Build A Calculator With JavaScript Tutorial

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  • čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
  • Projects are the best way to learn JavaScript, and a calculator is one of the best projects to choose. A calculator covers all the complex interactions with UI and JavaScript while still being simple enough for people of any skill level.
    In this video I will walk you through the steps it takes to build a completely modern calculator using JavaScript best practices. If you want to learn JavaScript or improve your JavaScript skill this is a must do project.
    📚 Materials:
    Code: github.com/WebDevSimplified/V...
    🧠 Concepts Covered:
    - How to use ES6 classes to organize code
    - How to sync JavaScript code with a UI
    - CSS Grid
    - Flexbox
    - The best way to cleanly handle user input
    - How to debug complicated edge cases
    🌎 Find Me Here:
    Twitter: / devsimplified
    GitHub: github.com/WebDevSimplified
    CodePen: codepen.io/WebDevSimplified
    #JavaScript #WebDevelopment #Programming

Komentáře • 1,8K

  • @danielvillegas7013
    @danielvillegas7013 Před 3 lety +1611

    After 10 months of learning HTML+CSS+JS and some React, I just tried making a calculator and realized I couldn't. Now, I watch this video and realized I REALLY couldn't. Lol.
    Edit 2: July 2023, Two years later, making a 6 figure salary as a front end dev, and I know I still wouldn't be able to make a calculator this good all by myself. Don't give up guys! Learning to code takes time!
    Edit: I just landed a full time, fully remote front end job guys! Self taught 100%, took me almost two years but it is possible, don't give up! Take the time you need to learn things and master them, even if it seems impossible at first, you can do it :)

    • @milosleng1175
      @milosleng1175 Před 3 lety +52

      that is a sad truth. many bootcamps students end up like this. even me lol. I know people who claim to be full-stack developers because they did udemy courses, but when you tell them to build a calculator, they are clueless. It is not as simple as it seems. Better to work hard on as many projects as possible, and if you really get stuck, let;s say, for a week, find help. I got stuck on this, so here I am :D

    • @milosleng1175
      @milosleng1175 Před 3 lety +3

      @Josiah Eridius totally agree. It is a different story when you try to build smh on your own lmao. did you move on during this month?

    • @milosleng1175
      @milosleng1175 Před 3 lety +14

      @Josiah Eridius I've been learning Js from scratch for 4 months 8 hours a day and I have not noticed any improvement. I still don't get logic and some difficult parts as async.and that's just a theory.! It gets event worse when I see the real code bro...a disaster

    • @emreozgun3846
      @emreozgun3846 Před 3 lety +1

      @Josiah Eridius I know I shouldn't be freaked out but tryna grasp these concepts and struggling with comprehending them makes me question myself...

    • @andresramirez4469
      @andresramirez4469 Před 2 lety

      @Titan Coder its not recommended but for calculators its ok. Its a real gimme. Thats how i finished mine.

  • @davidarogunre7251
    @davidarogunre7251 Před 3 lety +640

    Me: I can build a calculator
    Me after watching this video:I don't know Javascript

  • @matthew65536
    @matthew65536 Před rokem +54

    I'm not proud to admit this, but this is how I learned what AC means on a calculator.

  • @kartikugemuge8361
    @kartikugemuge8361 Před 2 lety +85

    I was here a week ago I understood nothing .. I hustled some js concepts and now this is so clear .. not a video for beginners but great for people in the learning phase .. the way you used events is so cool!! Never thought u could call functions from an event .. makes everything soo much simpler

    • @StrangerDanger352
      @StrangerDanger352 Před rokem +1

      Hey can you please explain me how is he accessing clear() function property this.currentOperand and this.previousOperand to another functions?

    • @viriv
      @viriv Před rokem +1

      @@StrangerDanger352 i recommend you watch a video on how 'this' works, i think that will answer your questions

    • @Rachelchizurum
      @Rachelchizurum Před 10 měsíci

      I did same thing u did on this calculator code but my was showing different things from CSS stage I crossed every code nothing was missing why I'm not getting exactly how the calculator u display looks and works pls I need to guidelines here

  • @skh.visuals
    @skh.visuals Před 5 lety +396

    I've watched a TON of JS calculator tutorials, even inspected codes from actual online calculators to find the best way to approach it
    and you are hands down the best when it comes to efficiency and logic, +1 sub

    • @WebDevSimplified
      @WebDevSimplified  Před 5 lety +38

      Thank you! I am really glad you enjoyed it.

    • @UmarAlFarooq
      @UmarAlFarooq Před 3 lety

      @Titan Coder Try this repo: github.com/UmarAlFarooq/SimpleCalc

    • @yt-sh
      @yt-sh Před 3 lety +6

      @Titan Coder eval is bad mmkay

    • @yt-sh
      @yt-sh Před 3 lety +1

      thanks for the comment and your work, helps to rank developers' videos

    • @kinstar
      @kinstar Před 2 lety

      @Titan Coder theres a reason why someone might not want to eval()

  • @neatpolygons8500
    @neatpolygons8500 Před 4 lety +33

    You're amazing :) as an experienced dev who came from other languages I find it very dull watching other tutorials that go through the basics very slowly. I really enjoyed watching you work and following at the same time. great work.

