Learning Path: Aurelia: Web Development for UI Developers

Unlock the secrets to building clean, modular JavaScript code and creating maintainable, testable UI with Aurelia. This comprehensive video learning path is designed for UI developers looking to master modern web development practices.

Leveraging web standards and built with ES2016, Aurelia is a conventions-based JavaScript framework that empowers you to develop cross-platform libraries and functional web applications.

This JavaScript learning path starts with a strong foundation in OOP coding best practices, covering naming conventions for variables, constructors, methods, and properties. You'll learn to create a global namespace, implement pure JavaScript onload scripts, and ensure cross-browser compatibility. Understand the intricacies of onload and DOMContentLoaded events, and master the querySelectorAll method and dynamic script loading with a script loader.

Practical application comes with building a working time manager and exploring unit testing in JavaScript. Then, dive into Aurelia itself! We'll walk you through setting up your development environment and building a todo list application.

The journey continues with a deep dive into Aurelia's features, including persistence (saving your todos), routing, and using pub/sub for application communication. Gain expertise in dependency injection, declarative registration, explicit registration, and resolvers.

Expand your skills further by learning to implement game logic and basic artificial intelligence, culminating in deploying your game for others to enjoy.

Key skills you'll gain:

• Clean and Modular Write code that's easy to understand and maintain.
• UI Development Best Practices: Create user interfaces that are robust and scalable.
• Aurelia Framework Mastery: Build powerful web applications with a modern framework.
• Testing & Debugging: Implement unit tests and troubleshoot effectively.
• Web Standards Expertise: Develop applications that are compatible across browsers.

About the Authors:

This video learning path is led by industry experts:

• Ben Fhala: With experience developing applications for high-profile figures and leading companies like Target, AT&T, and Marriott.
• Raja Mani: Bringing over 20 years of experience in application development using C, C++, Java, C#, and JavaScript, specializing in console, desktop, web services, and web applications.