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The First Session

Goals:

  • introduce the class and set expectations
  • meet all the students and get a feel for their skill levels
  • prioritize all the work
  • get them used to working in pair and using TDD

Signup

Will need a signup sheet to gather emails and invite to Trello

Introductions

Introduction of management and instructors

Management talks about the why of the course

Instructor talks about the what of the course

  • going to teach front-end development and the associated technologies i.e. JavaScript, Jasmine, jQuery
  • going to teach Agile principles and practices TDD, Pair-programming

Instructor talks about the how of the course

  • going to teach this course in an Agile fashion
  • there will be cards with curriculum that the class will prioritize
  • new cards can be added by anyone
  • cards will be tracked on Trello
  • cards will be developed on GitHub

Student Introductions

Go around the room and have the students introduce themselves telling the class

  • name
  • what their background and skill set is, particularly as it relates to development
  • why they are here and what they hope to learn

The Grand Prioritization

Put Trello on the projector

  • explain how it all works
  • explain that they will all be added
  • have the class shout out what they think the priority should be

Break

Getting Your Feet Wet

A coding exercise Go to tryjasmine.com Code FizzBuzz using TDD and Jasmine

  • do not pair, the goal is to get a feel for the skill level of the students

Retro

What did we learn? Good? Bad? Ugly?