This document provides an agenda for a workshop on building a virtual pet with JavaScript. The workshop will begin with a review of starter code, cover key JavaScript concepts like variables, objects, functions, and conditionals. Participants will then build their virtual pet app, getting support from instructors. The goal is for participants to learn project-based web development skills through a hands-on project of creating an interactive virtual pet, rather than through drills.

1. Build a Virtual Pet with Javascript
September 2017
Wi-Fi Name: The Department Guest
bit.ly/jspet-phx
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2. Instructor
Sean Jun
Thinkful Graduate
Software Developer, Intel
TA's
Mitch Cravens
Thinkful Mentor
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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 web developers and data
scientists through 1x1 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 (20 min)
Build your app! (40 min)
Go over solutions (10 min)
Next steps (10 min)
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8. Starter code
http://bit.ly/virtual-pet-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
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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
http://bit.ly/tf-virtual-pet
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18. Solution
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