JS: Setting up the environment

Included in the course

What you'll learn

• Set up a local environment to run JavaScript code
• Install libraries and use them in your code
• Use programs that improve code quality

Description

Real programming experience is achievable only if you can run the code locally on your computer. This requires many prerequisites: setting up the operating system, installing the interpreter, editor, git, preparing the project, etc. Setting up the environment is a tricky topic for a beginner. This course covers the whole process from A to Z. We will go beyond the fundamentals of environment setup and touch on good code management practices and quality assurance.

Course program

• 1

  Intro

  To introduce the course and its goals

  theory
• 2

  What is JavaScript?

  Learn the features of JavaScript as a programming language, introduce ECMAScript

  theory

  quiz

• 3

  Installing JavaScript

  Install the interpreter and learn to use the REPL

  theory

  quiz

• 4

  NPM

  Learn to create projects and packages in the JS ecosystem. Introduce the concept of dependencies

  theory

  quiz

• 5

  Dependencies

  Introduce the concept of dependencies and learn how to use them

  theory

  quiz

• 6

  Dependencies in development

  To learn the concept of "development environment". Learn the different types of dependencies

  theory

  quiz

• 7

  Global package installation

  Learn to install and run JavaScript programs

  theory

  quiz

• 8

  NPX

  Learn to run locally installed utilities

  theory

  quiz

• 9

  Linting

  Learn the linters and install Eslint

  theory

  quiz

• 10

  Do it yourself

  Some additional tasks to help you consolidate the theory you've learned
• 11

  Additional resources

  Some materials the Hexlet team have picked up. This will give you a more in-depth understanding of the topic