  • @DucTaZenSurfer
    @DucTaZenSurfer Před rokem +4

    wow, I've studied and watched a ton of YT videos on programming and I have to agree with everyone else on this comment that yours by far has been the more precise and clear. So easy to understand what we're doing. Thank you for this, the videos 3 years old yet super relevant today for me! Thanks

  • @halusky
    @halusky Před 2 lety +7

    Appreciate this! I've been coding with JS for a couple of years already, but I'm prepping for a FAANG interview and severely need to brush up on my vanilla JS skills (I've been in React World for way too long). The class-based approach is definitely the way to go, and it's something that I've always avoided implementing in my own solutions in favor of just cramming my JS file full of variables and functions.
    Very clean and very organized.

  • @lowiehojas5525
    @lowiehojas5525 Před rokem +6

    I tried to create a calculator in javascript and was unsuccessful; but I never thought it would be this complicated.
    I still couldn't totally grasp on how the Class works.
    Your work is amazing!

  • @JaydRobinson-xx5yx
    @JaydRobinson-xx5yx Před 4 lety +9

    This tutorial was fine. Well explained. Sometimes you need to understand rather than copy. No programmer remembers every single line of code. +1 sub

  • @santhoshnoronha4
    @santhoshnoronha4 Před 4 lety +9

    One of the best tutorials I have ever seen
    like no mistakes or anything
    Good job
    GG

  • @meryemar7403
    @meryemar7403 Před 3 lety +8

    your voice makes me comfortable. I really appreciate that you making these videos.

  • @tristant7882
    @tristant7882 Před 4 lety +3

    I came for the calculator, but I left with much more. Thank you for explaining all you do!

  • @skudnu5462
    @skudnu5462 Před 3 lety +8

    amazing tutorial, not exactly for beginners, since you take a lot of stuff for granted when it comes to the javascript part, but for me that was exactly what i was looking for

  • @atsglobalservices6136

    Wonderful tutorial. I began learning javascript in June 2022, and I'm glad I was able to create this calculator in a timely manner to suit my thought process.

  • @sandVidz
    @sandVidz Před 3 lety +1620

    Everything is fun and games until JavaScript starts.

  • @renan.almeidah
    @renan.almeidah Před rokem +19

    I challenged myself and was able to create a % (percentage) button, and transformed everything to work with commas instead of periods as decimal separator because of my locale. Now, I will try to create a memory side panel which will store the last 5 calculations.
    Thank you so much for this video!
    I never had so much fun learning JavaScript, because all I did was copying and pasting code from the internet into my little web widgets. Now, I could fully understand concepts and took notes of everything that never entered my head, such as arrow functions and constructor classes.

    • @jashgudhka2660
      @jashgudhka2660 Před 9 měsíci

      I am trying to follow this tutorial, a beginner here.
      And that was exactly my plan to add to this project, last 5-10 calculations would look cool.

    • @tornado2783
      @tornado2783 Před 3 měsíci

      currently challenging my self to turn it into a scientific calculator, the break throughs feel like I could rule the world LMAOO

  • @19jewels95
    @19jewels95 Před 3 lety +337

    Shit. I started to learn JS 1-2 months ago, but went back to CSS because I realised I didn't really grasp the concepts and swepted over the topics too hastily.
    Now I thought I had a base understanding of JS, but coming back to it, I'm realising I'm definitely still in the 'frustrated learning' phase 😩

    • @princesiachin279
      @princesiachin279 Před 3 lety +11

      yeahhh same here. this driving me crazy🤯

    • @sillyfella2009
      @sillyfella2009 Před 3 lety +9

      Bruh Counter Strike: Source is dead

    • @shammirbaig2877
      @shammirbaig2877 Před 3 lety +2

      Same here😂

    • @a4yster
      @a4yster Před 3 lety +21

      Keep on learning. I started to learn code last oct-nov and got my first job in may. Wage suck, but as of yet so does my code.

    • @unscripted483
      @unscripted483 Před 3 lety +16

      now what you should do is go through a bunch of videos relating to concepts only. These project based tutorials are helpful to learn about practical uses for concept you may not know but they don't help you understand them. When ever you do these project tutorials you should write down on a piece of paper of the concepts and methods you were not familiar and do some research on them after wards.

