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Slide deck for 2 hour Javascript 101 workshop

title duration instructor original
JavaScript 101
2:00
Joni Halabi

JavaScript 101

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Gain an overview of the JavaScript landscape and its placement in the web ecosystem.
  • Practice programmatic thinking by writing pseudo-code.
  • Write expressions that both assign and evaluate variables.
  • Explain the difference between jQuery and vanilla JS.
  • Register and trigger event handlers for jQuery events.

STUDENT PRE-WORK

Before this lesson, you should:

WORKSHOP AGENDA

TIMING TYPE TOPIC
5 min Opening Greetings + The GA Experience
10 min Introduction Web Production Workflow
10 min Introduction What is JavaScript?
5 min Demo Pseudo Code
15 min Independent Practice Thermostat
10 min Demo Variables, Data Types & Arithmetic
10 min Guided/Independent Practice Variables
10 min Introduction jQuery, a JavaScript Library
15 min Guided Practice/Independent Practice jQuery Code Along Part 1
10 min Demo jQuery Animations and Effects
10 min Guided/Independent Practice jQuery Code Along Part 2
5 min Conclusion Review + Recap