brendenwest/it122

IT 122 - Advanced Javascript

Class Details

• Location: Virtual
• Time: M 5:00 - 7:00 pm
• Dates: April 1 - June 14, 2024
• Instructor: Brenden West
• Email: [email protected]
• Credits: 5
• ITC Tutoring Slack - https://tinyurl.com/saea74l

Summary

JavaScript is now widely used for full-stack web development, with Node.js enabling JavaScript server applications and front-end frameworks like React and D3 enabling new and exciting client applications.

This course will cover modern JavaScript technologies, including server-side scripting, automated testing, single-page web applications with MVC structure, package management, and JSON data storage. By quarter's end, students have built a fully-functional client-server application they can showcase.

Requirements

Students should have experience with basic web development skills via IT 121 or comparable experience, including:

• HTML & CSS
• JavaScript language syntax
• HTTP request/response methods
• JQuery selectors & methods

Students will perform extensive hands-on development throughout this course and will require;

• A computer onto which they can install software,
• A working internet connection
• A syntax-highlighting text editor
• A https://github.com account

Note - https://replit.com/ provides free browser-based development environments.

This course will use a range of online materials as needed, including textbooks available free online through https://libguides.seattlecentral.edu/az.php?a=o such as:

• Web Development with Node and Express, 2nd Edition, Ethan Brown

Students can access O'Reilly for Education using these steps:

• Select “O’Reilly for Education”
• In the ‘Select institution’ drop-down menu, select “not listed”
• Create new account (first time) using your @seattlecolleges.edu email address.

Class Structure and Topics

**Course instruction will be virtual hybrid with a Zoom session at scheduled class times to review new material, answer questions, and resolve any issues with completing the homework.

Throughout the week students can reach out to me directly in the SCC tutoring Slack team with questions.

Each week, we'll cover a new topic, building on the previous week's work. We will cover the following topics, although the order and precise list is subject to revision:**

• Node.js overview
• Advanced JS concepts
• Express web applications
• Templating with EJS
• REST APIs & JSON
• Data storage & retrieval with MongoDB
• React single-page-application (SPA) development
• Unit testing
• Application packaging
• TypeScript

Each Monday, you'll be given an assignment to exercise that week's topic. Assignments are due by the end-of-day Sunday of that week. Eact assignment will build on previous ones toward a completed final project.

Most of your grade will come from turning in assignments on time and showing that you tried to solve it using your own original work. Your homework should be completely your own: plagiarism and late submissions may incur a grade penalty.

Homework assignments should be submitted in Canvas as links to your github.com repository. You should use a single repository and branch throughout the course, with clear a 'commit' message for each assignment completion. Use of multiple repositories or branches may result in a grade penalty.

85% of your grade will come from homework and 15% from quizzes.

Reference

• https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-complete-javascript-handbook-f26b2c71719c/
• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/http/index.htm
• http://www.w3schools.com/js
• https://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/default.asp
• http://www.tutorialspoint.com/nodejs/
• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/javascript/
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
• https://react.dev

ADA Accessibility

Students with documented disabilities requesting class accommodations, requiring special arrangements in case of building evacuation, or have emergency medical information the instructor should know about are asked to contact the disability support services office (DSS) in Rm. 1112. Once the disability is verified with DSS you will be given a letter of accommodation that should be handed to your instructor