The Basics and Fundamentals

Week Zero A

The beginning with Javascript, CLI, NPM, Expressions, Data Types and George Polya

• Orientation
• Developing Strong Learning Habits
• Terminal Basics
• VS Code Cheatsheet
• Intro to Javascript
• Hello World and Syntax
• Using Nodes
• Intro to Test Specs
• App Academy Workflow
• NPM Initialization
• NPM Package Installation
• NPM Updating and Running Packages
• NPM Scripts
• Expression Objectives
• Number Primitive Data Type
• Math Glossary
• Boolean Primitive Data Type
• Comparison Operators
• String Learning Objectives
• String Primitive Data Type
• Variables
• String interpolation and Template Literals
• Null and Undefined Data Types
• Intro to Functions
• Invoking Functions
• Order of Function Execution
• Parameters and Arguments
• Online Resources and Documentation
• Problem Solving Objectives
• Asking Great Questions
• George Polya 4 Step
• Intro to Pseudocode
• Commenting Code
• How to Study

Week 0B

The Second Week

• Conditionals
• Mutually Exclusive Code
• Basic Loops
• Non Standard Loops
• Commiting
• Basic Git Reference
• Common Git Problems
• Array Objectives
• Array
• Debugging Basics
• Mutability
• Array push method in Javascript
• Javascript Style Guide