3. About you
What's your name?
What brought you here today?
What is your programming experience?
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4. About Thinkful
We train developers and data scientists through
1x1 mentorship and project-based learning.
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5. Agenda
Learn key Javascript concepts
Go over assignments
Complete assignments with our support!
Go over answer key
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6. How the web works
Type a URL from a client (e.g. google.com)
Browser sends an HTTP request asking for specific files
Browser receives those files and renders them as a website
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8. Example: facebook.com
Client Server
Open browser
and navigate to
facebook.com
HTML, CSS, &
JavaScript render
newsfeed
Request
Response
Algorithm
determines
content of feed.
Sends back
HTML, CSS,
JavaScript files
Application Logic
Initial request
Following response
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9. Example: facebook.com
Client Server
Open browser
and navigate to
facebook.com
HTML, CSS, &
JavaScript render
newsfeed
Request
Response
Algorithm
determines
content of feed.
Sends back
HTML, CSS,
JavaScript files
Application Logic
Initial request
Following response
We'll be writing JavaScript, the code
that the browser uses to run the app
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10. Defining a variable with JavaScript
var numberOfSheep = 20var numberOfSheep = 20
Initialize variable
Name of variable
Value of variable
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12. Declaring a function with JavaScript
function greet() {function greet() {
return "Hello world!"; return "Hello world!";
}}
Initialize function Name of function
What the function does
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18. Parameters within functions
function adder(a, b) {function adder(a, b) {
return a + b; return a + b;
}}
adder(1,2);adder(1,2);
Parameters in declaration
Parameters used
within the function
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