Frontend Bootcamp / Days in the Web

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Welcome

In this two-day workshop you'll learn the basics of frontend development while building a working web app.

The first day provides an introduction to the fundamentals of the web: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. This is targeted at new and experienced developers alike. On the second day we'll dive into more advanced topics like TypeScript, testing, and state management. While the examples should be accessible to anyone, you'll get the most out of it if you have some prior experience with programming and web technologies.

Getting set up

Required software

Before starting, make sure your computer has the following installed:

• Node/NPM (choose the LTS option)
• Git
• Visual Studio Code
  • If using a Mac, also follow these steps to install the code terminal command.
• React Developer Tools for Chrome or Firefox

Installing and running the project

1. Find a good terminal program--we're going to use it a LOT!

• On a PC, you can do this with cmd.exe (or some terminal programs such as cmder)

• On a Mac, bring up a Terminal (inside Applications folder).

• For those who really want something fancy looking: hyper

2. Clone repo and npm install

First, cd to a good place to put your copy of the Git repo.

• Windows: run cd %USERPROFILE% (if using cmd.exe) or cd ~ (if using Bash)
• Mac: Terminal automatically opens to your user directory (/Users/you)

Then run the following to make a local copy of the repo and get it ready to run:

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/frontend-bootcamp.git
cd frontend-bootcamp
npm install

If you have VS Code installed, type the following command to open a VS Code window where you can browse and open all the files in the project. (If on a Mac, be sure you've followed these steps first to make the code command available.)

code .

3. Run the "inner loop" build

For steps 1-3 on Day 1:

npm run static

For everything else:

npm start

Course material

Day one

1. Introduction to HTML, CSS and JavaScript
   • HTML Demo
   • CSS Demo
   • JavaScript Demo
2. Writing a Todo App: HTML and CSS
   • Demo
   • Exercise
3. Writing a Todo App: JavaScript
   • Demo
   • Exercise
4. React Introduction
   • Demo
5. Building a Static Page
   • Demo
   • Exercise
6. State Driven UI
   • Demo
   • Exercise
7. Types & UI Driven State
   • Demo
   • Exercise

Day two

The demos and exercises for today are combined.

1. Introduction to TypeScript
2. UI Fabric Component Library
3. Theming and Styling
4. Testing with Jest
5. Redux: Reducers
6. Redux: Dispatching Actions and Examining State
7. Redux: Stores and Dispatch
8. Redux: Combining Reducers
9. Redux: Thunk Middleware

Additional resources

• MDN Web Docs
• React Docs
• Thinking in React

Follow the authors!

If you are interested in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redux, or Design Systems, follow us on Twitter:

• @kenneth_chau
• @micahgodbolt

Other projects from the UI Fabric team at Microsoft

• UI Fabric - github repo
• Just: The task library that just works - github repo
• Rush: A scalable monorepo manager for the web - github repo

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.microsoft.com.

When you submit a pull request, a CLA-bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., label, comment). Simply follow the instructions provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

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