Introduction to JavaScript

What you'll get

• One live class a week — the rest is yours, at your own pace
• Four study days a week, spread out: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday
• Twelve weeks, one assignment a week, nothing skipped
• Your work lives on GitHub from week two — a portfolio, not a certificate
• Automatic checks on eight of the twelve assignments
• Two mini projects and a final project you demo live
• Mentors and a Discord that answers when you are stuck at 11pm

Week by week

One assignment a week. Weeks marked with a star count toward your certificate.

1. 1Getting startedHello, me — your first program
2. 2Variables, data types and operatorsUnit converter, and your first push to GitHub
3. 3Making decisions and repeating workGrade calculator
4. 4FunctionsFunction workout — and rewriting week 3 with them
5. 5ArraysArray workout: map, filter, reduce, sort
6. 6Mini project 1Expense tracker, end to end
7. 7Objects and classesModel something you actually know
8. 8Debugging and errorsBug hunt — seven planted bugs, no AI allowed
9. 9Async JavaScriptFetch live data from a public API
10. 10Node.js and npmFirst Node script + final project proposal
11. 11Mini project 2A command-line tool people would use
12. 12Final projectShip it, then demo it at Demo Day

Who this is for

• SHS and university students
• Recent graduates and young professionals
• Complete beginners with no coding experience