Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course the student:
- can program JavaScript programming language
- can use the React application framework
- is able to design modular front-end software
- knows the special features of front-end development
- is able to use efficient and modern programming tools

Content

- Basics of JavaScript
- Modern features of JavaScript
- The basics of the React library
- Front-end software design and modularization
- Front-end development features
- Development tools

Materials

The course books
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Eloquent JavaScript
Marijn Haverbeke
No Starch Press; 3 edition (December 4, 2018)
Available on the Net: http://eloquentjavascript.net
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Learning React : Modern Patterns for Developing React Apps
2nd edition
Alex Banks and Eve Porcello
Available in ProQuest EBook Central
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Only selected chapters will be read from the books.
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In the React-based teamwork some tutorial project will be utilized as an example or as a starting point.

Content scheduling

Contents

I. JavaScript (Lectures and personal exercises)

- Basics
- Strings
- Objects, destructuring
- Arrays, array operations
- Programming functions
- Error handling
- DOM, event handling
- Modules
- Asynchronous programming
- Tools

II. React (Lectures and a teamwork)

- Basics
- JSX
- Components
- Modularization
- Tools
- Managing state
- Hooks

III. Teamwork: A simple single page web application with React (without backend)

7 personal JavaScript exercises.
React-based Teamwork.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

7 personal assignments: 70 points
The group project work: 30 points.

The assignments must be returned by the deadline to get the points.The assignments returned after the deadline will give you only half of the points.

Please note that it is not compulsory to participate in the teamwork. However, then the best grades are not reachable.

The grading scale (points b -> grade):

40 points -> 1
55 points -> 2
70 points -> 3
80 points -> 4
90 points -> 5