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 11

Unit 1: Fundamentals of JavaScript

Week 01
CLASS 00 (09/06/17)

Installfest:

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

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Week 02
CLASS 01 (09/11/17)

The Command Line:

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

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CLASS 02 (09/13/17)

Data Types:

  • Numbers, strings, and arrays
  • Variables

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Week 03
CLASS 03 (09/18/17)

Loops & Conditionals:

  • for and forEach loops
  • if/else statements
  • Boolean logic
  • Truthy and falsy values

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CLASS 04 (09/20/17)

Functions & Scope:

  • Function declarations, function expressions, and arrow functions
  • Parameters and arguments
  • The return statement
  • Global, local, and block scope
  • let, var, and const

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Week 04
CLASS 05 (09/25/17)

Slackbot Lab:

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

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CLASS 06 (09/27/17)

Objects & JSON:

  • Objects
  • JSON

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Unit 2: The Browser and APIs

Week 05
CLASS 07 (10/02/17)

Introduction to the DOM:

  • Document Object Model vs HTML code
  • DOM Manipulation with JavaScript

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CLASS 08 (10/04/17)

Introduction to jQuery:

  • Selecting elements with jQuery
  • jQuery methods
  • Chaining

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Week 06
CLASS 09 (10/09/17)

Advanced jQuery & Templating:

  • jQuery & Events
  • Event Delegation
  • Implicit Iteration
  • Template Literals

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CLASS 10 (10/11/17)

Ajax & APIs:

  • HTTP verbs
  • APIs
  • Creating a Fetch request
  • Using jQuery for an Ajax request
  • Separation of concerns

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Week 07
CLASS 11 (10/16/17)

Asynchronous JavaScript & Callbacks:

  • Passing and accepting functions as callbacks
  • Promises & Fetch

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Unit 3: Persisting Data + Advanced Topics

CLASS 12 (10/18/17)

Advanced APIs:

  • OAuth
  • Geolocation
  • API-specific events

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Week 08
CLASS 13 (10/23/17)

In-class lab: Feedr:

  • Project 2 overview
  • ES6 Template Literals

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CLASS 14 (10/25/17)

Closures & the module pattern:

  • Object oriented code
  • Closures
  • IIFEs
  • Module pattern

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Additional practice (optional)

  • starter-code > 7-person-module folder: Build a module that creates a person by following the steps in the app.js file.
  • starter-code > 8-iife-exercise folder: Build a function that logs the value of a counter variable, using both the let and var keywords. A classic JavaScript brain teaser.
Week 09
CLASS 15 (10/30/17)

Introduction to CRUD & Firebase:

  • CRUD & HTTP
  • Firebase

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Unit 4: Building + Deploying Your App

Week 09
CLASS 16 (11/01/17)

Deploying Your App:

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

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Week 10
CLASS 17 (11/06/17)

React:

  • Model-View-Controller
  • Components & component hierarchies

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