This document provides an agenda for building a virtual pet with JavaScript. It introduces key JavaScript concepts like variables, objects, functions, and conditionals. It also discusses starter code for a virtual pet application and provides a link to work on the first step of building the pet together. The goal is for participants to learn programming skills through a hands-on project.

1. Build a Virtual Pet with JavaScript
February 2018
bit.ly/jspet-phx
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2. About us
Joe Previte
Digital Marketing Manager, Web Developer
Thinkful Instructor
Dave Hoel, TA
Software Developer
Thinkful Graduate
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3. About you
What's your name?
What's your goal?
What is your coding background?
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4. About Thinkful
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5. This is what we're making
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6. Agenda
Starter code review
Learn key JavaScript concepts
Build your app!
Go over solutions
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7. Starter code
bit.ly/virtual-pet-starter-code
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8. Defining a variable with JavaScript
var firstVariable = 20
Initialize variable
Name of variable
Value of variable
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9. More about variables
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10. Introducing our pet "object"
Name
"Thinkpup"
Weight
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Happiness
0
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11. Working with objects
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12. Basic functions
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13. If, then, else
pet is hungry feed it
go to park
if true
if false
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14. Conditionals example
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15. Real developers use Google... a lot
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16. Let's work on the first step together
bit.ly/tf-virtual-pet
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17. Solution
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18. Ways to keep learning
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