👋 Welcome to front-end!
This getting started guide will get you up and running with all the software and tools you need for this course. Throughout this guide there are additional video's that further explain important topics from lectures but also show you how to install certain technology. Look for a 🎦 emoji!
This guide assumes you already followed the getting started guide from Project-Tech and Back-end. So you should already have a Text Editor, GitHub account and configured Git.
During front-end (and Blok Tech in general) we work with JavaScript alot. If your knowledge of the basics of programming and JavaScript has faded a bit, it is good to refresh that knowledge. For example, you can do the free JavaScript module on FreeCodeCamp or the JavaScript30 course from Wes Bos to get up and running.
For your Browser basically anything goes as long as you are comfortable with the Developer Tools. Chrome and Firefox are both good choices. Safari will work but the Developer Tools of that browser lack some features as opposed to Chromium based ones.
Take some time to learn the developer tools of your specific browser. If you know your way around the interface, coding will be easier. Feeling comfortable with your tools is very important when writing code.
We use our DLO Brightspace for schedulers and rubric feedback. Make sure you enroll to the Front-end course, you can do so by using the HvA courseselector. It's important to select the right class for teachers to give you feedback and grades. Go to Administration > Groups and pick the right class. If you're not sure, ask your teacher to see if you are on the correct classlist.
Sign up for our Blok-Tech MS Team. You can find the sign-up code in the announcement on Brightspace. Join the #front-end channel in our team. Get your account set up properly, add your real name, a profile picture, and you can even set your GitHub username as a status message. We’ll use this info to link your GitHub and MS Teams account to our administration files.
GitHub is a social platform so give this repository fe-course-22-23 a ⭐ star and start following your teachers and fellow students!
Wow, you did it! Virtual high five! 🖐 During this course we'll use GitHub issues and templates. Each assignment has a different template in which you can hand in your assignments for that week. This is also the place where teachers and student-assistants will give you feedback. You can use GitHub notifications (bell on the top right of the GitHub website) to keep track of those changes.
🚨 Make sure you never publicly share you name and student number in combination! If you fill in your class you can use your tech group
tech-xnot your 'regular'20xgroup.
/Happy Coding!