If you want to have fun while learning how to code, keep reading. My name is Zach Freedman, I've been programming for almost 10 years...
If you want to have fun while learning how to code, keep reading. My name is Zach Freedman, I've been programming for almost 10 years, and I promise this course can teach you how to program so long as you speak English and have a PC/Mac with an internet connection. Coding is less about memorization and more about learning how to solve problems. I'm here to enable you to build whatever you want with your computer by teaching the basics, with some laughs thrown in along the way. Checkout some of the free lectures to see how I teach (these are longer because they're more complete projects).
I believe people learn best by doing, as opposed to sitting in a classroom and listening to theory. I also feel it's important to have fun, because otherwise we get distracted and quit. Here, I'll be more of a companion sharing my information rather than a teacher forcing you to do something. There's no homework, or tests, or grades. If you want to learn more, continue to the next lecture.
This won't be easy, and it will be new and strange, but struggling with this material is the only way it's learned (and remember, you've got me). In this course, I hand-hold early on to ensure newcomers grasp the basics, and then slowly, we'll take off the training wheels. Together, we'll go through applied examples of each fundamental programming concept discussed. Afterwards, I'll allow you to solve challenges alone, providing how I would tackle the same problem.
Topics covered include (but aren't limited to):
- JavaScript
- problem solving and logical thinking
- asking the internet for help (Googling)
- command prompt (Windows) and terminal (Mac)
- Node and NPM basics
- printing and output
- error debugging and tracing code
- object types
- strings
- variables and constants
- loops
- conditionals
- functions
- recursion
- objects
- dictionaries, maps, or hash tables
- arrays
- numbers
- math and mathematical operations
- boolean logic
- data structures
- algorithms
- object oriented programming (OOP) or classes
