Welcome to the eighth lesson of Intro to Programming. In this unit, we will learn:
- AJAX Concepts | How to use JavaScript to make AJAX request | Use AJAX callbacks to respond to server responses | How to process JSON with JavaScript
- Synchronous vs. asynchronous programming | Callbacks | Promises | Async/await
- How to use the Fetch API to fetch resources
Lesson 8 Goals
- AJAX Concepts | Programming AJAX
- Understand what asynchronous programming is | Synchronous JavaScript with callbacks | Explore async/await
- Write a Fetch Request | Create a reusable fetch function | Posting data with fetch()
Curriculum
Complete the following Treehouse lessons:
8.1 AJAX Basics
8.2 Working with the Fetch API
8.3 Asynchronous Programming with JavaScript
Assignment
- Your assignment can be found here
That’s it for this week! Remember to attend two mentor sessions this week and post your questions in Slack.