JavaScript Development

Team

• Producers

  • Matt Quinn matt.quinn@generalassemb.ly
  • Christopher Austin christopher.austin@generalassemb.ly

• Instructors

  • Michael Finneran mrfinneran@gmail.com
  • Ray Haarstick ray@relevant.us

• You

Schedule

• September 27th - December 8th
• Tuesday and Thursday
• 6:30 - 9:30 class
• 5:30 - 6:30 office hours
• 51 Melcher St. Boston, MA 02210

What to Bring

• Your laptop (and charger with your name on it!)
• Snacks (in case you get hungry)

Unit Breakdown

Unit	Class	Project Start	Project Deadline
Unit 1: Fundamentals of JavaScript	1 - 7	Project 1: Class 5	Project 1: Class 7
Unit 2: The Browser and APIs	8 - 13	Project 2: Class 12
Unit 3: Persisting Data and Advanced Topics	14 - 17	Final Project: Class 15	Project 2: Class 16
Unit 4: Building and Deploying Your App	18 - 20		Final Project: Class 20

Lesson Breakdown

Class	Lesson		Class	Lesson
Day 1	Installfest		Day 11	Callbacks and Promises
Day 2	Data Types		Day 12	Advanced APIs
Day 3	Conditionals and Loops		Day 13	Project 2 Lab
Day 4	HTML & CSS Review		Day 14	Prototypical Inheritance
Day 5	Functions and Scope		Day 15	Closures and This
Day 6	Project 1 Lab		Day 16	Intro to Crud and Firebase
Day 7	Objects and JSON		Day 17	Deploying Your App
Day 8	Javascript and DOM		Day 18	Instructor Choice
Day 9	jQuery		Day 19	Final Project Lab
Day 10	AJAX and APIs		Day 20	Final Project

Graduation Requirements

In order to successfully complete JSD, students must:

• Submit 80% of homework assignments
• Miss no more than two classes
• Successfully complete the course's final project

Homework

• Homework will be assigned at the end of class and collected at the beginning of the next class.

• Some homeworks will not be collected or graded such as reading assignments.

• Note: while late homeworks will be accepted, they will not receive feedback. Please schedule office hours if you would like feedback on late homework.

Classes

Class 1: Installfest

1. Topics
   • How the internet works
   • JS History
   • JS Development Tools
2. Slides
3. [Assignment] (1-installfest/assignments.md)
4. [Resources] (1-installfest/resources.md)