  • @dazamora
    @dazamora Před 4 lety +1

    hey I learning to code, since 2 months and i saw a lot of calculators, and I think yours are the most efficient, well done and most nice of all of them, incredible job, I miss some concepts, but just for my lack of experience. Thanks again, you have a new subscriber

  • @bkosimi
    @bkosimi Před 2 lety +4

    Excellent tutorial that’s not too long or complicated. Definitely helpful when starting up with concepts. Appreciate it, bro! Long live! :)

  • @muhammadshahzeb8274
    @muhammadshahzeb8274 Před 4 lety +4

    absolutely loved this tutorial!!! THANKS SO MUCH.

  • @savannahlin8063
    @savannahlin8063 Před 5 lety +24

    I like this course because it is so practical and useful. Thank you so much.

  • @ankitagarwal4914
    @ankitagarwal4914 Před 4 lety +6

    Really Awesome tutorial!!. So much functionality in just 38 mins ...This is by far the best and complete Calculator tutorial..

  • @pahkah.1398
    @pahkah.1398 Před 4 lety +8

    Alot of coding but ive mostly been doing HTML and CSS which ive enjoyed alot. But now im putting my feet in the JavaScript waters and i can say its alot atm but ima keep practicing to get better! Wish me luck!

  • @HostDotPromo
    @HostDotPromo Před 5 lety +190

    This is awesome, seems like you can build everything with javascript these days 🔥

  • @tonyli9098
    @tonyli9098 Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you so much. I've learned a little more about CSS and programming style. You're a real good teacher.

    • @WebDevSimplified
      @WebDevSimplified  Před 4 lety

      That is awesome! I'm really glad my videos are able to help.

  • @holyage3128
    @holyage3128 Před 2 lety

    Thank you a lot. I haven't met such a high quality content about practical JS on CZcams. Keep it up!

  • @_werther
    @_werther Před 2 lety +2

    Beautifuly done, im learning a lot with your javascript projects, even the 'old' ones! Thanks man, you're great

    • @pramodreddypandiri194
      @pramodreddypandiri194 Před rokem

      I am getting this error
      "deleteButton.addEventListener is not a function"
      please help

  • @alexzahrai4703
    @alexzahrai4703 Před 3 lety +3

    Dude, such an informative and easy to follow tutorial. Thank you!

  • @cosme2441
    @cosme2441 Před 3 lety +8

    Really appreciate this video. I am at a point where I've studied JavaScript plenty and would like to start applying it. I know that I am not the first to struggle with this transition and I am grateful to have access to this type of content especially for free. Thank you for patiently explaining each steps in a precise and concise manner. Also any advice for someone in my situation would be greatly appreciated!

    • @pramodreddypandiri194
      @pramodreddypandiri194 Před rokem

      I am getting this error
      "deleteButton.addEventListener is not a function"
      please help

    • @cosme2441
      @cosme2441 Před rokem

      @@pramodreddypandiri194 This usually happens when you are missing the definition for a function. Hard to fix errors without seeing the code. Maybe you mispelled the name of the function when you defined it. You define the function like function name() {} or store it in a variable like this const name = () => {}. But basically look for your function deleteButton and make you spelled it correctly. If not go Stackoverflow your new best friend :).

    • @ygaaaoo
      @ygaaaoo Před rokem

      @@cosme2441 hey bro, in 2 years ago you said this "I am at a point where I've studied JavaScript plenty and would like to start applying it. I know that I am not the first to struggle with this transition"
      and now I'm in the same position.. how are you going with javascript today ?? you are already working in a company or something ?? thanks.

    • @ygaaaoo
      @ygaaaoo Před rokem

      @@cosme2441 I think you are a good programmer now

    • @cosme2441
      @cosme2441 Před rokem

      @@ygaaaoo Hey hey, I am currently making a living of working as a freelancer. It's not yet that tech money but good enough I don't have a side job. Currently working on a few projects.
      My advice, don't stress so much about how good you are. Just start building and study specific things as you need them when running into problems. My experience is concepts are a lot easier to learn, when you need to apply them.
      Also don't give up, enjoy the process and give yourself a break when you get super stuck! But struggle a little first.

  • @iconoclast281
    @iconoclast281 Před 4 lety +1

    Great project, im new to JavaScript. I 'borrowed' your user interface design and then implemented the logic using React js state/setStates and it's finally working. Next step is to make it mobile responsive then will add it to my portfolio and github.

  • @geoffreyleatham8827
    @geoffreyleatham8827 Před 9 měsíci

    This is the first video of yours that I have watched and you've earned my sub. Javascript isn't my first or even second language so I came into this video expecting to skip around to grab a few snippets of code as syntax examples but I ended up coding along with the video. I know this video is a few years old but keep up the great work!

  • @deadgvrl
    @deadgvrl Před 4 lety +3

    I know I'm late but holy crap dude, thank you so much. You've been a massive help

  • @ahmmadawshaf
    @ahmmadawshaf Před 3 lety +3

    Awesome tutorial to practice JS in web design for beginners! Thank you so much!

  • @jaydenmoon1165
    @jaydenmoon1165 Před 2 lety

    I created a calc with no classes - it was a mess - lol but I was very happy that I had most of the same code and capabilities - I am working on writing cleaner code - this video was fun to watch - thank you!

