Intro to JavaScript Functions Lab Setup

Setup

Open your Terminal application and navigate to your ~/code/ga/labs directory:

cd ~/code/ga/labs

Navigate to GitHub and create a new repository named intro-to-javascript-functions-lab.

Using the Quick Setup option, clone your newly created repo into your ~/code/ga/labs directory with the git clone command:

git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/intro-to-javascript-functions-lab.git

Note: In the link above, where it says <your-username>, you should see the username from your GitHub account.

Next, cd into your new cloned directory, intro-to-javascript-functions-lab:

cd intro-to-javascript-functions-lab

Then, create an app.js and an index.html file. These files will hold your work for this lab:

touch app.js index.html

With the files created, open the contents of the directory in VS Code:

code .

Open the index.html file and add HTML boilerplate. Then link the app.js file by adding this line inside the <head> tag:

<script defer src="./app.js"></script>

With this setup complete, we’ll have two methods at our disposal for executing the code we write in app.js:

Open the index.html file in your browser and access the console output in your browser’s dev tools.
Use node to execute the app.js file directly by using this command in your terminal:

node app.js

While either method is acceptable, you should use the same method as your instructor for simplicity.