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Intro to Programming Lesson 3

Welcome to the third lesson of Intro to Programming. In this unit, we will:

  • Learn about what JavaScript is and where it is used
  • The basic syntax of the JavaScript programming language
  • Programming concepts like variables, conditional statements and data types
  • How to troubleshoot programming problems

Lesson 3 Goals

  • What JavaScript is and where is used
  • The basic syntax of the JavaScript programming language
  • Understand concepts like variables, data types and conditional statements
  • How to trouble shoot programming problems
  • Create reusable code with functions
  • Pass information into functions
  • Arrow functions

Curriculum

Complete the following Treehouse lessons:

3.1 JavaScript Basics (234 min)
3.2 JavaScript Numbers
(83 min)
3.3 JavaScript Functions
(128 min)

Assignment

  • Intro to Programming Lesson 3 Assignment
  • Assignment Solution (E Thompson)

That’s it for this week! Remember to attend two mentor sessions this week and post your questions in Slack.

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