“JavaScript: from Zero to Hero” Course Outline

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(function closure() {
  const courseOutline = [
    {
      title: 'Introduction',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'About “JavaScript: from Zero to Hero”' },
        { title: 'How to Learn a New Language' },
        { title: 'How to Think Like a Developer' },
        { title: 'How to Make the Best Use of This Course' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'Development Setup',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'Installing Node.js, NPM, and Yarn' },
        { title: 'An Overview of Popular Editors and IDEs' },
        { title: 'Installing and Using Docker' },
        { title: 'BONUS: Debugging Node.js in Webstorm' },
        { title: 'First Time Development Environment Setup on a Mac' },
        { title: 'First Time Development Environment Setup on Windows' },
        { title: 'First Time Development Environment Setup on Linux' },
        { title: 'Use Case: Verifying Our Setup' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'Organizing Your Code',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'Placeholder 001' },
        { title: 'Placeholder 002' },
        { title: 'Placeholder 003' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'The Baby Steps',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'A Gentle Introduction to Functions' },
        { title: 'A Gentle Introduction to Data Types' },
        { title: 'A Gentle Introduction to Objects' },
        { title: 'A Gentle Introduction to Asynchronicity' },
        { title: 'Use Case: Convert a Website to PDF' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'Basics: Operators',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'Operators: Arithmetic Operators' },
        { title: 'Operators Relational Operators' },
        { title: 'Operators: Logical Operators' },
        { title: 'Operators: Binary Operators' },
        { title: 'Use Case: Searching For Your Favorite Book' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'Basics: Flow Control',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'Flow Control: if/else' },
        { title: 'Flow Control: switch' },
        { title: 'Flow Control: while/do-while' },
        { title: 'Flow Control: for/for-in/for-of' },
        { title: 'Use Case: Building a Simple Event Calendar' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'Basics: Strings, Numbers, and Booleans',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'Strings: Overview' },
        { title: 'Strings: Template Literals' },
        { title: 'Numbers: Overview' },
        { title: 'Booleans' },
        { title: 'Use Case: Creating a Tip Calculator' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'Basics: Dealing With Date and Time',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'DateTime: Overview' },
        { title: 'An Overview of DateTime Libraries' },
        { title: 'Use Case: Time Traveling With moment.js' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'Regular Expressions',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'Regular Expression Basics' },
        { title: 'Dissecting Practical Regex Examples' },
        { title: 'Use Case: Simple JavaScript Syntax Highlighter' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'Collections',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'Collections: Arrays' },
        { title: 'Collections: Array Destructuring' },
        { title: 'Collections: Arrays: Functional Primitives' },
        { title: 'Collections: The Almighty Reducer' },
        { title: 'Collections: Sets' },
        { title: 'Collections: Maps' },
        { title: 'Collections: WeakMaps' },
        { title: 'Collections: WeakSets' },
        { title: 'Use Case: Search the Spotify Music Catalog' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'Objects',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'Objects: Overview' },
        { title: 'Objects: Object Destructuring' },
        { title: 'Objects: Prototypal Inheritance' },
        { title: 'Objects: Classes' },
        { title: 'Use Case: The Great Library of Chuck Norris Jokes' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'Timers',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'Timers: Overview' },
        { title: 'Timers: setTimeout and setInterval' },
        { title: 'Timers: process.nextTick and setImmediate' },
        { title: 'Timers: MicroTasks and MacroTasks' },
        { title: 'Use Case: Debouncing a Scroll Event' },
        { title: 'Use Case: Creating a Autocomplete Search Box' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'More Functions',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'Functions: A Deeper Dive' },
        { title: 'Functions: Higher-Order Functions' },
        { title: 'Functions: apply and bind' },
        { title: 'Functions: Currying and Partial Application' },
        { title: 'Functions: Rest Parameters and Default Parameters' },
        { title: 'Use Case: Dissecting a Y Combinator' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'AJAX and Its Friends',
      lessons: [
        { title: 'XMLHttpRequest' },
        { title: 'CORS' },
        { title: 'fetch' },
        { title: 'Generators and Iterators' },
        { title: 'async/await' },
        { title: 'Use Case: Creating a Mini Google' }
      ]
    },
    {
      title: 'The Terminal',
      lessons: [{ title: 'TBD' }]
    },
    {
      title: 'The Server',
      lessons: [{ title: 'TBD' }]
    },
    {
      title: 'The Web',
      lessons: [{ title: 'TBD' }]
    },
    {
      title: 'What’s Next',
      lessons: [{ title: 'TBD' }]
    }, 
    { 
      title: 'Dogfooding',
      
      // We will create zerotoherojs.com and its sister sites from scratch
      // Implement all automation, monitoring, scaling, HA-setup
      // So, this will be a hands-on tutorial about how to manage a full-stack
      // learning management portal.
      lessons: [{ title: 'TBD'}]
    }
  ];

  console.log('Course outline', courseOutline);
})();