Intro to Javascript - 2-day Weekend Workshop | Boston

About this workshop

Join us for this 2-day workshop on the JavaScript programming language aimed at beginners with little or no prior programming experience. This workshop provides a rigorous introduction to JavaScript programming fundamentals and a hands-on approach to the JQuery framework. Participants will learn core programming concepts and gain practical experience working with the components of modern web development –JavaScript, HTML and CSS. By the end of the workshop you will have an understanding of how all these technologies work together to create dynamic, professional web applications. Because the primary emphasis of this workshop is on the JavaScript programming language a basic understanding of HTML and CSS is required.

Saturday, June 6, 12:00 p.m. - 5:-00 p.m. – JavaScript & JQuery Fundamentals

• How the web works.
• Front-end Development Components: HTML, CSS & JavaScript.
• Introduction and practice with JavaScript.
• Introduction to JQuery

Sunday, June 7, 12:00 p.m. - 5:-00 p.m. – Making Web Pages Dynamic

• Interacting with the DOM and making web pages dynamic
• Using third-party components/libraries
• Tools for JavaScript development
• Practice, Practice, Practice
• Putting it all together and where to go from here.

Takeaways

• An overview of how the web works and the role the browser plays in this process.
• An understanding of each of the components of modern front-end web development and the role each plays.
• Programming fundamentals using JavaScript.
• Making the web dynamic using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JQuery
• Lots of practical examples and exercises
• A burning desire to continue learning about JavaScript.

Prereqs & Preparation

Basic HTML & CSS experience is required. You don’t need to be a ninja, far from it, but you should be able to make a simple “About us” style web page using HTML and CSS. Check out GA’s HTML/CSS Workshop, GA's Dash or Code Academy to level up.

Bring a laptop to class, (either Mac or PC,) with Chrome web browser and Sublime Text 2 pre-installed and refresh your understanding of basic HTML 5 and CSS 3 concepts.