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Front End Engineering is not difficult, but it is hard.
Front End Engineering is not difficult, but it is hard.
== Projects ==
== Projects ==
We learn by doing. Get involved!
We learn by doing. Get involved!
* Porting the FAQ to Github [https://github.com/comp-lang-javascript/ Get involved]!
* Porting the FAQ to Github [https://github.com/comp-lang-javascript/ Get involved]!

Revision as of 14:55, 10 June 2014

JavaScript Class

Teacher: Garrett Smith   @xkit (follow & mention). LinkedIn: Garrett Smith (endorsements welcome) Web: http://dhtmlkitchen.com/ email: dhtmlkitchen at gmail.com

When: Friday: 7-9pm, Sunday: 10-11:30 AM

Where: Noisebridge, 2169 Mission St, San Francisco


Course Overview

This course covers the fundamentals of the EcmaScript programming language (ECMAScript spec), the DOM (DOM 3 spec), and object-oriented design. It is intended for experienced web developers and programmers of other languages, however all are welcome.


List of Classes

Please read the list of classes and each lesson's linked notes to decide what you want to study.


Resources

Reference specifications are used extensively. These are linked from the JavaScript resources page. Read them daily.


Behavior

Ask Questions. Interact.

Read the individual classes. Each class lesson is chosen by students at the start of class and will adjusted to meet the students' needs. Get involved! Noisebridge is a Do-ocracy.

Motivation

While there might be many reasons to come to JavaScript class, the most common reason is to learn. And generally, that is best motivated by increasing one's monetary earning potential.

Programming is neither healthy nor enjoyable. So students of casual interest will probably not see much advancement is this class. However students who direct sufficient anger to the task of learning JavaScript may excel enough to attain an increase in professional level of skill.

Front End Engineering is not difficult, but it is hard.

Projects

We learn by doing. Get involved!