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JavaScript: a very short introduction
- 1. JAVASCRIPT a very shortintroduction
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- 3. Runs in thebrowser Easy-to-learn syntax
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- 7. Back-end: Build APIs Mobile:Build apps
- 8. HOW HAS JAVASCRIPTEVOLVED?
- 9. Early web: JavaScriptwas an afterthought Sites used Flash or Java for interactivity
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- 11. WHY IS JAVASCRIPTRELEVANT?
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- 13. Billions of devices Webbrowsers, phones, TVs, servers, IoT
- 14. 1.1 million StackOverflowquestions 250,000 Node.js packages on npm
- 15. MAKING $ WITHJAVASCRIPT
- 16. All front-end developerjobs Back-end developer jobs (Node) Full-stack engineer jobs (MEAN stack)
- 18. GO FORTH ANDCODE!
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Editor's Notes
- #2 Quick language poll How many people have heard of Angular? jQuery? Node? React? ES6? These are just JS!
- #4 Unique compared to other langs: runs directly in the browser, nothing else needed Chrome, FF, IE Syntax similar to other languages, a great starting point to learn others
- #6 What do people use JS for? Runs in the browser = used for websites!
- #7 Without JS, the web is more boring Front end JS
- #8 Backend: LinkedIn Mobile: Facebook
- #11 Flash and Java applets started to decline, because of security and convenience People started realizing you could use JavaScript to do the same things
- #12 As it evolved, it became more and more relevant Because...
- #14 One measure of a language’s importance is how many devices it can run on Every single web browser in the world - over 2 billion PCs Billions of phones
- #17 The majority of front-end developer jobs are JavaScript or include JavaScript More and more back-end developer jobs are JavaScript, but not all Some companies do full-stack JS - full-stack engineers are super valuable!