geolocation to display
map at current location
2. Map where user clicks to

add new workout
5
3. Form to input distance,
time, pace, steps/minute
8
4. Form to input distance,
6
time, speed, elevation gain
5. Display workouts in a list
6. Display workouts on the 9 7

map
7. Store workout data in the

browser
8. On page load, read the

saved data and display
☝ In the real-world, you don’t have to come with the final flowchart right in the
9. Move map to workout planning phase. It’s normal that it changes throughout implementation!
location on click Added later
4. ARCHITECTURE
FOR NOW, LET’S JUST

START CODING 😍
SECTION
MAPTY APP: OOP, GEOLOCATION,
EXTERNAL LIBRARIES, AND MORE!
LECTURE
FINAL CONSIDERATIONS
10 ADDITIONAL FEATURE IDEAS: CHALLENGES 🤓
👉 Ability to edit a workout;
👉 Ability to delete a workout;
👉 Ability to delete all workouts;
👉 Ability to sort workouts by a certain field (e.g. distance);
👉 Re-build Running and Cycling objects coming from Local Storage;
👉 More realistic error and confirmation messages;
👉 Ability to position the map to show all workouts [very hard];
👉 Ability to draw lines and shapes instead of just points [very hard];
👉 Geocode location from coordinates (“Run in Faro, Portugal”) [only after

asynchronous JavaScript section];
👉 Display weather data for workout time and place [only after asynchronous
JavaScript section].

ASYNCHRONOUS
JAVASCRIPT:
PROMISES, ASYNC/
AWAIT AND AJAX
SECTION
ASYNCHRONOUS JAVASCRIPT:
PROMISES, ASYNC/AWAIT AND AJAX
LECTURE
ASYNCHRONOUS JAVASCRIPT, AJAX
AND APIS
SYNCHRONOUS CODE
THREAD OF
EXECUTION
BLOCKING
👉 Most code is synchronous;

Part of execution
👉 Synchronous code is executed line by line; context that actually
SYNCHRONOUS executes the code in
computer’s CPU
👉 Each line of code waits for previous line to finish;
👎 Long-running operations block code execution.

ASYNCHRONOUS CODE
Asynchronous
THREAD OF
“BACKGROUND”
EXECUTION
CALLBACK WILL
RUN AFTER TIMER Timer
running
👉 Example: Timer with callback
Executed after
all other code (More on this in the
lecture on Event Loop)
Callback does NOT automatically

make code asynchronous!
👉 Asynchronous code is executed after a task that runs in the “background” finishes;
👍 Asynchronous code is non-blocking;

ASYNCHRONOUS
👉 Execution doesn’t wait for an asynchronous task to finish its work;
Coordinating behavior of a 👉 Callback functions alone do NOT make code asynchronous!

program over a period of time

ASYNCHRONOUS CODE
Asynchronous
THREAD OF
“BACKGROUND”
EXECUTION
CALLBACK WILL RUN

Image
AFTER IMAGE LOADS loading
👉 Example: Asynchronous image loading with event and callback
👉 Other examples: Geolocation API or AJAX calls (More on this in the

lecture on Event Loop)
addEventListener does
NOT automatically make
code asynchronous!
👉 Asynchronous code is executed after a task that runs in the “background” finishes;
👍 Asynchronous code is non-blocking;

ASYNCHRONOUS
👉 Execution doesn’t wait for an asynchronous task to finish its work;
Coordinating behavior of a 👉 Callback functions alone do NOT make code asynchronous!

program over a period of time

WHAT ARE AJAX CALLS?
AJAX
Asynchronous JavaScript And XML: Allows us to communicate with
remote web servers in an asynchronous way. With AJAX calls, we can
request data from web servers dynamically.
Usually a
Asking for some data 🇵🇹 🇫🇮 🇬🇭
web API
CLIENT REQUEST (GET / POST / etc.) WEB

(e.g. browser) SERVER
👩💻 RESPONSE
🌐
Sending data back 🇵🇹 🇫🇮 🇬🇭

WHAT IS AN API?
API AJAX
👉 Application Programming Interface: Piece of software
that can be used by another piece of software, in order to
allow applications to talk to each other;
XML data JSON data
format format
👉 There are be many types of APIs in web development:
Most popular
DOM API Geolocation API Own Class API “Online” API API data format
Just “API”
👉 Weather data
👉 “Online” API: Application running on a server, that receives
requests for data, and sends data back as response; 👉 Data about countries
an AP I f or 👉 Flights data ✈ 🌍
There is
👉 We can build our own web APIs (requires back-end everything 👉 Currency conversion data
development, e.g. with node.js) or use 3rd-party APIs. 👉 APIs for sending email or SMS
👉 Google Maps
👉 Millions of possibilities...

