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JavaScript Essential Training

4.7(5,000)·340K enrolled

Beginner 8 hours English Completion Certificate Certificate

About this course

JavaScript Essential Training is LinkedIn Learning's flagship JavaScript course — covering modern JavaScript (ES6+) from variable declaration and data types through functions and closures, DOM manipulation, event handling, fetch and async/await, and modules. Morten Rand-Hendriksen's teaching methodology emphasizes understanding why JavaScript works the way it does, not just memorizing syntax.

JavaScript is the most-used programming language in the world and the mandatory skill for any web development work. This course covers the modern JavaScript that runs in browsers and Node.js, focusing on the language features that professional developers actually use in 2026 rather than legacy patterns.

What you'll learn

Write modern JavaScript using let/const, arrow functions, and destructuring

Manipulate the DOM and respond to user events

Work with JavaScript's asynchronous model using promises and async/await

Use the Fetch API to communicate with web services

Organize JavaScript with modules and modern project structure

This course includes

On-demand video

Yes

Certificate

Yes

Mobile access

English

Language

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Instructor

Morten Rand-Hendriksen

LinkedIn Learning instructor

340K+ learners12 courses4.7 instructor rating

Morten Rand-Hendriksen is a LinkedIn Learning staff instructor specializing in web technologies, known for conceptually rigorous and clearly paced teaching.

Requirements

HTML and CSS fundamentals helpful

Who this course is for

Web developers who know HTML/CSS and want to add JavaScript
Beginners starting web development who want LinkedIn Learning's approach
Developers who learned older JavaScript and want to update to ES6+

About this provider

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Frequently asked questions

No — this covers vanilla JavaScript. Frameworks like React or Vue.js are separate courses built on top of these fundamentals.

Yes — it covers ES6+ features (let/const, arrow functions, modules, async/await) rather than older ES5 patterns.