JavaScript 101
Agenda
- Introductions
- Write a program using `pseudocode`
- A brief introduction to JavaScript
- What is Google Apps Script (GAS)
- Take Home Project - Birthday Checker
Who is this workshop for?
- Beginners
- Anyone that is learning the basics of JavaScript and you want to apply your skills.
Goals and Takeaways
- Learn how to think programmatically
- Gain an understanding of how programs operate
- This workshop doesn't focus on teaching syntax and writing code on your own. We will focus on fitting together all the pieces of a program.
About Me
Introductions
- State your Name
- What you currently do as a living (skipping this is fine as well)
- And...an interesting fact about yourself!
Pseudocode
What is Pseudocode?
- Pseudocode is an informal set of instructions that describes how a program operates in simple English!
- It is used by many programmers in the early development stages of a new application.
- Let's take a look at an example.
Pseudocode - Make Coffee
- Write a program for “Rusty”, our personal life-sized robot. The program is called “make coffee”. When you tell Rusty to “make coffee” Rusty will make a fresh pot of hot coffee!
Pseudocode for "Make Coffee" Program
- Locate the coffee maker in the kitchen.
- Fill the coffee pot with water using the nearby sink.
- Pour the water from the coffee pot into the coffee maker.
- Locate the coffee filter in the kitchen.
- Place the coffee filter in the coffee maker.
- Find the coffee grinds in the nearby blue container.
- Measure the coffee grinds to make a full pot of coffee.
- Place the coffee grinds into the coffee maker.
- Place the coffee pot in the proper position in the coffee maker
- Click the “brew coffee” button.