Intro to JavaScript

Gwen Faraday

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Overview

• What is JavaScript?
• What can JavaScript do?
• Basic Math in Programming
• Programming Concepts:
  • Variables & Data Types
  • Statements
  • Loops
  • Functions
  • Comments
• JavaScript on the Web

What is JavaScript?

• Originated in 1995.
• A programming language.
• Created specifically for use with webpages.
• Now you can use it for:
  • Mobile Apps
  • Desktop App
  • Alexa Apps
  • Servers, IoT Devices, VR, Apple TV...

Any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript.

-- Jeff Attwood

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What to do now?

Keep Learning :)

1. Join GirlDevelopIt or freeCodeCampIndy
2. Build as many projects as you can to learn
   1. Look-a-like sites - try to mimic
   2. Reddit - Project Idea Threads
   3. freeCodeCamp
   4. The Odin Project
3. Keep it simple - Don't learn a framework until you have built a few things without one.

Resources

freeCodeCamp

Treehouse Video Learning

Devtips YouTube Channel

DevTips - Series on Building a Website

freeCodeCamp Forum - Podcast