Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Week 1

 Class Website
homework assignments, reading, syllabus

http://www.divestudio.org/aii/

Required Text(s): Javascript: The Missing Manual by David Sawyer McFarland (O’Reilly
Media) 2008. ISBN 978-0-596-51589-8.


Learning programming takes:
o Patience
o Repetition
o Faith in yourself
o Careful reading of instructions
o Breathing deeply when things get tough
o Keeping frustration to a minimum
o Keeping up since new concepts build upon previous concepts
o Taking notes on what you don’t understand, so you can ask questions later
o A willingness to do research on your own to better understand and problem‐solve
o Add other ideas of your own:








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