Advanced JavaScript Course Introduction SoftUni Team Technical Trainers Software University

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Table of Contents 1.Course Objectives 2.Course Program 3.Trainers Team 4.Examination 5.Learning Resources 3

Front-End Level at the Software University 36 credits Web Fundamentals ( HTML + CSS + WordPress ) Lectures + TW + labs + exam 4 weeks * 3 times 6 credits JavaScript Basics Lectures + TW + labs + exam 4 weeks * 3 times 6 credits JavaScript Applications Lectures + TW + labs + exam 4 weeks * 3 times 8 credits Advanced JavaScript Lectures + labs + exam 3 weeks * 3 times 8 credits JavaScript Frameworks Lectures + TW + labs + exam 5 weeks * 3 times 8 credits

Advanced JavaScript Course Objectives & Program

6 1.Course Introduction – course program, exams, trainers, evaluation, resources 2.Functions and Function Expressions – advanced functions, IIFE, scopes, closures 3.Working with DOM – access / create / edit / delete elements 4.Working with Events – basics event handling 5.How to simulate OOP in JS? – OOP, objects, prototypes, function constructor, this 6.Prototype chain and Inheritance in JavaScript – prototype chain, inheritance Advanced JavaScript – Course Program

7 7.JS Design Patterns – module, revealing module, revealing prototype patterns 8.JS Best Practices – naming, scoping, this, variables, strict mode 9.Lab – working with JS modules 10.Exam Preparation 11.RequireJS – AMD, RequireJS, defining modules, defining dependent modules 12.Practical Exam – Implementing JavaScript modules Advanced JavaScript – Course Program (2)

8  The "Advanced JavaScript" course is NOT for absolute beginners  Take the "JavaScript Basics" course at SoftUni first:  The course is for beginners, but requires previous coding skills  Requirements  Coding skills – entry level  Computer English – entry level  Logical thinking Warning: Not for Absolute Beginners

The Trainers Team

10  Bogomil Dimitrov  Part-time SoftUni  Top performing student from the SoftUni (2014)  Studying Business IT in NBU  Yordan Darakchiev  Technical Software University  Top performing graduate from the Telerik Software Academy (2013)  Top performing student at the Software University (2014) Trainers Team

11  Volunteer teaching assistants  Developers from the software industry  Scholarship students from SoftUni Volunteer Teaching Assistants

Advanced JavaScript: More Details Duration, Languages, Technologies

13  Lectures: ~ 10 hours (onsite + YouTube videos)  Practical exercises (in class): ~ 10 hours  Homework: ~ hours  Exam preparation: 4 hours  Exam: 4 hours  Schedule: February 2016  Exam date: 21 February 2016 Training Duration – Advanced JavaScript

14  Why the slides are in English?  English is the native language of the software engineers  Specific terminology should be in English  Translations are inaccurate and funny  Just learn English!  No excuses Why English?

Advanced JavaScript Evaluation Criteria

16  Exam – 90 %  Homework + evaluation – 5 % + 5 %  Presence in class: 5% (onsite students only)  Bonuses: up to 10 % Scoring System for the "Advanced JavaScript"

17  1-2 practical problems for 4 hours  You should implement several modules  Your project should be written in JavaScript  Your project should correctly follow the principles of high-quality code  You are not allowed to use external libraries  Practical programming exam  The total exam score comes from code review by the SoftUni team Advanced JavaScript Exam

18  Doing your homework is very important!  Programming can only be learned through a lot of practice!  You should write code every day!  Each lecture is followed by a few exercises  Try to solve them in class  The rest are your homework  Homework assignments are due in 1 week after each lecture  Submission will be accepted through our web site: softuni.bgsoftuni.bg Homework Assignments

19  Give feedback to a few random homework submissions  Students submit homework anonymously  Please exclude your name from the submissions!  For each homework submitted  Students evaluate 3 random homeworks  From the same topic, after the deadline  Give written feedback, at least 200 characters  Low-quality feedback  report for punishment  Everyone will get feedback for their homework Homework Peer Reviews

Resources What We Need Additionally?

21  The Advanced JavaScript official web site:  Register for the "Software University Forum":  Discuss the course exercises with your colleagues  Find solutions for all course exercises  Share source code / discuss ideas / help each other Course Web Site & Forums

22  All lecture slides, videos, homework assignments, projects and other resources are open content, available for free  Visit the course web site to access the course resources JavaScript OOP Slides and Videos

 Mozilla Development Network (MDN)   Web Platform   JavaScript Books  JavaScript: The Definitive Guide JavaScript: The Definitive Guide  JavaScript: The Good Parts JavaScript: The Good Parts  JavaScript Patterns JavaScript Patterns 23 JavaScript Resources

24  Software University Learning System (SULS)   Important resource for students  Homework submissions  Homework check-up  Exams and results  Reports about your progress  … Software University Learning System (SULS)

25  Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015  Sublime Text  WebStorm  Komodo IDE Recommended Software

26  The "Advanced JavaScript" course teaches  How to simulate OOP in JavaScript  Training program  Advanced functions, OOP, prototype, inheritance, design patterns, RequireJS, best practices  Practical exam  Implementing JavaScript modules  Learning resources  Lectures, videos, software, books, forum Summary

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License  This course (slides, examples, demos, videos, homework, etc.) is licensed under the "Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International" licenseCreative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 28  Attribution: this work may contain portions from  “JavaScript OOP" course by Telerik Academy under CC-BY-NC-SA licenseJavaScript OOPCC-BY-NC-SA

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