README.md

Reading material for the first lecture:

In week one we will discuss the following topics:
• Capturing user input
• Basic DOM manipulations[img src, innerHTML]
• Code debugging using the browser
• Events
• Code commenting
• Structuring code files
• Code formatting
• Handing in homework via PR

• Chrome DevTools Debugging

A Refresher from some previous covered topics:

Links to MDN (Mozilla Developer Network) topics:

• Strict mode

Review

Review through the topics of JavaScript1:

JavaScript1 - Week 2

• Variables (var, let, const)
• Basic Data types (Strings, Numbers, Arrays, Booleans)
• Operators
• Naming conventions

JavaScript1 - Week 3

• Advanced data types (objects)
• Conditional execution
  
• Statements vs Expressions
  
• Loops (for/while)
• Functions
• Scope

Required readings

(No reading material available at this time for the crossed-out topics)

• Capturing user input
• Events
• Basic DOM manipulations (img src, innerHTML)
• Code Degugging Using the Browser
• Code commenting
• Structuring code
• Code formatting
• Handing in homework via PR

Recommended readings

These chapters from Eloquent JavaScript give in-depth explanations of the topics that will be discussed during the lecture. Highly recommended (if time permits).

• Chapter 13: JavaScript and the Browser

• Chapter 14: The Document Object Model

  You can skip the following sections:

  • Moving through the tree

• Chapter 15: Handling Events

  Notes: for the lectures and homework you only need to know about these events: click, change, keyup and load.

  You can skip the following sections (but come to these sections when doing the React module):

  • Touch events
  • Scroll events
  • Focus events
  • Events and the Event Loop
  • Debouncing

Please go through the material and come to class prepared!