FRONTEND WEB DEVELOPMENT

Hello!

Welcome to the home for General Assembly's Frontend Web Development (FEWD) 9/17/2018 Course.

Instructional Team

Chandler

Chandler Moisen

Chandler

Rastko Sasic

LOGISTICS

START: Monday, 09/17/2018

END: Wednesday, 11/28/2018

MEETS: Monday and Wednesday

6:30pm - 9:30pm

LOCATION: 10 E 21st Street, 4E

Overview

Frontend Web Development (FEWD) is a ten-week course introducing students to the basics of programming for the web using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This is a foundational course that teaches students how to build the visual and interactive components of a website. Students learn how to create the structural foundation of a site (HTML), style it (CSS), and add logic to control the behavior (JavaScript) of their website. FEWD is comprised of a total of 60 hours of in-class instruction spread evenly over 20 classes; it breaks down into three units:

1.

HTML & CSS Foundations

2.

Responsive Web Layout

3.

Adding Interactivity with JavaScript

Pre-Course Checklist

FEWD is challenging! To ensure you are ready for what lies ahead, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you spend, at bare minimum, three-to-five hours acquainting yourself with some of the core technologies we will be using throughout the course.

Before the first day of class, please complete the following:

1. Sign up for GitHub 2. Complete projects 1-3 on GA's Dash Tutorial 3. Install Sublime Text 3 4. Install Google Chrome

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

In order to successfully complete FEWD, students must:

  1. Submit 80% of homework assignments
  2. Miss no more than three classes
  3. Successfully complete and submit a final project

HOMEWORK

Homework will be assigned at the end of class every Wednesday and is due the following Monday. Files and materials for homework will be distributed during class; they are also available through this website.

Students will push (upload) homework to their respective Github repositories for feedback and grading.

NOTE: while late homework will be accepted, it will not receive feedback.

ADMIN / STUDENT SERVICES

All questions concerning enrollment/payment, or subjects you would prefer not to discuss with the instructional team, should be addressed to GA's Student Services team at: Student Services NYC