#Day1
- packaging stuff for students at the end of the class
- global scope: make this first example an activity!
- should we be mixing eventlisteners with global variable example
- when you are talking about require.js show it
- following the talk about libraries is hard to follow
- make a browserify example
- dont talk about it now, show it
- pretty name can be an exercise
- def need scoping exercises
CONCEPTS COVERED
- global scope
- browserify, require js
- hoisting
IDEAS
- ask more questions of the students
#Day 2
- node is confusing to students
- syntax of tests is confusing (maybe let's use jasmine instead??)
- students said day 1 was a good "refresher" -- not advanced enough? not interactive enough?
- students said they had to cheat on exercise
- BDD is about just getting the tests to pass -- why would ben suggest otherwise?
- maybe a math example is not good for inclusiveness!
- dont say its better, show its better (re errors)
- ask students questions!
- student said "passed by reference" and other students have no idea what that means
- more demo, less talking, show DEBUG TOOLS
- show docs
- spent a long time talking, then student asked what a major variable meant :/
- why are we talking node and not brwoser js which most students want
- saying you'll show it later is a bummer
- halfway through morning student asks about
npm install - haven't talked about arrays yet, but talked about objects first
- exercise required using arrays but hadn't introduced them yet
- student next to me had me help him with an exercise from 2-3 ago
- student knew arrays but didn't know that you could just write [] to make a new array
- when ben asks questions, the answer is up on the screen already
- using words primitive-- not all students understand
- said creating empty arry was bad idea then spent 15 min using it in an example
- talking about prototypes but havent done protypal inheritance yet?
- jumps from node to browser stuff with no warning, hard to follow
- if people aren't asking questions its mostly because they dont know what is going on
- never say easy or basically