SECTION
LECTURE
HOW THE WEB WORKS: REQUESTS
AND RESPONSES
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ACCESS A WEB SERVER
👉 Request-response model or Client-server architecture
REQUEST
CLIENT WEB
(e.g. browser) SERVER
👩💻 🌐
RESPONSE

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ACCESS A WEB SERVER
GET /rest/v2/alpha/PT HTTP/1.1 Start line: HTTP method + request target + HTTP version
DNS Host: www.google.com

h ps://104.27.142.889:443 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 HTTP request headers (many different possibilities)
Accept-Language: en-US
DNS LOOKUP
1 <BODY> Request body (only when sending data to server, e.g. POST)
HTTP REQUEST
3
CLIENT WEB
(e.g. browser) 2 TCP/IP socket connection SERVER
👩💻 🌐
h ps://restcountries.eu/rest/v2/alpha/ 4
HTTP RESPONSE
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Start line: HTTP version + status code + status message
Protocol Domain name Resource Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2021

(HTTP or HTTPS) Content-Type: text/html HTTP response headers (many different possibilities)
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
<BODY> Response body (most responses)

tt
tt

SECTION
LECTURE
PROMISES AND THE FETCH API
WHAT ARE PROMISES?
PR O M I S E
👉 Promise: An object that is used as a placeholder for the future
🎟
result of an asynchronous operation. LOTTERY
Promise that I will
TICKET receive money if I guess
Less formal correct outcome
👉 Promise: A container for an asynchronously delivered value.

Less formal 🤞 I buy lottery ticket (promise)
right now
👉 Promise: A container for a future value.
Example: Response
from AJAX call
🔮 Lottery draw happens
asynchronously
👉 We no longer need to rely on events and callbacks passed into
asynchronous functions to handle asynchronous results;
💰 If correct outcome, I receive
money, because it was promised
👉 Instead of nesting callbacks, we can chain promises for a
sequence of asynchronous operations: escaping callback hell 🎉
 

THE PROMISE LIFECYCLE

Before the future Asynchronous task E.g. Fetch API returns promise
value is available has nished
ASYNC TASK
PENDING SETTLED BUILD
PROMISE
🔮
🎟
LOTTERY
TICKET
FULFILLED REJECTED
CONSUME
PROMISE
Success! The value
is now available
💰 An error 💩
happened
When we already have a

promise. E.g. promise
👉 We are able handle these different states in our code! returned from Fetch API
fi
 

SECTION
LECTURE
ASYNCHRONOUS BEHIND THE SCENES:
THE EVENT LOOP
REVIEW: JAVASCRIPT RUNTIME
👉 Concurrency model: How JavaScript handles “Container” which includes all the pieces
multiple tasks happening at the same time. necessary to execute JavaScript code
“Heart” of APIs provided

the runtime to the engine
Sends callbacks
from queue to
call stack
Ready-to-be-executed
callback functions
(coming from events)
Where object are Where code is Only ONE thread of

stored in memory actually executed execution. No multitasking!
HOW ASYNCHRONOUS JAVASCRIPT WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES
Where asynchronous tasks run
WEB APIs
fetch()
setTimeout()
Loading image
DOM()
Execution context
add()
log()
...
Fetching data
Execution context Like callback queue, but for

addEventListener()
el.src
querySelector()
fetch
fetch()
then()
callback
callback callbacks related to promises.
MICROTASKS Has priority over callback queue!
Loading image 👎
QUEUE
Global Execution
context
🤔 How can asynchronous code be
executed in a non-blocking way,
Some Another CALLBACK
if there is only one thread of
CALL STACK EVENT LOOP callback callback QUEUE
execution in the engine?
Decides when each callback
is executed: orchestration
 

MODERN JAVASCRIPT
DEVELOPMENT:
MODULES AND
TOOLING
SECTION
MODERN JAVASCRIPT DEVELOPMENT:
MODULES AND TOOLING
LECTURE
AN OVERVIEW OF MODERN
JAVASCRIPT DEVELOPMENT
MODERN JAVASCRIPT DEVELOPMENT
Join all modules Convert modern

into one file JavaScript back to ES5
MODULE
TRANSPILING/ JAVASCRIPT
MODULE BUNDLING
POLYFILLING BUNDLE
3RD-PARTY
PACKAGE
BUILD PROCESS PRODUCTION
DEVELOPMENT or
3rd party modules Development tools

👉 Contains open-source packages to include 3rd-party
NODE PACKAGE code in our own code (e.g React, jQuery, Leaflet, etc.)
MANAGER 👉 Contains development tools that help build our
applications (e.g. live-server, Parcel, Babel, etc.)
Both repository and software

