Intro to Programming: Javascript | Online
About this workshop
Expand your coding toolkit with the No. 1 language in tech.
Step into the world of web development with General Assembly. During our JavaScript-focused workshop, see how it powers dynamic websites and applications through animations, drop-down effects, and more — and why it’s the No. 1 programming language in tech. Through a series of hands-on coding exercises, you’ll:
- Learn how to think like a programmer.
- Understand how data is stored and manipulated using variables.
- Give your programs decision-making ability with Boolean values and conditionals.
- Make repetitive code more elegant with loops.
Chart your own career path. Pick up where this talk leaves off. Design and build a custom site online in our mentor-guided HTML, CSS, & Web Design Circuit. Incorporate JavaScript and code dynamic sites in our part-time, on-campus Front-End Web Development course. Or, go all-in and become a job-ready developer our 12-week, full-time Web Development Immersive program, available on campus and online.
Takeaways
- Gain an overview of the JavaScript landscape and its placement in the web development ecosystem.
- Write expressions that assign and evaluate variables.
- Create branching behavior with conditional expressions.
- Iterate through data collections and repetitive code with loops.
Prereqs & Preparation
Bring a laptop to class (Mac preferred but not required).
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