Student Resources

General Assembly San Francisco JavaScript Development 7

• Monday, May 1 - Wednesday, July 12
• Holidays: 5/29, 7/3

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Useful links

• Exit ticket
• Snack signup

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Office Hours

• Monday & Wednesday, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
• Larissa will be in our classroom (#3) unless Front Lines is in the process of setting it up. If you don't see her, message her on Slack to find out where she is.
• Other office hours available by appointment with Larissa or Sasha.

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Course calendar

Includes all scheduled classes and holidays, as well as snack signups. To use:

1. Copy the following calendar link:

   webcal://p53-calendars.icloud.com/published/2/ppU-0uuDcbghoGN_CLlM732wjo0BjHwyIm2F2FxOpkhf7BstfrBmU1KPhQuue0MipdWitfMjL1abMtX-PJtZteKsq9oMq9JNwJBMZ8SOlOc

2. In your calendar program, select the option to subscribe to a calendar, then paste the copied link as the calendar to subscribe to.

   • Google Calendar: Other Calendars (sidebar) > Add by URL
   • macOS Calendar: File > New Calendar Subscription

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Resources provided in the folder for each class:

README.md

Homework assignments, prereading for the next class, and additional resources on the topics covered

starter-code folder

Starting files for codealongs and labs we do in class, as well as for homework assignments

solution-code folder

Solution files for codealongs we do together in class

JS-SF-7-##-[topic].pdf

Slide deck used in class, where ## is the class number and [name] describes the topics covered
(note that the PDF for each class will be posted just before that class)

Other .md files

Instructions, lists of commands, or other resources relevant to the topics covered

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The order of topics may change slightly during the course, but following is a general outline of the topics we will cover and the order in which we'll do that:

Unit 1: Fundamentals of JavaScript

• Class 00: Installfest
• Class 01: Command line JavaScript
• Class 02: Data types & loops
• Class 03: Conditionals & functions
• Class 04: Scope & closures
• Class 05: Slack bot lab (Unit 1 project)

 Unit 1 project: Slack bot

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Unit 2: The browser & APIs

• Class 06: Objects & JSON
• Class 07: Intro to the DOM
• Class 08: Intro to jQuery & templating
• Class 09: Ajax & APIs
• Class 10: Asynchronous JavaScript & callbacks

 Unit 2 project: API-consuming app

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Unit 3: Persisting data & advanced topics

• Class 11: Advanced APIs
• Class 12: Feedr lab
• Class 13: Prototypal inheritance
• Class 14: The module pattern & this
• Class 15: Intro to CRUD and Firebase

 no Unit 3 project; the Unit 4 project is the capstone for both Units 3 and 4

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Unit 4: Building and deploying your app

• Class 16: Deploying your app
• Class 17: TBD (instructor-student choice)
• Class 18: Final project lab
• Class 19: Final project presentations & graduation!

 Unit 4 project: Single-page app that consumes data from an API and persists user data via Firebase

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