SECTION
MODULES AND TOOLING
LECTURE
AN OVERVIEW OF MODULES IN
JAVASCRIPT
AN OVERVIEW OF MODULES
👉 Compose software: Modules are small building blocks

M O D U L E that we put together to build complex applications;
👉 Isolate components: Modules can be developed in

👉 Reusable piece of code that W HY isolation without thinking about the entire codebase;
O D U L E S?
encapsulates implementation details; M
👉 Abstract code: Implement low-level code in modules and
import these abstractions into other modules;
👉 Usually a standalone file, but it doesn’t
have to be. 👉 Organized code: Modules naturally lead to a more
organized codebase;
👉 Reuse code: Modules allow us to easily reuse the same

code, even across multiple projects.
MODULE
IMPORT Module code
(DEPENDENCY)
EXPORT
(PUBLIC API)

NATIVE JAVASCRIPT (ES6) MODULES
ES6 MODULE SCRIPT

M O D U L E S
ES 6
👉 Top-level variables Scoped to module Global
Modules stored in files, exactly

👉 Default mode Strict mode “Sloppy” mode
one module per file.
👉 Top-level this undefined window
👉 Imports and exports ✅ YES 🚫 NO
👉 HTML linking <script type="module"> <script>
👉 File downloading Asynchronous Synchronous
import and export ☝ Need to happen at top-level

syntax
Imports are hoisted!

HOW ES6 MODULES ARE IMPORTED

Live connection,
NOT copies
Parsing index.js
👉 index.js
Asynchronous Asynchronous
Live connection, downloading math.js downloading dom.js 👉 dom.js
NOT copies 👉 math.js
IMPORTING MODULES
Linking imports to Linking imports to
BEFORE EXECUTION
math.js exports dom.js exports
👉 Modules are imported synchronously
👉 Possible thanks to top-level (“static”) imports, Execution math.js Execution dom.js

which make imports known before execution
👉 This makes bundling and dead code

elimination possible Execution index.js

SECTION
MODULES AND TOOLING
LECTURE
REVIEW: WRITING CLEAN AND
MODERN JAVASCRIPT
REVIEW: MODERN AND CLEAN CODE
READABLE CODE FUNCTIONS
👉 Write code so that others can understand it 👉 Generally, functions should do only one thing
👉 Write code so that you can understand it in 1 year 👉 Don’t use more than 3 function parameters
👉 Avoid too “clever” and overcomplicated solutions 👉 Use default parameters whenever possible
👉 Use descriptive variable names: what they contain 👉 Generally, return same data type as received
👉 Use descriptive function names: what they do 👉 Use arrow functions when they make code more readable
GENERAL OOP
👉 Use DRY principle (refactor your code) 👉 Use ES6 classes
👉 Don’t pollute global namespace, encapsulate instead 👉 Encapsulate data and don’t mutate it from outside the class
👉 Don’t use var 👉 Implement method chaining
👉 Use strong type checks (=== and !==) 👉 Do not use arrow functions as methods (in regular objects)

REVIEW: MODERN AND CLEAN CODE
AVOID NESTED CODE ASYNCHRONOUS CODE
👉 Use early return (guard clauses) 👉 Consume promises with async/await for best readability
👉 Use ternary (conditional) or logical operators instead of if 👉 Whenever possible, run promises in parallel (Promise.all)
👉 Use multiple if instead of if/else-if 👉 Handle errors and promise rejections
👉 Avoid for loops, use array methods instead
👉 Avoid callback-based asynchronous APIs

SECTION
MODULES AND TOOLING
LECTURE
DECLARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL
JAVASCRIPT PRINCIPLES
IMPERATIVE VS. DECLARATIVE CODE
Two fundamentally different ways

of writing code (paradigms)
IMPERATIVE DECLARATIVE
👉 Programmer explains “HOW to do things” 👉 Programmer tells “WHAT do do”
👉 We explain the computer every single step it has to 👉 We simply describe the way the computer should achieve
follow to achieve a result the result
👉 Example: Step-by-step recipe of a cake 👉 The HOW (step-by-step instructions) gets abstracted away
👉 Example: Description of a cake

FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES
FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES
👉 Try to avoid data mutations

👉 Declarative programming paradigm
👉 Use built-in methods that don’t produce side effects
👉 Based on the idea of writing software by combining many
pure functions, avoiding side effects and mutating data 👉 Do data transformations with methods such
as .map(), .filter() and .reduce()
👉 Side effect: Modification (mutation) of any data outside 👉 Try to avoid side effects in functions: this is of course not
of the function (mutating external variables, logging to always possible!
console, writing to DOM, etc.)
👉 Pure function: Function without side effects. Does not