  • @agraiskr
    @agraiskr Před 2 lety

    i think this is the best of the calculator samples i have found on youtube ,Thank you!

  • @peaklegacy146
    @peaklegacy146 Před rokem +14

    I am brand new to JS and this helped me a TON. I couldn't get an understanding as to how JS worked at all so I decided just to follow along with a project. After almost 4 hours of following along and debugging my mistakes I finally finished! This definitely helped me build a foundation in JavaScript.

    • @21Dimen
      @21Dimen Před rokem +1

      You learned in 4 hours is what you're saying ? :)))

    • @mohammadqudratullahbhuyan8262
      @mohammadqudratullahbhuyan8262 Před rokem

      Wait are you saying it took you 4 hour to follow THIS guy and make a calculator

    • @jashgudhka2660
      @jashgudhka2660 Před 9 měsíci +1

      How were you not stuck after 20mins.
      I can't get the output on the display@@21Dimen

  • @flaviamiranda9811
    @flaviamiranda9811 Před rokem +13

    Thank you for the video, normally we wouldn't find a calculator project using JS classes as I consider this to not be a complete beginner topic, and normally a calculator is a begginer friendly project in theory - but it's so good that you provided us with this alternative. However, since this is not the easiest topic in the world may be slowing things down a bit would help - I found myself having to change the video speed to 0.75 sometimes because when I was still trying to process one thing you did you were already 2 or 3 steps away from where I was. I understand that without that the video might have been too long but I guess better a longer video than one it's hard to follow 😅

    • @pramodreddypandiri194
      @pramodreddypandiri194 Před rokem

      I am getting this error
      "deleteButton.addEventListener is not a function"
      please help

    • @ejiroabohwo6801
      @ejiroabohwo6801 Před rokem

      It is meant to be button.addeventlistener

  • @EpiDot52
    @EpiDot52 Před 4 lety +1

    Really enjoyed walking through this. Tried to work things out before watching the video but I was way off. I understood your explanations so hopefully that means I learned something! I'm going to look for other similar walkthroughs you've made.

  • @stephanies.6033
    @stephanies.6033 Před 3 lety +1

    I've watched so many different videos showing me how to follow along many different projects and none of them made sense until i clicked on yours. you actually go step by step showing how its done and i really appreciate it
    thank you so much!!

  • @edgarspujats8282
    @edgarspujats8282 Před 2 lety +38

    I built my own calculator, it works completely fine. But watching this video i realised how far i am from being good. Your code is so clean and structured, and the methods are so optimal. I need to learn more JavaScript...

    • @youcefhhh7268
      @youcefhhh7268 Před 2 lety +1

      hey , can you update us

    • @wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus
      @wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus Před rokem +2

      I was only able to actually understand what he was doing up until minute 21 or so. Feeling dumb now. >_>

    • @bluepants8140
      @bluepants8140 Před rokem +2

      @@wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus I am have a problem about at that time where my numbers are not showing up

    • @arif2336
      @arif2336 Před rokem +1

      @@bluepants8140 Did you figure it out?

    • @bluepants8140
      @bluepants8140 Před rokem +1

      @@arif2336 Nope

  • @PixelNomadAdventures
    @PixelNomadAdventures Před 2 lety +3

    Kyle, thank you so much for creating this video. I would find it more helpful if you set the html title of the calculator you are working on with us to something along the lines of "New Calculator". This way the viewers can see in the tab if you are demonstrating with the finished calculator, or the one that you are creating. Hope this makes sense. Thank you

  • @biniyamhaile5298
    @biniyamhaile5298 Před rokem +1

    The channel really deserves it's name. "Web Dev Simplified"!

  • @sghaiermohamedyassine6500

    I had a teacher who gave us an exercise to create a calculator in the class.
    That was frustrating because it was hard to make it in one hour and this discourage me to learn development.😵
    But when you see this good man who is explaining how to do it, you will love programming.👨‍🏫

  • @LinkChenTW
    @LinkChenTW Před 4 lety +11

    AWESOME!!! Very practical tutorial and easy to understand. hope to see more tutorials like this.

    • @WebDevSimplified
      @WebDevSimplified  Před 4 lety +2

      Thank you. There are a ton more tutorials just like this one on my channel to checkout and plenty more coming.

  • @kayleecho3861
    @kayleecho3861 Před 5 lety +3

    Thank you so SO much! This helped me a lot.

  • @korkmazmerve
    @korkmazmerve Před rokem +1

    this is amazing i learned a lot of stuff. i am a begginer so i watch a lot of tutorial like this and i can definetly say that this video is one of the best video i've ever seen. thanks for sharing you made this complicated calculator functions (at least complecated for me ) very easy to understand.

  • @faqeehtv4502
    @faqeehtv4502 Před rokem +1

    Great tutorial!! Loved every bit of it. Easy to understand and great concepts as well.

