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Revision as of 22:25, 10 July 2012
What
Learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript - and put them to good use! This class, taught by Jeffrey Carl Faden, is aimed at beginners who are interested in web development, as well as seasoned professionals looking to brush up on the latest and greatest.
Frontend web development is all about making code that runs in the browser (versus code that runs on the server). There isn't a big focus on web design (creating wireframes and mockups), but we do cover best practices for turning these designs into beautiful code.
Who
This class is for everyone! Complete beginners and more experienced developers are welcome at any time. You don't need to wait for the class to start its curriculum over - if you're new to the class, consider coming to the lecture at 7:30 for a recap.
The space and the class are entirely free to attend. You do not have to be a Noisebridge member.
Please consider bringing a[ny kind of] laptop.
When
Lectures start promptly at 8pm on Mondays and go for two hours. There is a half-hour recap starting at 7:30pm. Please try to arrive early as physical space is limited.
Labs start at 8pm on Thursdays and can go up to two hours.
Where
Noisebridge, 2169 Mission St., San Francisco, 94114 (at 18th St., near 16th St. BART station). Getting Here
The lecture is currently held in the Church classroom, which is in the back of the space.
The lab is currently held in the Turing classroom, the room past the wood shop.
Read up on getting in to the space. TL;DR: ring the bell!
Keep Informed
Join the WebDev or Noisebridge-announce mailing lists to be notified of upcoming class topics via email.
Lecture
Weekly classroom-style presentation on HTML/CSS/JS. The lecture starts every Monday at 8pm. We also have a recap starting at 7:30pm, where we'll cover the (very) basics:
- Explaining "frontend" vs. "backend"
- Discussing tools of the trade
- Explaining the separation between structure, presentation, and behavior
- Writing a basic HTML page
- Styling the page with basic CSS
Tomorrow, we'll go back to the "professional" site we'd put together a number of weeks ago and add more functionality to it with some JavaScript. The first thing we'll do is make a dialog box - or a "modal" - pop up when you click the sign up buttons. If we have time, we'll also add some dropdown functionality to our menus.
We'll be doing this by introducing Bootstrap, a suite of code developed by Twitter to make common web development tasks easier.
In my previous series, we used jQuery UI to do this, but it seems to have fallen out of favor for most intents and purposes. This class will not be an exhaustive look at Bootstrap - there is a lot to cover. Look for a more comprehensive talk on Bootstrap later down the line.
I had originally announced that tomorrow's class would be about form validation, but we'll save that until we have a place to put our sign-up form (in our modal).Previous classes
We discuss a different topic in-depth every week. Some previous topics have been:
- CSS positioning (topic for 2011-11-22 and 2012-04-23)
- Turning a mockup into HTML and CSS (topic for 2011-12-05 and 2012-04-30)
- Turning a professional mockup into HTML and CSS (topic for 2012-01-30 and 2012-05-07)
- CSS3 properties (topic for 2012-03-05 and 2012-05-14)
- File transfer (topic for 2011-12-12 and 2012-05-21)
- JavaScript (topic for 2012-01-02 and 2012-06-04)
- jQuery (topic for 2012-01-09, 2012-01-16 and 2012-06-11)
- AJAX (topic for 2012-01-23 and 2012-06-25)
- Menus and modals (topic for 2012-02-06 and 2012-07-02)
- Sign up forms (topic for 2012-02-13)
- HTML5 elements (topic for 2012-02-20)
- Mobile websites (topic for 2012-02-27)
- Progressive enhancement: cross-browser compatibility and accessibility (topic for 2012-03-12)
- Web frameworks and other "backend" web development topics (topic for 2012-03-19)
- Hardening Web Applications (http://webapp-hardening.heroku.com/)
Future class ideas
- CSS grids
- Precompiled code (Less, Sass, Compass, CoffeScript, HAML)
Lab
We also meet for a weekly lab/workshop where we work on an assignment that covers the material learned in the lecture earlier in the week. Those working on their own personal projects are also more than welcome to come and solicit help. Every Thursday at 8pm.