DECLARATIVE SYNTAX
depend on external variables. Given the same inputs,
always returns the same outputs. 👉 Use array and object destructuring
👉 Immutability: State (data) is never modified! Instead, 👉 Use the spread operator (...)
state is copied and the copy is mutated and returned.
👉 Use the ternary (conditional) operator
👉 Use template literals

👉 Examples:

FORKIFY APP:
BUILDING A MODERN
APPLICATION
SECTION
FORKIFY APP: BUILDING A MODERN
APPLICATION
LECTURE
PROJECT OVERVIEW AND PLANNING
PROJECT PLANNING
⏳ LATER
1. 2. 3. 4. DEVELOPMENT
USER STORIES FEATURES FLOWCHART ARCHITECTURE STEP
PLANNING STEP
 
 
 
1. USER STORIES
👉 User story: Description of the application’s functionality from the user’s perspective.
👉 Common format: As a [type of user], I want [an action] so that [a bene t]
1 As a user, I want to search for recipes, so that I can find new ideas for meals
As a user, I want to be able to update the number of servings, so that I can cook a
2
meal for different number of people
3 As a user, I want to bookmark recipes, so that I can review them later
As a user, I want to be able to create my own recipes, so that I have them all
4
organized in the same app
As a user, I want to be able to see my bookmarks and own recipes when I leave the
5
app and come back later, so that I can close the app safely after cooking

fi

2. FEATURES
USER STORIES FEATURES
👉 Search functionality: input field to send request to API with searched

keywords
1 Search for recipes
👉 Display results with pagination
👉 Display recipe with cooking time, servings and ingredients

2 Update the number of servings
👉 Change servings functionality: update all ingredients according to
current number of servings
3 Bookmark recipes
👉 Bookmarking functionality: display list of all bookmarked recipes
4 Create my own recipes 👉 User can upload own recipes
👉 User recipes will automatically be bookmarked
See my bookmarks and own recipes 👉 User can only see their own recipes, not recipes from other users
5
when I leave the app and come back later
👉 Store bookmark data in the browser using local storage
👉 On page load, read saved bookmarks from local storage and display

3. FLOWCHART (PART 1)
FEATURES
1. Search functionality: API
search request
2. Results with pagination
3. Display recipe
1
3
Other features later
SECTION
APPLICATION
LECTURE
THE MVC ARCHITECTURE
WHY WORRY ABOUT ARCHITECTURE?
👉 Like a house, software The perfect architecture

needs a structure: the way
we organize our code
👉 We can create our own
architecture (Mapty project)
STRUCTURE
👉 We can use a well-established
architecture pattern like MVC,
MVP, Flux, etc. (this project)
👉 We can use a framework like

React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, etc.
MAINTAINABILITY EXPANDABILITY
👉 A project is never done!

👉 We also need to be able to
We need to be able to easily
easily add new features
change it in the future
 

COMPONENTS OF ANY ARCHITECTURE
APPLICATION LOGIC PRESENTATION LOGIC

BUSINESS LOGIC STATE HTTP LIBRARY
(ROUTER) (UI LAYER)
👉 Code that solves 👉 Essentially stores 👉 Responsible for 👉 Code that is only 👉 Code that is
the actual business all the data about making and concerned about concerned about
problem; the application receiving AJAX the implementation the visible part of
requests of application itself; the application
👉 Directly related to 👉 Should be the
what business does “single source of 👉 Optional but almost 👉 Handles navigation 👉 Essentially displays
and what it needs; truth” always necessary in and UI events application state
real-world apps
👉 Example: sending 👉 UI should be kept in
messages, storing sync with the state
transactions,
👉 State libraries exist
calculating taxes, …
Keeping in sync
THE MODEL-VIEW-CONTROLLER (MVC) ARCHITECTURE
3 2 2 0
WEB MODEL CONTROLLER VIEW USER

5
4 4
BUSINESS LOGIC APPLICATION LOGIC PRESENTATION LOGIC
STATE 👉 Bridge between model

and views (which don’t
know about one another)
HTTP LIBRARY
👉 Handles UI events and
dispatches tasks to Connected by function call and import
model and view Data flow