  • @mvvkiran
    @mvvkiran Před 3 lety +5

    Damn brilliant the way you just plough through the code and add it on the fly in a precise sequential manner. Kudos!!

    • @vasilemidrigan50
      @vasilemidrigan50 Před 2 lety

      On the fly? Don't think so. rather there's more work than we think, making videos like this takes some time and dedication, and of course a lot of hard work behind the scenes.

  • @christiananderson4001
    @christiananderson4001 Před 3 lety +4

    Really enjoyed the tutorial. Anyone who watched this though and wants to take it a step further, once the user gets a result (i.e. 50+50=100) they can still hit delete to remove digits from the result (100 -> 10 -> 1). Would be good practice fixing this issue.

    • @21Kip
      @21Kip Před 2 lety

      Moreover, you can just keep typing "answer"

  • @kelvinmburu2698
    @kelvinmburu2698 Před rokem

    Thanks for this tutorial. I just started out on javascript a few weeks ago and I have enjoyed your method of teaching.

  • @MimcheIshak
    @MimcheIshak Před rokem +1

    I ran when I first saw this video last year.
    Guess what !, I came back stronger💪
    I used almost 4 hours to implement mine(mimick)
    Thank you web dev simplified

  • @druggero77
    @druggero77 Před 5 lety +6

    Outstanding tutorial! Thank you.

  • @gambit3904
    @gambit3904 Před 4 lety +27

    I made your 40 min video last about 2 hours from taking notes and trying to absorb the concept, instead of just code-along, and it was a very very helpful experience. Than you so much!
    One piece of advice: maybe make the background-color on the calculator being constructed in a different tone! Sometimes I got a scare from seeing advance functions in the finished one, but thinking it was the under construction. Of course, not on this video, but on future ones (looking forward to them!)
    again, thanks!

    • @lost2024
      @lost2024 Před rokem +2

      Hey bruh will it be possible for you to share me the notes you've made?!!
      it'll be so nice of you if you can...

    • @ABDTalk1
      @ABDTalk1 Před rokem

      @@lost2024 did you just refer to him as "bruh"

  • @nicopicco
    @nicopicco Před 2 lety +1

    Kyle, thank you so much, I was able to refactor my css quite a bit with this information.

  • @techwithdanyal4798
    @techwithdanyal4798 Před 3 lety +2

    Oh man you are awesome, I enjoyed a lot while watching your tutorials.

  • @MVIVN
    @MVIVN Před rokem +4

    I'm just sitting here watching this in disbelief and feeling utterly useless and defeated. I have spent the past 3 days trying to make a JavaScript calculator and I could only get it partially working, but couldn't work out how to make it do several things, and each time I tried to solve those problems the calculator got worse (more things broken, more errors, stopped working) and I've accepted that despite all my learning efforts I'm just not good enough to do a project like this yet. I've been learning Javascript on and off for 5 months so far, and admittedly that's not a very long time, but I thought I was far enough along my journey to complete this calculator assignment. This video has humbled me and shown me that I'm completely and utterly useless at the moment. Gonna need several years of learning to be able to make an entire calculator as quickly and perfectly as it was done in this video.

    • @ayushsoni5050
      @ayushsoni5050 Před rokem +4

      Don't feel defeated.
      Everyone's learning capabilities are different and the guy you are watching has years of experience at Javascript and programming in general.
      Break the problem down, write it down if it helps, and take it slow and you'll be able to solve it.

    • @MVIVN
      @MVIVN Před rokem +3

      @@ayushsoni5050 Thank you, I appreciate your supportive words a lot. It's really difficult sometimes because I started my coding journey late (I am already in my 30s) in the hopes of maybe unlocking some better career opportunities in the future for my family's benefit, so when I make a lot of effort and still fail I start to get really down on myself and think that maybe I'm just not cut out for this type of stuff. I will try to keep things in perspective and try not to rush through things, just one step at a time and keep learning something new every day.

    • @moritz759
      @moritz759 Před měsícem

      How is it going?

  • @yumpiri
    @yumpiri Před 3 lety +25

    This is so overwhelming 🤯

  • @7kakan
    @7kakan Před 3 lety +2

    Began coding for real a week ago (have done some simple coding via iPad earlier). During this project, I learned how to (relatively) effectively find my JS errors through inspect element. More often than not, I also found that the most effective way to correct an error is to rewrite the entire strip of code where the error was found.
    I got the calculator to do the calculations, but have not yet got the AC or DEL buttons to work properly

  • @JazzDaniels
    @JazzDaniels Před 2 lety +1

    I have watched many JS build calculator videos, and this is definitely one of them.

  • @sansvlr
    @sansvlr Před 2 lety +3

    The first time I saw this, it was very difficult for me to understand, and I went back to learning the basics, various methods and OOP in 1 week, and actually this code is clean and easy to read.

