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W17 // JAVASCRIPT: FIRST CONTACT

JAN 6 · Ch 7 Sec 1-4 · DUE: First scripts in repo

This week's deckPPTX

// RUN OF SHOW (8:45-10:15)
8:45

Stand-up: last week's deliverable graded, questions answered

9:00

This week's presentation

9:20

At the keyboard: guided type-along

9:45

Build time: assignment or project work

10:10

Close: commit, push, and preview next week's reading

// THE POINT THIS WEEK
What JS is. Embedding scripts. Output. Variables and types.
// TALKING POINTS
A third language
  • HTML structures, CSS styles, JavaScript acts
  • A script tag at the end of body is how JS enters the page
  • console.log is your voice; DevTools console is where it echoes
Variables are named boxes
  • let name = 'Ada' stores a string; let age = 14 stores a number
  • The label stays, the contents change
  • Types matter: '2' + 2 is '22', and that surprise is a rite of passage
// LINKS