Red Eclipse: Intro to Programming

Welcome to Red Eclipse! By the end of these 16 weeks, you should have built a working knowledge of basic programming principles and basic Javascript. Below is a quick outline of this course. Remember to keep pace with the mentor groups, and don’t hesitate to ask lots of questions! Slack is the best place for your questions, and you have a Slack channel for the purpose. Get oriented on the Student Resources page. Students are expected to attend two Mentor Sessions a week. Sign up for mentor sessions on the Google sign-up sheet will will be sent out every Monday via Slack.

Course Calendar

The calendar below shows the start date of each week of the course and includes breaks and special events.

Syllabus & Schedule

Please note the class weeks begin on Wednesday and all assignments are due the following Tuesday at midnight. Assignments are found inside of the weekly class material page.

Due to extensive curriculum revisions, not every assignment has been added yet, but assignments will be added prior to the week they are given!

Section 1: Programming Fundamentals

WEEK	START	LESSONS
1	3/31/2021	Lesson 1.1: JavaScript Basics
2	4/7/2021	Lesson 1.2: JavaScript Functions
3	4/14/21	Lesson 1.3: JavaScript Loops
4	4/21/21	Lesson 1.4: JavaScript Arrays
5	4/28/21	Lesson 1.5: JavaScript Objects

Section 2: Git Basics

WEEK	START	LESSONS
6	5/5/21	Lesson 2.1: Introduction to Git

Section 3: How the Web Works

WEEK	START	LESSONS
7	5/12/21	Lesson 3.1: How the Web Works

Section 4: Web Basics

WEEK	START	LESSONS
8	5/19/21	Lesson 4.1: HTML Basics
19	5/26/21	Lesson 4.2: JavaScript and the DOM
10	6/2/21	Lesson 4.3: HTML Forms and DOM Practice
11	6/9/21	Lesson 4.4: CSS Basics
12	6/16/21	Lesson 4.5: CSS Layout

Section 5: How the Internet Works

WEEK	START	LESSONS
13	6/23/30	Lesson 5.1: How the Internet Work and Debugging

Section 6: AJAX Basics

WEEK	START	LESSONS
14	6/30/21	Lesson 6.1: AJAX Basics
15	7/7/21	Lesson 6.2: Working with the Fetch API
16	7/14/21	Final Project