Spring 2018
Computer Science Department
California State University, Los Angeles
Lectures
Sunday
Time: 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: King Hall - Lecture Hall 2
Instructors:
Cydney Auman
Email: cydneyauman@gmail.com
Albert Cervantes
Email: acervan5@calstatela.edu
Course Description:
This course will cover Node.js for the server-side and Vue.js for the frontend user interface. It will begin with a discussion on the fundamentals, including syntax, scope, the eventloop, callbacks and more. Then the class will jump right into teaching the Node.js platform through handling HTTP methods GET, POST, PUT and DELETE to execute operations, utilizing open-source modules and covering the Vue.js framework. The course will have several homework assignments and a project where students will build a RESTful web service application using Node.js and Vue.js.
Recommended Prerequisites:
CS1220, CS2011, CS3220
Students are expected to have strong programming skills and working knowledge of HTML.
Textbook
Eloquent Javascript - required
http://eloquentjavascript.net/
Grading Policy:
Homework/Exercises 25%, Project 25%, Midterm 20%, Final 30%
A -- 90 - 100
B -- 80 - 89
C -- 60 - 79
D -- 40 - 59
F -- below 40
CSULA grades on a plus/minus scale
Homework Submission
Please submit all assignments via CSNS - http://csns.calstatela.edu/
Late Policy
Homework and Project assignments may be submitted up to 24 hours late with a 15 point late penalty deduction. After the 24 hour period, no additional submissions will be accepted and a grade of 0 will be given for the assignment.
NO late Midterm or Final Presentations and Code will be accepted. If a student is not in attendance during the Midterm or Final they will receive a 0 on that exam.
Academic Integrity
Cheating will not be tolerated. Cheating on any assignment or project will be taken seriously.
All parties involved will receive a grade of F for the assignment. Additionally, all parties can receive an F for the course and be reported to the Academic Senate
Slack
Be sure to sign up for our class #Slack channel by registering at: http://albertcervantes.com/cs4220/slack
Once registered, you will be invited to join the cs4220-spring-2018 channel.
Week 1 - 01/28
- Administrative Tasks
- Installing Node.js / Setup development environment
- Intro to Javascript
Javascript Text Editors / IDE
[Sublime Text 3] (http://www.sublimetext.com/3)
[VS Code] (https://code.visualstudio.com/)
Javascript
Mozilla Developer Network
Introduction Into Javascript
ES6
[JS Next] (http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001623/ch01.html)
[Understanding ES6] (https://leanpub.com/understandinges6/read#leanpub-auto-introduction)
Node & Vue
[Node.js] (https://nodejs.org)
[Vue.js] (https://vuejs.org)