Now that we have the basics covered we will start to talk about more advanced concepts. Here we will introduce you to the concept of classes. Classes are just Objects, with some more functionality. Classes are used when we want to create many objects with the same keys and methods. …

Often times when writing code, we find the need to group data together. There are two data types, Objects and Arrays, that help us achieve this. Understanding these data structures is a necessity in learning JavaScript. At the end of this article, you should be able to: use arrays to…

Learn how to choose fonts, why certain fonts look great in your app, and what to consider when choosing a font — To design user interfaces, you’ll need a detailed understanding of typography. This post will cover the basics of both and prepare you to bring your interfaces to life. This post will: Explain what typography is and why it matters Identify the various elements of typography to choose a font

Functions are required to make our code ‘run’. Functions will take data, compute it, and return the computed data. All code that is ‘run’ in JavaScript is run inside of a function. At the end of this article, you should be able to: Understand JavaScript functions, why we use them…

There’s a large body of psychology and scientific literature that examines the impact of color on our thinking and emotions. In fact, there is an entire field called color psychology dedicated to the study of hues as a determinant of human behavior. …

Often times we want our program to act differently based on the information supplied to it. This is known as control flow, and is an integral part of software development. At the end of this article, you should be able to: understand and be able to use different operators. write…

Introduction to designing for the human mind — Many different user interface guidelines exist today, but they all have one thing in common: They’re based on human psychology. Human psychology helps us understand how people learn, remember, perceive, and respond. Even though our technology is changing rapidly, understanding how humans respond to desire, emotion, and motivation remains timeless…

JavaScript is the programming language that lets the Internet work. The Internet would be nothing without JavaScript and in this lesson, you will find out why. At the end of this article, you should be able to: understand what Javascript is and explain its use in web development. explain and…

In the last lesson, we started down the path of web development by learning about the fundamental building blocks of web dev. This introduced us to HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). Today, we will go a little more in-depth into HTML and also learn about HTML’s companion language, CSS (which stands…