Intro to Javascript

Hey - my slides are in the pdf file you can get above, but I also listed my resources below.

Resources

• StackOverflow
• Google - watch out for sites from 2001
• Mozilla Developer Network - awesome collection of guides/links

Tools

• jsFiddle - lets you develop js/css/html side-by-side to play with things
• CoffeeScript - language that compiles to JS, nicer syntax / slightly cleaner semantics
• node.js - fast server-side JS

Cool Libraries

• jQuery - jQuery site with links, documentations
• Backbone.js - front-end app framework
• jQuery UI - lots of neat pre-build widgets for common tasks
• d3.js - cool graphing/visualization library
• socket.io - WebSocket library that handles fallbacks for old browsers, used in server (node) and client
• underscore.js - library that provides functions for common things you do