  • @TopRock-vn4ni
    @TopRock-vn4ni Před 2 lety +3

    Very good tutorial! Im still a begnner and followed step by step and it worked perfectly. The only issue I have is when I type many numbers in the calculator, they get out of the calculator. But overall thanks a lot! :D

    • @ericobiomah5235
      @ericobiomah5235 Před 2 lety +1

      Use word-break on your output div in your CSS just as he showed in the tutorial and your
      numbers will move onto the next line.

  • @IDBStudios
    @IDBStudios Před rokem

    Wow! This is awesome. I got stuck while trying to build a calculator with vanilla JavaScript. But this video is a very good one.

  • @kevogithua8012
    @kevogithua8012 Před rokem

    Thanks a lot! This is still one of the best tutorials after completing the beginner level

  • @njohnsalisbury2515
    @njohnsalisbury2515 Před 5 lety +3

    Just gotta say, I absolutely love the slide over you do with your finger to the preview of the calculator!

    • @WebDevSimplified
      @WebDevSimplified  Před 5 lety +1

      Thanks. I like experimenting with fun intros because educational videos can get really dry and boring to watch.

  • @trungnguyen6494
    @trungnguyen6494 Před rokem

    just finished coding-along with the video! 3 years later and I hope I'm not too late :D
    I'm gonna learn more about JS and come back to this project and improve a few things:
    - after clicking the "=", the result should be immutable - right now if you enter a few numbers after the calculation, the numbers will be appended to the result
    - hitting "=" multiple times will repeat calculations
    - a history panel for the recent calculations (store in local memory and persistent even after closing the browser)
    thank you for the inspiration!

  • @kxdsh
    @kxdsh Před 4 lety +1

    I've just been watching some html and css videos to learn it and this has helped me start to understand javascript

    • @absarahmad8455
      @absarahmad8455 Před 4 lety

      @WDS
      I've one word for your hard work - Your videos are awesome and so much knowledgeable, as I always tells to my friend look these kind of video
      I also have one question about the compatible. We know that my ES6 feature are not supported by old browser, In that case what we should take care about the functionality

  • @cosmelvillalobos6448
    @cosmelvillalobos6448 Před 3 lety +3

    hey, man awesome video! I was able to build my calculator as well following your method and added several more function, like factorial, exponential and square root all applying the principles I learned from your video, thanks a lot!

  • @rodwinpieterse1950
    @rodwinpieterse1950 Před 3 lety +5

    Kyle you should seriously consider making courses (if you haven't yet). You have a gift for explaining in minutes things I couldn't grasp in hour(s)

  • @arcosd63
    @arcosd63 Před rokem

    Fun project Kyle, thank you! I didn't know it was so simple to create a calculator

  • @newweeks7250
    @newweeks7250 Před 2 lety

    Superb You are the simplest tutor I ever seen. Thank you so much for your videos :)

  • @brownboyintokyo7368
    @brownboyintokyo7368 Před 3 lety +66

    Might be a beginner project but the level of functionality is definitely high level!!
    I understand what’s going on but I need to practice more in order to develop this level of thinking!!
    Thank you for uploading it mate!🙏
    Just wondering like how long did it take u to develop this level thinking 🤔?

    • @westernpigeon
      @westernpigeon Před 2 lety +9

      this is not a beginners project. someone who just just starting to learn JS would not understand this at all.

    • @andrei9115
      @andrei9115 Před 2 lety +1

      @@westernpigeon Good job for this guy but I think he should use other names as the constructor's variable because when you have something like this.x =x x x this.x, you won't get a clue! I pretty much understood everything to the point when he put "this.operation" as undefined. I didn't get that. Maybe he made that assignment in order to use it later as a condition but I am not sure. Also, the last part was not so easy to understand. A very good and mind-blowing project all in one! Good job!!

    • @softwareacademyng
      @softwareacademyng Před rokem +1

      @@westernpigeon I was about saying the same thing, the functionality and the concept is too advanced for a beginner. This is a real life calculator and for learning.

  • @Kyle-rf5mb
    @Kyle-rf5mb Před rokem +4

    From one Kyle to another, can you give advice on how you set out to tackle a problem given to you? I know this is probably a easy problem for even a junior programmer. I started fine with a good plan but then i soon came into problems and realised my plan wasn't going to work. I had a switch statement going on for the operators and some other stuff but it just got too messy which brought me here.

  • @liztowoju7464
    @liztowoju7464 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you very much for this very good tutorial. I am excited to try out the other beginner friendly projects on your channel.

  • @BillionaireBelief
    @BillionaireBelief Před 3 lety

    Thanks for the tut! It helped me realize I have a long way to go with javascript

  • @JekabsJan
    @JekabsJan Před 2 lety +6

    Everybody gansta till it's time for JS

  • @NoudvD63
    @NoudvD63 Před 4 lety +8

    Correct me if I'm wrong. To get a data attribute through the dataset object, get the property by the part of the attribute name after data- . Then it is converted to camelCase. In this case the data-current-operand attribute in the HTML file is converted to currentOperand. This is how JS reads values from data attributes.

