Beginner's Workshop for Node.js

NOTE: This is a working draft. Please pull request changes. The outline is 
particularly weak near the end.

Friday: Workstation setup

• Introduction to the group and the workshop
• Introduction to the command line on Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux
• Self guided tutorial to setup nodejs and intro to javascript as a calculator in the REPL, running a .js file with node, and console.log()
• Hand out Saturday's schedule

The self guided tutorial will be provided before the setup night for those who cannot attend or want to get started early.

Saturday: Workshop

Bring a laptop, breakfast and lunch will be provided.

0800: Workstation Setup Redux (with donuts!)

1000: Intro to Programming with Javascript

• Variables
• Native Types
  • Number
  • String
  • Boolean
• Arrays
• Maps
• Flow control (if, else, and looping)

1015: Recitation: FizzBuzz

1045: Activity TBD

1100: Functions in Javascript

• What is a function?
• Function expressions
• Function parameters
• Functions that return
• Functions that call functions

###1115: Recitation: Reverse a numbers

• Write a function that reverses the digits in a number and returns it

1145: Activity TBD

1200: Lunch

1300: Advanced Topics

• Functions as Function parameters
• Callbacks and EventEmitters
• Capturing keyboard input with stdin
• Reading and Writing files with fs package
• Reading a file from the web with http package

1315: Recitation: Download a file from the web and save it to a file

1345: Activity TBD

1400: Breakout topics

• Website in express on Heroku/Nodejitsu/Engine Yard
• Advanced "Proper" Javascript
  • Prototypal objects
  • Variable scoping and closures
  • Variable hoisting
• Software Engineering Fundamentals
  • Testing
  • Package management
  • etc.

1445: Activity TBD

1500: Back to work

1600: Done