LeaApr 12
I’m being asked to recommend a resource (online course, textbook, or similar) to the students who will be in my class next semester. I need them to know about:
0. Comments
1. Variables
2. Arrays
3. Objects
4. Conditionals
5. Loops
6. Functions
and how to express each of these in JavaScript. I want something that would truly make sense to someone with *no* code background and focuses on these basics (i.e. unlike javascript.info, I don’t think the “nullish coalescing operator” is “fundamental”).
Show threadmkehrtApr 12
@lea possibly Tbe Coding Train on YouTube. One drawback is that it’s teaching js processing which I imagine either you might be teaching or are teaching something else that does the same thing? (There is an older Java processing based series as well)
Show threadmkehrtApr 12
@lea https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zy51Q-x9tMWIv9cueOFTFA&si=b7kBiis8HnTGo8Zr
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Beginners! Learn all the basics of code (variables, conditionals, loops, objects, arrays) in JavaScript with p5.js!

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@lea I guess this doesn’t really focus on language constructs but is coding from zero.
Apr 12 at 5:42amWeb
Show threadmkehrtApr 12
@lea in retrospect I suspect you are aware of this 🤷‍♂️
Show threadLeaApr 12
@roseandsigil nah I wasn’t aware of this YouTube channel in particular. And it’s a good reminder that for the things I’m interested in them learning, Processing.js is not that different from plain JS.
I’ll take a look; thanks!