 Resources from Jacob Carter in 2024

JavaScript® (often shortened to JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions, most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic, and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.

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In this lesson we will go over ES6 or ECMAScript 2015 Rest Parameters.  We will cover what they are, how they work, how they compare to the arguments keyword, and why they are more versatile. 

ES6 Rest Parameters

Read only variables are available in JavaScript (es6/es2015).  We will use const declarations and their benefits, like read only and block scope.

const Declarations in es6 (ES2015)

Promises in JavaScript (es6/es2015). Creating and using promises with ECMAscript 2015 in your JavaScript application.

Promises with ES6

Cascading Style Sheets bring order and beauty to our applications.

Using CSS media queries allows you to design responsive layout in your web apps and website.  We will go over the media query basics in this lesson.

CSS Media Queries

AngularJS is an open-source JavaScript framework, maintained by Google, that assists with running single-page applications. Its goal is to augment web-based applications with model–view–controller (MVC) capability, in an effort to make both development and testing easier.

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Using Angular's ngClass directive you can dynamically assign classes to the HTML elements in your Angular application.  This video will show you several different methods for taking advantage of Angular's ngClass.

Using Angular's ngClass

A brief introduction to Maps and WeakMaps with ES6, the usage of and difference of Maps and WeakMaps.

Maps and WeakMaps with ES6

Angular is a development platform for creating applications using modern web standards. Angular includes a wealth of essential features such as mobile gestures, animations, filtering, routing, data binding, security, internationalization, and beautiful UI components. It's extremely modular, lightweight, and easy to learn.

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We will learn about using Angular 2's new Property Binding syntax with TypeScript.  Learn to bind to DOM properties with your Angular 2 application.

Property Binding with Angular 2 and TypeScript

We will learn about using Angular 2's new Event Binding syntax with TypeScript.  Learn to bind to DOM events with your Angular 2 application.

Event Binding with Angular 2 and TypeScript

We will look at linting your JavaScript files using jsHint with Gulp to check for errors and warnings.

Using JSHint for Linting with Gulp

Understanding the most common CSS display types of block, inline-block, and inline will allow you to get the most out of your HTML and use CSS Frameworks like Bootstrap to their fullest.

CSS Display Property: Block, Inline-Block, and Inline

Gulp is a toolkit for automating painful or time-consuming tasks in your development workflow, so you can stop messing around and build something.

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A brief introduction to using GulpJS in your JavaScript application and creating your first Gulp task.

Installing and Writing a Default Task with Gulp

We will look at precompiling your LESS files using Gulp, Gulp-Concat, and Gulp-Less

Precompiling Your LESS Files with Gulp

We will look at bundling your JavaScript files using Gulp, Gulp-Concat, and Gulp-Uglify

Bundling Your JavaScript Files with Gulp

An overview of the proper implementation and use for CSS ::before and ::after Selectors.

CSS ::before and ::after Selectors

Docker containers wrap a piece of software in a complete filesystem that contains everything needed to run: code, runtime, system tools, system libraries – anything that can be installed on a server. This guarantees that the software will always run the same, regardless of its environment.

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When you run a docker container in detached mode you may want to re-enter that container later.  With docker exec you can do that.  This short video will show you how!

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