Introduction to Javascript & jQuery

NOTE: This is a three day course, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. You are paying to attend all 3 days.

Bring headphones!Session 1: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 6:30-8:30pm. (Dinner provided)

Session 2: Friday, May 16th, 2014 6:30-8:30pm. (Dinner provided)

Session 3: Saturday, May 17th, 2014 1:00-5:00pm. (Lunch provided)

JavaScript is a the language of interactivity on the web. Ever used Google Maps? Clicked on something to make it appear or hide? Seen a slideshow of images? You've used JavaScript!

You'll begin learning to develop interactive websites in this introductory course. We will be covering basic JavaScript and jQuery, as well as dynamic HTML, JSON and APIs. (If you don't know what any of those acronyms mean, don't worry... this is the class for you!)

SPONSORED BY:
DevMountain has graciously offered some great perks & swag for our Javascript class. All attendees of this class will receive:

~ $500 scholarship for DevMountain's Summer Web/Core or Fall Web/Core classes (SLC, or Provo)
~ 50% off of DevMountain's online course
~ Free Javascript: the Good Parts book (http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1397715748&sr=1-5&keywords=javascript)

HOSTED BY:
Food and space is being generously provided by Instructure (http://www.instructure.com/):

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They have a gorgeous building and a central location near I-215. They are also providing us with dinner Thursday-Friday and lunch on Saturday. We are incredibly grateful for their support!

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Your laptop and charger
• Headphones
• Wifi & power strips will be provided
• If you do not already have Google Chrome or Firefox, install it before class.
• We will be using Sublime Text 2 ( http://www.sublimetext.com/2 ) in class.

If you need help getting your computer set up, we recommend stopping by our Code & Coffee which will likely be a week or two before and have one of our volunteers help get you set up.

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INSTRUCTOR:
Brian Holt is presently the redditgifts front-end developer at reddit. This essentially means he gets paid to use JavaScript, CSS, and HTML to help you connect to the world around you, gain deep and meaningful insight, and look at cat pictures for hours. When not saving the world one line of JavaScript at time, Brian loves to ski, mountain bike, trail run, and hang out with his wife and Havanese puppy. Brian is currently a resident of Salt Lake City, UT.

A very special thanks to our teacher, Brian Holt! He will be donating his proceeds from this class to our chapter fund so we can offer scholarships!

POST CLASS QUESTIONS:
Join us at our Hack Night on May 28th to ask follow up after the class. TAs from this class will be available to assist with any questions.

QUESTIONS?
We're here to help! If you have additional questions or would like to talk further before signing up for a class, please contact Stacie Farmer (stacie@girldevelopit.com) or Zara Johnson (zara@girldevelopit.com).

NOTE: If we have less than 5 people signed up for this class up to a week before the starting date, it will be postponed for a later date.