This is Part 2 of the JavaScript Workshop Series
Description
This comprehensive workshop will be a mix of lectures, pair programming, and hands-on exercises building your webpage, and will be taught by Brenda Jin, Senior Application Engineer at Slack and Jessica Parsons, Web Development Instructor for JobTrain.
We will go from 10:00am to 5:00pm on Saturday. Lunch will be provided.
By the end of this course, you will be able to use JavaScript to:
1) animate web pages
2) accept and validate user input
3) change the web pages based on user input
Prerequisites: Attendees should be comfortable with HTML/CSS fundamentals (HTML tags and attributes, CSS selectors) and JavaScript fundamentals (syntax, arrays, objects, functions, conditionals, loops).
This class will begin by reviewing the solution to the JS Part 1 take home assignment. Students are expected to review the assignment and attempt to complete it before class. The assignment can be found here: http://www.teaching-materials.org/javascript/exercises/creditcard.html
You can review fundamental concepts online at a few places:
• HTML/CSS: Khan Academy's HTML/CSS course, Codecademy's HTML/CSS course, GDI SF HTML/CSS slides
• JS: Codecademy's JS course, Khan Academy's Intro to JS course, GDI SF JS Part 1 Slides
Tech requirements: Your laptop (Mac, PC, or Linux are all okay. If you don't have one of those, please let us know in advance) and charger. A modern web browser - either Chrome or Firefox.A text editor. We recommend Sublime Text 2 (free; available for both Mac and PC) or Notepad++ (PC).
Payment is required to attend. If you'd like to attend but cannot afford the cost, request a scholarship. Due to the amount of applications, only the scholarship recipient will receive an email a few days before the workshop. Thank you for your understanding!
