Girl Develop It Philadelphia

This two-part course runs on Saturday, September 22 and Sunday, September 23 from 12:45pm to 5pm. Each day includes a 30-minute break. You've completed Intro to JS and are ready for the next level! Join us for a dive into the more advanced aspects of JavaScript. Prerequisite: You must have an understanding of JavaScript basics in order to benefit from this intermediate-level class. Students who have taken our Intro to JavaScript class and feel comfortable with the basics are good candidates for this course. Take this JavaScript Basics Quiz and share your score with us when signing up (http://cfarm.github.io/gdi-js-quiz/). Topics we'll cover: • JS tools for testing, "linting," and minification • Code organization, clean code, and debugging • Design patterns • Code performance • AJAX requests and synchronous vs asynchronous processes • Regular expressions • Cookie management • Introductions to MVC frameworks (Angular, React, etc), Node.js, libraries (jQuery), test-driven development, and object-oriented programming Tech Requirements: • Your laptop. (Note: a netbook or tablet is NOT a substitute!) • A modern browser such as Chrome (https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/) or Firefox (http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) installed. • A text editor. We recommend Sublime Text 3 (http://www.sublimetext.com/2) (It's free and available for Mac/PC/Linux). About the teacher: Catherine Farman has been building websites for over half her life, starting with HTML cobbled together on Geocities. Cat is currently a Technology & Innovation Fellow and Front End Developer for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where she builds standards-based websites using HTML, CSS and Javascript to help protect consumers in the financial marketplace. Cat teaches responsive web design, Javascript, and Sass courses for Girl Develop It. When she's not at a computer she likes to sew and watch soccer. Find her on Twitter @cfarm. Refunds offered only in case of emergency, class rescheduling, or class cancellation. Unemployed or in financial distress and interested in taking this class? Apply for a scholarship (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDRJNXNIYmJ0Mkk1WmxzZUUyN29faUE6MQ#gid=0). Want to help out at this class? We're always looking for TA's! Contact the organizer at [masked] All attendees are expected to abide by the Girl Develop It Code of Conduct (http://www.girldevelopit.com/codeofconduct).