    • @WebDevSimplified
      @WebDevSimplified  Před 4 lety +5

      That is exactly correct.

    • @djkentuckyham
      @djkentuckyham Před 4 lety +4

      @NoudvD63 Thanks for asking that. I'm new to JScript and had the same question.

  • @vasilemidrigan50
    @vasilemidrigan50 Před 2 lety

    Kyle, thank you very much for this awesome mini-tutorial!

  • @Sab_BaKwAas_Hai
    @Sab_BaKwAas_Hai Před 2 lety

    Bro it’s amazing… I currently started learning js.. after seeing this basic project i realised that i need more &more practice and knowledge about js

  • @benjipixel1438
    @benjipixel1438 Před 3 lety +9

    For those who ran into the same problem as me, and couldn't get their buttons to be nice nd square:
    In the CSS file, under the: .calculator-gird > button
    put in: height: 100px;
    If this doesn't work, then play around with the height until it does. Hope this helps!

    • @Sqeedys
      @Sqeedys Před 3 lety

      still doesn't work :(

    • @crf9235
      @crf9235 Před 3 lety

      @@Sqeedys add as he said : height 100px plus a witdh 100px and then in the .span-two witdh: 200px;

    • @teedingwei1796
      @teedingwei1796 Před 2 lety +1

      try this
      .calculator-grid {
      align-content: center
      }

  • @vlaxi8787
    @vlaxi8787 Před 5 lety +13

    Thanks for this. The JS part seems quite challenging indeed but it'll help for sure!

    • @WebDevSimplified
      @WebDevSimplified  Před 5 lety +3

      It definitely has some tricky parts, but these sections are great at teaching many important concepts.

    • @vlaxi8787
      @vlaxi8787 Před 5 lety +2

      @@WebDevSimplified I don't really understand when to use Classes (OOP) - how do you decide when to use them?

    • @WebDevSimplified
      @WebDevSimplified  Před 5 lety +19

      I generally use them when I have a set of data that needs to be contained and interacted with in many ways. Classes are just convenient ways to contain and manipulate data.

    • @vlaxi8787
      @vlaxi8787 Před 5 lety

      @@WebDevSimplified Thanks a lot!

  • @mackynikat8833
    @mackynikat8833 Před 3 lety

    . sir kyle will sure be with the creator of codes for sure . hes so obidient following each of definitions that i encountered so far . salute to this my man here !

  • @bethl3381
    @bethl3381 Před 3 lety

    Thank you Web Dev Simplified. This is a great tutorial.

  • @stephenaraka5870
    @stephenaraka5870 Před 4 lety +3

    Thank you so much for the well explained video. You helped me understand a lot of concepts here.

  • @ibuzz2544
    @ibuzz2544 Před 2 lety +7

    I have a question, why do you use switch between (for example), "currentOperand" and "currentOperandTextElement" instead of just using "currentOperandTextElement" in every place that uses "currentOperand" or vice versa? From what I noticed you made a variable called "currentOperandTextElement," and that included every operation so why not use that throughout the whole code? I hope my question makes sense.

  • @enzoreyes1210
    @enzoreyes1210 Před 2 lety

    This is superb and very awesome tutorial. I am loving it. Hope to learn more from you Web Dev Simplified :)

  • @JordanThiessen
    @JordanThiessen Před 3 lety

    I like your channel, because you actually talk and explain it.

  • @lesalmin
    @lesalmin Před 3 lety +5

    "All we need to do is create some files". Web dev simplified indeed ;-)

  • @alexluthor9066
    @alexluthor9066 Před 3 lety +7

    At 21:15 when I click on buttons nothing shows in the output. I really don't know what I'm doing wrong.

  • @machfiver753
    @machfiver753 Před 2 lety

    Nice tutorial. I like the speed you go at and how you don't go off on tangents or over explain everything. I can see how you can use this program for something else by tweaking the elements to do whatever it is another program might do. Like a calendar for instance

  • @milescolon1793
    @milescolon1793 Před 6 měsíci

    Huge fan of you and your work Web Dev. I actually noticed the other day that you even take the time to format your videos playback rate to move a little faster. I enjoy your style of content delivery as well as your structure in your workflow as you move throughout your demonstration in your videos. To be honest im very impressed with your productions, but most importantly I really appreciate your hard work and your content for your my primary source I turn to for the youtube web dev content. It would be cool if you mentioned your other pipelines in your videos such as your github or linked in to be able to network with you on different levels. Keep up the awesome work Kyle. Plus also its cool you always make your production with Dragon Ball Z OG hair styles.