MODEL, VIEW AND CONTROLLER IN FORKIFY (RECIPE DISPLAY ONLY)
CONT- TO
MODEL VIEW
ROLLER REMOVE
0
MVC IMPLEMENTATION (RECIPE DISPLAY ONLY)
1
4
4
5
2
0
3 2
0
SECTION
APPLICATION
LECTURE
EVENT HANDLERS IN MVC:
PUBLISHER-SUBSCRIBER PATTERN
EVENT HANDLING IN MVC: PUBLISHER-SUBSCRIBER PATTERN
Code that wants to Code that knows when

react: SUBSCRIBER to react: PUBLISHER
2 3
1 4
Subscribe to publisher by passing in

A() B
the subscriber function
0
≠ B
👉 controlRecipes will be passed into addHandlerRender when program starts
C
👉 addHandlerRender listens for events (addEventListener), and uses
A(X) X
controlRecipes as callback
👉 Events should be handled in the controller (otherwise we would have application logic in the view)
👉 Events should be listened for in the view (otherwise we would need DOM elements in the controller)

SECTION
APPLICATION
LECTURE
WRAPPING UP: FINAL
CONSIDERATIONS
IMPROVEMENT AND FEATURE IDEAS: CHALLENGES 🤓
👉 Display number of pages between the pagination buttons;
👉 Ability to sort search results by duration or number of ingredients;
👉 Perform ingredient validation in view, before submitting the form;
👉 Improve recipe ingredient input: separate in multiple fields and allow more
than 6 ingredients;
👉 Shopping list feature: button on recipe to add ingredients to a list;
👉 Weekly meal planning feature: assign recipes to the next 7 days and show
on a weekly calendar;
👉 Get nutrition data on each ingredient from spoonacular API (https://

spoonacular.com/food-api) and calculate total calories of recipe.

END

Theory Lectures v2

Uploaded by

Document Information

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Theory Lectures v2

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Subscribe here

10 Debugging (Fixing Errors) 28 OOP in JavaScript 46 Forkify Project: Final Considerations

12 An high-level Overview of JavaScript 30 Object.create

15 Scope and The Scope Chain 33 ES6 Classes summary

17 The this Keyword 35 Mapty Project: Final Considerations

Please don’t be that person.

Watch for this sign!

Totally non-coding... Try to

And I mean REAL fun 😅

We don’t have to worry about complex

JAVASCRIPT IS A HIGH-LEVEL, We can use different styles

Instruct computer to do things

PRESENTATION PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE:

EXAMPLE OF DYNAMIC EFFECTS / WEB APPLICATION

Display user info on

Show spinner + loading

Show data after loading

Show tweet box

Display tweets after

Front-end apps Back-end apps

Dynamic effects and

100% based on JavaScript. They might

Native mobile Native desktop

JAVASCRIPT RELEASES... (MORE ABOUT THIS LATER)

Biggest update to the New updates to JS

... ES6/ ES7/ ES8/ ES9/ ES10/ ES11/ ...

1. Number: Floating point numbers 👉 Used for decimals and integers

2. String: Sequence of characters 👉 Used for text

5. Null: Also means ‘empty value’

Value has type, NOT variable!

A AND B A OR B NOT A, NOT B

AND TRUE FALSE OR TRUE FALSE

TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE TRUE TRUE

👉 B: Age is less than 30 true

TRUE TRUE TRUE

👉 A OR !B false FALSE TRUE FALSE

2009 👉 ES5 (ECMAScript 5) is released with lots of great new features;

2016 – ∞ 👉 Release of ES2016 / ES2017 / ES2018 / ES2019 / ES2020 / ES2021 / … / ES2089 😅

BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY: DON’T BREAK THE WEB!

👉 Old features are never removed;

👉 Not really new versions, just

HOW TO USE MODERN JAVASCRIPT TODAY

👩💻 During development: Simply use the latest Google Chrome!

👉 Fully supported in all browsers (down to IE 9 from 2011);

👉 ES6+: Well supported in all modern browsers;

MODERN JAVASCRIPT FROM THE BEGINNING

🔥 Learn modern JavaScript from the beginning!

3 reasons why we should not forget the Good Ol’ JavaScript:

👉 You will better understand how JavaScript actually works;

👉 When working on old codebases, these will be written in ES5.

Function that can be

Great for a quick one-line

Parameters: placeholders to receive input Function body: block of code that

Calling, running or invoking

Variable to save returned Arguments: actual values

💥 He didn’t have a clear goal at the beginning of his journey

💥 He lost motivation because he thought he could never know everything

💥 He was learning in isolation

HOW TO SUCCEED 🎉 AT LEARNING HOW TO CODE

HOW TO SUCCEED 🎉 AT LEARNING HOW TO CODE

FIX FIX FIX

👍 Don’t be stuck in “tutorial hell”

HOW TO SUCCEED 🎉 AT LEARNING HOW TO CODE

💥 He was learning in isolation 💥 After finishing a couple of