JS Skills: From Novice to Guru The “how-to” algorithm

“Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime” “Confucius”

The algorithm Develop a skill =“consistent directed efforts towards the goal”  Goal = become JS master  Consistent = discipline  Directed = map + mentor

Boxing vs. JavaScript

The map of a JS Wizard Process /applying the techniques/ TechniquesQuality

I. Techniques

JS Map – Part 1 HTML/CSS/JS basics jQuery (DOM, Events) AJAX, JSON, cookies, caching Server side integration jQuery UI Autocomplete, Rich Text Editor and others SVG & Canvas Graphics Grids Charts Knockout SPA Framework (Angular etc.) jQuery Animation Html templates

JS Map – Part 2 jQuery (DOM, Events) Responsive Design PhonegapjQuery Mobile Data-driven Forms Form ValidationGeneric Forms

II. Quality Strength Endurance

JS Strength – Handle complexity  Software engineering principles – OOP, Separation of Concerns, Reusable Components, DRY, KISS, YAGNI  OOP in JS - prototypes, modules, revealing modules, namespaces  Promises – solving the “callback hell”  Troubleshooting & debugging  MV* Frameworks  Angular JS  Knockout JS  Backbone  Others and your own

JS Endurance  Unbreakable code  Logging & instrumentation  Unit testing and automated UI testing  Source analysis – use strict, JSHint  Performance - Minification, Gzip, Profiling, YSlow

III. Process skills PrepareExecuteReport Task DefinitionProblem Solving Mentoring Architecture

Software Development Process

1. Architecture

2. Task Definition

3. Execution

4. Mentoring

The map of a JS Wizard

Now what  Build a map / get the map  to to get  Assess yourself  Create a PDP Personal Development Plan  Find a mentor  Join our Boxing club in February, 2015  Join our “Life couching through dancing” club   Week: Tuesday and Thursday, 21:30 in Students Town  Weekends: Sunday, 6 pm to 8 pm in Paradise Mall, Dance station

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