Sam De Maeyer
Software Enthusiast
Quick Introduction
JavaScript is a scripting language that enables you to create dynamically updating content, control multimedia, animate images, and pretty much everything else.
What Is JavaScript?
(And what is it used for?)
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What do we use it for?
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CLI tools
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Web servers
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Presentations
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Video games
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Artificial intelligence
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Virtual reality
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Desktop applications
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Creating interactive web apps
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Animations
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Image carousels and sliders
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Data visualization
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Form validations
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Mobile apps
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Back-end development (API's)
... and so much more!
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Let's use it for fun. (web)
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- Come up with a concept/project
- Choose your tools
- Build it
- Extend it
- Improve it
- Do it again
: Tic Tac Toe
: Vanilla Js
: Add a test suite
: Refactor
: Use diffirent technologies
Let's use it for fun. (web)
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- Wedding web app
- Photo gallery
- Extended photo gallery
- Thinking outside the box: Advanced analog clock
Let's use it for fun. (CLI)
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- Come up with a concept/project
- Choose your tools
- Build it
- Extend it
- Improve it
- Do it again
: Talking Animals
: Node.js (CLI)
: Make them tell jokes
: Refactor, Add tests
: Some day
What type of tree can fit in your hand?
A palm tree.
What else do we use it for?
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Plugins:
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Browser plugin
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VSCode plugin
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Photoshop plugin
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Document generation
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Chat Bots
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Hardware controls
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Coding Time
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Thanks (The end)
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Coding Joys: JavaScript Beyond the Office
By Sam De Maeyer
