Saturday, February 28, 2015
10:00am – 4:00pm
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Code Crew introduces Intro to JavaScript Programming: Intensive Workshop
Curious about Javascript and what the powerful programming language has to offer? Join us for an intensive one-day crash course where you’ll be immersed in the language through a mixture of brief lectures and programming exercises.
This course is perfect for aspiring developers or entrepreneurs with no technical experience or those looking to get a refresher in JavaScript.
What You'll Learn:
- Learn syntax and key programming concepts such as the use of variables, data types, conditional statements, loops, functions, arrays and objects to build a dynamic program.
- Learn how to use JavaScript in the browser and how to add interactivity.
- Learn about the DOM and how to tranverse it.
- Learn how to use JavaScript libraries like jQuery to make working with JavaScript easier
- Learn about common best practices for using the language.
- Version control with Git and Github
- How to use a text editor and the command line
- Learn how to work with the Chrome Inspector and JavaScript console to debug your code
- Learn how to use APIs to add real world data to your applications.
Logistics:
Prerequisites:
• Laptop Computer + Charger
• Download Sublime Text and Google Chrome on your machine
• Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS
Instructor: Jamal O'Garro
Jamal O'Garro is a former finance guy turned creative professional, turned hacker that loves entrepreneurship and NYC startup culture and has worked for several well funded NYC startups. He is a huge fan of full-stack web development with JavaScript and enjoys building with Angular, Node and Ruby on Rails.
He has taught all additional topics at several web development schools in New York City. For fun Jamal likes to write and backtest simple algo trading strategies in Python, attend hackathons and continue teaching himself (and others) how to code. In his spare spare time (whenever that is) he likes to read, blog, shoot street photography and make documentary films.
Refund Policy: All refunds must be requested 7 days before the event.