This document outlines an agenda for a workshop to build a virtual pet with Javascript. The workshop will be led by instructor Jake Askew and will include reviewing starter code, learning key Javascript concepts like variables, objects, and functions, building an app to care for a virtual pet, and going over solutions. Attendees will learn how to define and work with variables, objects, and basic functions as well as conditional logic. The goal is to collaboratively build a functional virtual pet application using Javascript.

1. Build a Virtual Pet with Javascript
June 2017
Wi-Fi: TechSquare Labs
Pass: bu1ldsometh1ngb1g
http://bit.ly/virtual-pet-tf
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2. Instructor
Jake Askew
Thinkful Graduate
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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7. Agenda
Starter code review (5 min)
Learn key Javascript concepts (25 min)
Build your app! (40 min)
Go over solutions (10 min)
Next steps (10 min)
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8. Starter code
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9. Defining a variable with Javascript
var firstVariable = 20
Initialize variable
Name of variable
Value of variable
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10. More about variables
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11. Introducing our pet "object"
Name
"Thinkpup"
Weight
6
Happiness
0
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12. Working with objects
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13. Basic functions
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14. If, then, else
pet is hungry feed it
go to park
if true
if false
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15. Conditionals example
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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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