  • @GenetetIncorporated
    @GenetetIncorporated Před rokem +4

    I've had to wait 33 years to find out that AC stands for All Clear ^^

  • @GH4L
    @GH4L Před 5 lety +11

    great video (as usual)
    i have a question: where does 'currentOperand' from 'this.currentOperand' come from? i never saw you initialize/create it

    • @WebDevSimplified
      @WebDevSimplified  Před 5 lety +11

      In javascript you do not need to initialize a variable on an object. If you do not set a variable on an object it will default to undefined.

    • @robinware77
      @robinware77 Před 4 lety +5

      I had the same thought when I was watching the video. He created it to store the incoming values. By saying this.currentOperand he essentially initialized it there. It was an empty variable to be used later.

  • @sawyoonsandy7827
    @sawyoonsandy7827 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks a lot dude,I'm learning from freecodecamp ,codecademy and trying to applie these with your practical tutorial. I can do HTML & CSS with this tutorial but JavaScript halfway through. I learned a lot from you man!

  • @CoderSingh
    @CoderSingh Před 6 měsíci

    Thanks for this tutorial.❤❤ This is the best tutorial I found for developing a calculator, with all error handlings like no leading zeroes. Just to add up, we need to convert the current operand to a string inside appendNumber function, where we used .includes to check for a decimal, improves functionality.
    Replacing
    if (number === "." && this.currentOperand.includes('.')) {
    With
    if (number === "." && this.currentOperand.toString().includes('.')) {
    Once again thanks for this amazing tutorial😁😁

  • @excortia453
    @excortia453 Před 2 lety +5

    Hello, this is awesome tutorial. i learnt more things about Javascript, but I have one question. how currentoperand previusoperand and operation works since they aren't defined.
    thank you

    • @andrei9115
      @andrei9115 Před 2 lety +1

      That drove me crazy as well. Its just the class's properties but you don't explicitly define them. Instead of declaring it inside the Calculator class, you are just declaring and assigning at the same time. What I didn't understand was how the hell happened that if I modify this.currentTextOperand it also modified my currentTextOperand innerText property of my html element. I didn't quite got that...

    • @michaelm6180
      @michaelm6180 Před rokem +1

      @@nathanseo2671 To get a data attribute through the dataset object, get the property by the part of the attribute name after data- . Then it is converted to camelCase. In this case the data-current-operand attribute in the HTML file is converted to currentOperand. This is how JS reads values from data attributes.

  • @blink182lives100
    @blink182lives100 Před 3 lety +13

    22:03 I had to use and if else statement because I was getting an error for trying to use the .toString() method when this.currentOperand was undefined.
    I am unsure of why the person who made this video does not get this error and I did but yea in case anyone else encounters the same issue
    if(this.currentOperand===undefined)
    {
    this.currentOperand=number
    }
    else{
    this.currentOperand=this.currentOperand.toString() + number.toString()
    }

    • @hariprasadanand7779
      @hariprasadanand7779 Před 3 lety +1

      Ya I also had same problem

    • @jahallb1
      @jahallb1 Před 3 lety

      Thank you for the fix!

    • @vlad-zf1ev
      @vlad-zf1ev Před 3 lety +4

      Ya I also had same problem.
      it's a mystery to me why the author has no problem (Undefuned.toString() Problem!!)
      my code is better, it is on point click. will add 0.
      appendNumber(number){
      if(this.currentOperand === undefined){
      this.currentOperand = number;
      }
      else if (number === '.' && this.currentOperand.includes('.')){
      return
      }
      else if (this.currentOperand === '.') {
      return this.currentOperand = '0.'+ number
      }
      else {
      this.currentOperand = this.currentOperand.toString() + number.toString()
      }

    • @albertoast
      @albertoast Před 2 lety

      Thank you for the fix!

    • @ZeFrancisc0
      @ZeFrancisc0 Před rokem

      had the same problem, thanks for the fix mate!

  • @electron7373
    @electron7373 Před 2 lety

    Really good tutorial - learned a lot. Thanks WDS!

  • @TheHilarioushuman
    @TheHilarioushuman Před 3 lety

    Loved this tutorial. Helped me a lot!

  • @josemaribautista7552
    @josemaribautista7552 Před 4 lety +24

    when did he create currentOperand and previousOperand variables? I dont see it anywhere

    • @benfichter5351
      @benfichter5351 Před 3 lety

      At the very beginning. Go to 0:00 and just watch for like 2-3 mins. You should find it

    • @Rainbowstunting
      @Rainbowstunting Před 3 lety +3

      @@benfichter5351 those are the classes of the divs you're talking about (current-operand and not currentOperand), he's asking about the variables that appear out of 'nowhere' at 18:51. Good explanation can be found in another comment here (comment chain starting with the comment of shubham).

    • @streetboy5721
      @streetboy5721 Před 3 lety +2

      I don't understand either, how these currentOperand and previousOperand works!

    • @radu6772
      @radu6772 Před 3 lety

      He created them in the clear() function

    • @unscripted483
      @unscripted483 Před 3 lety +3

      in the constructor