Javascript: 101

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Javascript: 101

Course organiser: Parag Shah

About the Course Organiser:

I have an MS in Computer Science, and work as an independant programmer and mentor. I have been working for more than a decade mainly in the Java ecosystem.

More recently I am researching how we can utilize the potential of the web and new media technologies to facilitate open, collaborative learning.

No of Seats:

-1

Course Status:

Completed

Members

Ryan	Ryan	Scott	Aj Ba	Maya
Seth	Sujat	Kent	Sarah	Steve
steph	Roman	Richa	rolan	Terup
Thor	Tiang	Todd	Todd	Marcu
Tracy	Tyler	Tyler	vaibh	Vange

This course will cover basic concepts of Javascript programming and the DOM (document object model)

Summary

Update: We have created a course website to organize this course over the next 6 weeks.

Javascript began as a language to program web pages, but now it has become much more than that. There are server side frameworks for creating entire applications in Javascript, and testing frameworks which allow us to write scripts in Javascripts, and the original intent of creating dynamic web pages with Javascript as well.

The course content will consist of a series of video talks delivered by Douglas Crockford on Javascript programming. I have orgamized these videos in the form of a course on this website.

The basic process of learning and participation will be as follows:
1. Watch a video which explains certain Javascript concepts
2. Reflect on what you learned and blog your notes/reflections. If you have the time read the blog post of one or more other participants and engage them in a technical conversation.
3. Do the homework which may be a quiz and/or a small programming assignment
4. Upload the programming assignment to any open source repository
5. Write a blog post to describe how you approached the assignment, what doubts you had while doing the assignment, and anything related to the assignment.
6. In this entire process of you have any questions, technical, or otherwise, please post them on th forum
7. Along with asking questions, please also try and answer other participant's question whenever you can. Remember teaching is a great way to learn.

The blog posts and assignments uploaded on open source repositories will become your "proof of learning".

Course Schedule:

Week 1:

Week 2

http://www.diycomputerscience.com/courses/course/JAVASCRIPT/competency/186

Week 3

http://www.diycomputerscience.com/courses/course/JAVASCRIPT/competency/187

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Backlog and recap

Learning objectives

This course covers basic concepts of Javascript programming, along with the DOM (document object model). The purpose of the course is to understand the syntax, capabilities, and limitations of Javascript, and to lay the foundations of becoming a good Javascript programmer.