Build a Web App with JavaScript & jQuery

1. Build an App with Javascript & jQuery
August 2017
Wi-Fi Name: Cross Camp.us Events
http://bit.ly/jquery-LA

2. Instructor
Megan Buzzas
Thinkful Student
Freelance developer
TA's
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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
Thinkful helps people become developers or data scientists
through one-on-one mentorship and project-based learning
These workshops are built using this approach.
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5. Suggestions for learning
Don't treat this as a drill, we're making something real
Don't get discouraged, struggle leads to mastery
Don't be shy, take full advantage of our support
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6. This is what we're making
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http://bit.ly/jQueryDCFinal
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7. Agenda
Go over starter code (10 min)
Learn key jQuery & Javascript concepts (30 min)
Build your app! (30 min)
Go over solutions (10 min)
Next steps (10 min)
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8. Starter code
http://bit.ly/tf-shopping-list
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9. Quick HTML/CSS Refresher
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http://bit.ly/tf-html-refresher
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10. Starter code walkthrough
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11. Think of our HTML as a "tree"
<div>
list-content
<input>
item-input
<ul>
shopping-list
<button>
add-item
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12. What is Javascript? What is jQuery?
<input>
<ul>
shopping-list <button>
<li>
String
cheese
<li>
Summer
sausage
<li>
Chicken
nuggets
<div>
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13. "Grabbing" a section directly
$('.shopping-list')
jQuery always starts with this
Element to grab
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14. jQuery walkthrough
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http://bit.ly/tf-jquery-refresher
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15. Attaching an "Event Listener"
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http://bit.ly/tf-jquery-events
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16. Real developers use Google... a lot
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17. Let's work on the first step together
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18. Solution
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