We covered scope and hoisting in Javascript, including concepts like shadowing, closure, and higher order functions. Talked about encapsulation, callback functions, and the unique nature of Javascript compared to other programing languages. No classes, and all about the functions. And functions can be parameters of other functions! - very cool.
We discovered anonymous functions - which makes you take a double take at first, but then you get it and suddenly there's another tool in the tool bag. We created our first libraries, got an intro to pair programing, and learned how to work debugging in Visual Studios.
Then lots of practice problem solving and writing functions. You can't believe how much you can learn this quickly until you do it. I had classmates that took programing courses in college that said they learned more doing the Coder Camps pre-work than they did in their college programing classes. For anyone on the fence about learning to code by going to camp - DO IT! I learned more today than I could have in a week of independent study.
Plus, there was pizza and swag. Great day.
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