tim.js workshop 01: JavaScript Citizens

Welcome to the first JavaScript workshop, organized by tim.js.

We will dive into the building blocks of the ECMAScript language, the so called "1st class citizens", explaining in detail how they work & why is it so important to understand them. We will cover some fundamental concepts of ES5, while also touching some new features added in ES6.

Tutor: Andrei Pfeiffer

Content

Intro: short history, JS vs ES;
Primitives: types, typeof, type casting, falsey values;
Arrays: literals, stack, queue, filtering, iterating;
Objects: literals, enhanced literals, property descriptors, json;
Functions: types, returns, 1st class functions.

What you need?

Here's a list of things you need:

a laptop & power-plug
a code editor (optional)
Node.js 4.0+ (optional)

Who is it for?

Beginner & Intermediate JavaScript developers who want to discover the language at a deeper level
Advanced developers, who switched to JavaScript and want to understand its mechanics

Setup

Here are the steps you can follow to setup the workshop project skeleton. All these commands need to be run from the command line (shell/terminal):

iTerm on MacOSX
cmd/GitBash on Windows
any terminal on Linux.

1. Create project folder

First, you need to create a new folder somewhere on your computer:

mkdir [PROJECT_NAME]
cd [PROJECT_NAME]

// or create a new "project folder" and navigate to it using your favourite file system tool

2. Clone project skeleton

Second, you need to clone this repository. You can do it in multiple ways:

a) with git:

git clone https://github.com/andreipfeiffer/timjs-workshop-01-javascript-citizens.git ./

NOTE: if you have a GitHub account, you can fork this repo, so you can commit your personal changes.

b) without git:

Download this repo and unzip it in your PROJECT_NAME folder.

3. Install dependencies

npm install

4. Run project

npm start

This should display a URL in the console, where you can load the project page.

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