The scope of the course stays focused to building the API interaction. It covers multiple technologies working together, and topics only in relation to the finished project. Want to access your MySQL database using JavaScript? Let web visitors interact seamlessly with you MySQL database. Add new content, update existing content, and query the database to return results! Databases provide so much power to your web applications, why not use them more. This unique course takes you through the steps of creating a simple web api to allow web visitors database interaction. Database is key to creating an amazing interactive dynamic experience for web users. It lets you do more! This course will open the door for you to build our a lot of COOL STUFF! From the lessons of the course, you will be able to produce a wide range of uses for the code. Source code is included so you can practice along side the lessons, try it out for yourself and tweak it for your individual needs. This course covers a lot of technologies and demonstrates them all working together to achieve the API objective. JavaScript and an understanding of the Document Object Model is an important foundation before starting this course. We've designed the course to be fast paced step by step covering the essentials to build the web API. Please note that the course overviews core technology used only within the course to build the API. What you will learn Basic HTML - setting up simple elements to access from JavaScriptBasic CSS - creating buttonsjQuery - AJAX, Getting element values from a form, updating element inner HTML.JSON - How to send JSON objects and how to retrieve JSON data and use it as objects within JavaScript
What you'll learn
understanding of AJAX and how to use it with jQuery
ability to create and manage a simple web API
familiarity with JSON for data handling
knowledge of basic HTML and CSS for web interfaces
skills to connect JavaScript with a MySQL database
Course objectives
teach how to build a web API that allows database interaction
ensure practical application through hands-on coding with provided source code
demonstrate the integration of multiple technologies for cohesive functionality