This beginner-level course covers JavaScript fundamentals (variables, operators, functions, arrays, objects, loops) to prepare you for advanced learning.

This is an introduction to JavaScript for the complete beginner. It'll provide the fundamentals of the language. Topics include variables, operators, functions, arrays, objects, and loops. After this course, you should be ready to further your learning through advanced courses or other resources.

There is NO installation required for this course. Code can be viewed and run directly from the lessons.

This course has been created by Arnav Aggarwal, a full-stack engineer. Arnav has attended a coding boot camp and has taught at another one. He has extensive experience understanding how people learn to code. In under a month, Arnav's published articles on JavaScript concepts have received over 50,000 views and have been featured on Medium.com and code mentor.io due to their value.

After this course, check out the next one in the series.

Step Up Your JS: A Comprehensive Guide to Intermediate JavaScript

https://goo.gl/GjM8Mu

Introduction to JavaScript: First Steps

This is an extremely important concept. It details how the behavior of objects, arrays, and functions is different from that of strings, numbers, booleans, `null`, and `undefined`.

I wrote this lesson in the second part of this course series, [Step Up Your JS: A Comprehensive Guide to Intermediate JavaScript](https://www.educative.io/collection/5679346740101120/5707702298738688?authorName=Arnav%20Aggarwal). 

It's free to read there so here's the link:
[Value vs. Reference](https://www.educative.io/courses/step-up-your-js-a-comprehensive-guide-to-intermediate-javascript/value-vs-reference).

Some of the examples there use concepts that you might not understand; just try to get a general understanding.

See you in the next lesson.

Learn how arrays, objects, and functions differ from the other data types. Learn what this means when we pass them to functions and when we try to copy them.

Introduction

Variables

Operators & if-statements

Functions

Arrays

Objects

Loops

Conclusion

Value vs. Reference