This is designed for absolute beginners. No computer science degree required. No prior coding experience needed. Just you, a browser, and a little bit of curiosity.
| Type | What it holds | Example | |------|---------------|---------| | String | Text | "I love pizza" | | Number | Numbers | 42 , 3.14 | | Boolean | True/False | true , false | | Undefined | Nothing yet | let ghost; | javascript beginner bootcamp (2020)
const askMood = () => let mood = prompt("How are you feeling today? (happy, tired, confused)"); if (mood === "happy") console.log("🎉 Keep that energy! JS is fun when you're happy."); else if (mood === "tired") console.log("☕ Take a 5-min break. Coffee helps. So does sleep."); else if (mood === "confused") console.log("🤔 That's normal! Confusion is the first step to understanding."); else console.log("📝 Whatever you're feeling, keep coding. You've got this."); This is designed for absolute beginners
Welcome, future developer.
console.log("Hello, Bootcamp 2020!"); Congratulations. You just wrote your first line of code. Think of variables as labeled jars on a shelf. You put data in them so you can use it later. Just you, a browser, and a little bit of curiosity
But before you build the next billion-dollar startup, you need to learn how to talk to the computer.
In 2020, we don’t use var anymore (long story, full of bugs). We use let and const .