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Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherChanges to Front End Web Development Track
Hey everyone,
Now that the JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects course is out, we'll be replacing the Introduction to Programming and JavaScript Foundations courses in the Front End Web Development Track. The JavaScript Basics course and the new Loops, Arrays and Objects course will replace them.
Feel free to post any questions about these changes. :)
Dave
Ira Salem
10,331 PointsIt's pretty awesome how I posted about this being an issue and literally 7 minutes later it was fixed by the staff. I hope I will have better luck in this course.
Thanks for the quick response and keep up the good work!
Ira Salem
10,331 PointsI just switched back over to the front end web development track and it's still showing the JavaScript foundations and intro to programming course but no JavaScript Basics. Is there anything I need to do to update it?
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherHi Ira Salem
The new course just launched today. Tomorrow, I will replace the old courses in the track.
Ira Salem
10,331 PointsOk sounds good. I'll be looking forward to the update. Thanks for the timely responses!!
Ira Salem
10,331 PointsI noticed that since I cannot give feedback it's kind of difficult to tell guys about minor mistakes. Kind of got to write it down or remember it off the top of my head. Anyways on the "Review JavaScript Variables" quiz I noticed one of the questions asked the user to choose the acceptable variable name. I chose the "v8" response because that was the only legal one. It told me the answer is incorrect because variable names cannot start with numbers..... I may be a little slow but I'm not crazy. lol
Just thought I'd give you guys a heads up. Keep up the good work and this new course is outstanding. I feel a million times smarter and have a much better understanding of all of this stuff.
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherHi Ira Salem
The question actually asks "Which of the following is NOT a valid variable name?"
You can begin a variable with a $, so $form IS valid.
You can also begin a variable with an _ character, so _score is also a valid name.
So is v8, as you pointed out.
The invalid one is player score because it has a space in its name.
Also the feedback form ONLY seems to be not working on video pages. I believe that the form works at the end of quizzes and code challenges, so feel free to use those.
In addition, if you find a serious error in this course just e-mail me at dave@teamtreehouse.com
Thanks!
3 Answers
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherHi Matt F.
If you took the Intro to Programming and JavaScript Foundations courses and feel that you understand what was covered, you won't find much new in JavaScript Basics . I'd recommend just going through the quizzes and code challenges in JavaScript Basics. If you have any trouble with a quiz or code challenge, just watch the associated video and try again.
Matt F.
9,518 PointsOk, great. Thanks Dave!
Ira Salem
10,331 PointsI keep trying to complete the feedbacks after each video but for some reason it won't go through. Just wanted to say that the course is awesome so far. This course makes more sense to me whereas in the previous video I had so many questions and sometimes was lost and confused. No offense to Jim of course.
Thanks for this update!
Jasper Leenarts
13,830 PointsI allready passed the intro to programming and JS fundamentals. I found them sometimes hard to follow, so I did the JavaScript Basics course as well and after that, JS makes a lot more sense. Credits to you Dave!
So I will definitly do the new JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects course as well.
Oh and please tell me the next course you will redo will be "Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript" ;-)
David Clausen
11,403 PointsI like the changes. I question the order though. You have Jquery Basics before Interactive Web Pages with Javascript. The goal of Interactive Web Pages with Javascript was to do interactive web pages with JUST javascript first. I feel that should be switched again, as far as order goes. Would you not agree?
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherAndrew Chalkley and I have gone back and forth on that. We feel that starting with jQuery will provide a quicker way for students to learn what's possible with JavaScript and UI design. It's a little more "magical" to start with jQuery, but we believe starting with that will give students a better understanding of what they're accomplishing when they start to use plain JavaScript.
Matt F.
9,518 PointsMatt F.
9,518 PointsHi Dave,
I have taken both of the courses being phased out of the track. While I will definitely check out the new Loops, Arrays, and Objects course that you created, I was wondering if I would see a lot of new material in the Javascript Basics course compared to Javascript Foundations.
Thanks! Matt