LESSONS

Below you will find notes for each of JSD's twenty classes. Please note that this page is a working document: it will be updated frequently in order to tailor the notes for each particular class.

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WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
WEEK 5
WEEK 6
WEEK 7
WEEK 8
WEEK 9
WEEK 10
WEEK 11

Unit 1: Fundamentals of JavaScript

Week 01
CLASS 00 (09/10/18)

Installfest

  • Client-server model & DNS
  • Command-line tools
  • Pseudocode

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CLASS 01 (09/12/18)

Command line & data types

  • Command line navigation
  • Initialize Git repo
  • Run JS at the command line
  • Numbers & strings

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Week 02
CLASS 02 (09/17/18)

Arrays & Loops

  • Arrays
  • Variables
  • for loops

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CLASS 03 (09/19/18)

Conditionals & Functions

  • if/else statements
  • Boolean logic
  • Truthy and falsy values
  • Function declarations, function expressions, and arrow functions
  • Parameters and arguments

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Week 03
CLASS 04 (09/24/18)

Scope & Objects

  • Global, local, and block scope
  • let, var, and const

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CLASS 05 (09/26/18)

Slackbot Lab

  • Setting up Hubot and Heroku tools
  • Building using the Hubot framework

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Unit 2: The Browser and APIs

Week 04
CLASS 06 (10/01/18)

Objects & JSON

  • Objects, properties, and methods
  • JSON syntax and parsing

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Optional CSS refresher for next class

Using Simple CSS Selectors quiz (Khan Academy) -- use hint/explanation links if you're not sure

CLASS 07 (10/03/18)

Intro to the DOM & jQuery

  • Document Object Model vs HTML code
  • Selecting elements with jQuery
  • jQuery methods

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Week 05
CLASS 08 (10/08/18)

Events & jQuery

  • DOM Events
  • Event Listeners
  • Event Delegation
  • Implicit Iteration

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CLASS 09 (10/10/18)

Ajax & APIs

  • HTTP verbs
  • APIs
  • Creating a Fetch request
  • Using jQuery for an Ajax request
  • Code organization

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Week 06
CLASS 10 (10/15/18)

Asynchronous JavaScript & Callbacks

  • Passing and accepting functions as callbacks
  • Promises & Fetch

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CLASS 11 (10/17/18)

Advanced APIs

  • Geolocation
  • API requests and responses

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Week 07
CLASS 12 (10/22/17)

In-class lab: Feedr

  • Project 2 overview & lab
  • Template literals

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Unit 3: Persisting Data + Advanced Topics

CLASS 13 (10/24/18)

Prototypal Inheritance

  • Object-oriented code
  • Constructor functions
  • Prototypes

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Week 08
CLASS 14 (10/29/18)

Closures & the module pattern

  • Closures
  • IIFEs
  • Module pattern
  • Context and this

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Additional practice (optional)

  • starter-code > 9-closures-lab folder

    Follow the steps in the app.js file to build a function that uses closures to create sales tax calculators with different sales tax rates built in.

CLASS 15 (10/31/18)

Introduction to CRUD & Firebase

  • CRUD & HTTP
  • Firebase

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Unit 4: Building + Deploying Your App

Week 9
CLASS 16 (11/05/18)

Deploying Your App

  • Converting to a module
  • Transpiling with Babel
  • Deploying to Firebase Hosting

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CLASS 17 (11/07/18)

Final Project Lab

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Week 10
CLASS 18 (11/14/18)

React

  • MVC
  • Thinking in React
  • Components

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Week 11
CLASS 19 (11/19/18)

Final Presentations

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