Programming for Non-Programmers: Get Started | Online
About this workshop
Are you a creative-type or entrepreneur that wishes you could speak tech with your web development team? Maybe you wish you could code a bit yourself? Programming for Non-Programmers is workshop series at General Assembly designed to help non-programmers communicate more efficiently with developers.
This workshop tackles development principles to get you on the right path, by looking at questions like, "Front-end vs. Back-end?", "Is UX necessary for my project?", "What is this JavaScript function thingy, and why am I passing it strange math equations?" About half of the workshop is spent looking at actual code and writing some basic JavaScript, HTML & CSS.
Takeaways
- Front-end programming vs back-end programming
- What coding languages should I use for my next project?
- Which CMS is right for the job?
- What are the stages of development?
- What deliverables do I need to provide my developer? (FYI - This is important and often neglected or done poorly)
- Reading code & basic developing principles to get us started
- 6 concepts of programming that are the found in every programming language
- Understanding Javascript Variables & Functions
- Understanding development best-practices to help discern the value of a developer
Prereqs & Preparation
You must bring a laptop to class (Mac preferred, as the examples on screen will be for the Mac OS).
