Structure

• 8 Digital Sessions (Google Classroom), each session is 2 weeks long
   
• 2 Components to each session
  • Self-learning component: Javascript as a Language
  • Guided-learning: Full-stack concepts + Q&A sessions (every Wednesday 16-18)
    • The first Q&A will be on 22.04.2020 on our Google Classroom "Stream"
    • Subsequent Q&As (starting Week 2) will be 1-1 appointments (15 mins each) between 16h -18h

Intro

Self-Learning Component

• Book: Eloquent Javascript - A Modern Introduction to Programming (2nd Edition)by Marijn Haverbeke
  • Completely Open Source

  •  DE: Die Kunst der JavaScript-Programmierung: Eine moderne Einführung in die Sprache des Web
     

• Chapters Covered: 1-6
   
• Coding Exercises
  • ​​To be submitted on Google Classroom (see Classroom Intro video in the 'Getting Started' section.
  • See end of Chapters for Homework (starting at Chp. 2)
     

Workflow

Source: https://eloquentjavascript.net/2nd_edition/

Guided-Learning Component

Focus on introducing the wider theme of Full-Stack javascript, mainly:

• Architecture
• Concepts/Language
• Versioning
• Front-& Backend programming
• Testing
• Deployment

Workflow

Semester Project and Report

• Project will be introduced in detail in the 5th Session
   
• Shared on Github
   
• In essence, we will be: developing a distributed communication and visualisation system with Node.js, MongoDB, and P5.js

Intro

Final project result

About Me

This is me.

• Originally from Lahore, Pakistan
   
• Finished my Undergraduate in 2017 at Skidmore College, NY, USA
  • Double major: Geosciences and Physics,
  • Minor in Music
     
• Programmer since I was 4 y/o
   
• Founder of a tech startup in Halle - Adsata
  • https://adsata.com
     
• Projektmanager at Institute für Technologie- und Wissenstransfer, MLU (Univations GmbH)

Closing Remarks

Introduce yourself under the "personal introductions" post on OUR Classroom stream

Tell us:

• Your full name,
• What you study and in which semester are in your your programme,
• Your hobbies
• Why do you want to learn full-stack javascript?