Tagged by 'firebug'

LUG Programming Course, 21st January 2008

In this lesson we started to write some simple JavaScript. This was a little tedious for those with previous programming experience, but it served to highlight several important points of the JavaScript programming language.

Just as importantly, this lesson helped familiarise the students with the Firebug add-on.

I was a little too slow starting the lesson, wasting about 30 minutes, so I overran by about 20 minutes, and didn't manage to finish all the material. Fortunately, this first real programming lesson gave me some feedback, so that I can better pace the following lessons. I'm glad to say that I had at least prepared enough material, finishing 30 minutes early might have been embarrassing.

LUG Programming Course, 28th January 2008

Writing code snippets in Firebug is interesting, but not permanent. As soon as you close the browser, or the tab you were using, all that experimenting is gone forever. The time has come to create a permanent development project.

Overran the lesson by half an hour again, and didn't get as far as creating objects, I stopped short of “The Power of JavaScript”. I'm also a little worried that I'm leaving some students behind. To rectify, I'll add a refresher lesson in a couple of weeks.