README.md

Module 01 - Javascript

Projects:

fun-with-js	Introduction to some javascript gotchas
fun-with-node	Introduction to NodeJS and npm

Javascript types and gotchas

• We have Convered the 6 types of javascript: boolean, number, string, object, function, and undefined
• We have seen how to use JSON to describe complex object values
• We have seen the true meaning of the new and this keywords, and most specifically - that they do not have the same meaning as in Java.
• We have experienced the problem of the missing this context
• We learned about javascript scopes and Closures
• We learned about the prototype object and property

NodeJS

• We learned the difference between serverside javascript (NodeJS) and clientside web javascript
  • We talked about modularity and the require keyword
  • We talked about webpack - a utility to pack "serverside" javascript files into one "web-ready" file

Work Environment

• We saw how to turn a folder into an npm package by running npm init
• We saw how to use the node.js require command in order to incorporate another module (file) into our code
• We saw how the package.json file manages the project as a package.
• We saw how to install external packages using npm install and the package.json > dependencies section

Typescript basics

• We learned about the basic types of typescript
  • The 6 atomic types of javascript: boolean, number, string, object, function and undefined

Typescript deep dive

• Using the let keyword
• Defining Classes
• Declaring constructors and initializing fields in the constructor signature
• private, public and protected fields
• the type alias