Week #1

week1.md

Welcome to Connected Communities Academy!

In the course we will cover the following subject areas:

Week 1

Introduction & HTML/CSS

Monday:

Lecture

• Introductions
• Overview of course
• Logistics
• What is the web made of?
• How does the web work?
• What is HTML?
• What is CSS?
• What is JavaScript?
• What is HTTP?
• Resources

Lab

• Use Chrome to inspect pages
• CodePen registration
• Example code

Thursday:

Lecture

• Overview of course (lecture + lab format)
• Logistics
  • Computers (use lab or personal)
  • Editors/tools
    • Codepen
    • Chrome (inspect, debugger, console)
    • Eclipse
    • WebStorm
  • Attendance
    • Absences/catching up
    • Lab time
    • Lecture notes
    • References
• Class Project
  • Chosen by students, scoped w/ help from mentor
  • Apply lecture material to project during lab time
  • Alternatively, project can be a substantial tutorial series or online class
  • Present to the class (optional)

Lab

• HTML basics (standards, elements, attributes, data)
• HTML structure
• HTML patterns, best practices

References:

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-javascript-and-web-developers/neonr https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/