Righteous Javascript, Dude!

My talk on getting teenagers interested in programming, presented at CascadiaJS 2013.

1. RIGHTEOUS JAVASCRIPT DUDE
2. (Thoughts on the challenges of getting more teenagers interested in programming, why Javascript is the best first language to learn, and how we can influence the next generation.)
3. WHO AM I?
4. ZACH BRUGGEMAN
5. BRUGGIE
6. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
7. https://diy.org
8. DOGESCRIPT http://zachbruggeman.me/dogescript
9. wow such northwest dogescripters unite
10. CHALLENGES
11. PERCEPTION
12. EXCLUSIVE GIF OF ME PROGRAMMING
13. PROGRAMMING ACCORDING TO GOOGLE IMAGES
14. EDUCATION
16. The Spinning Wheel is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license, from Tiny Speck’s game Glitch.
17. Computer Science 11 is an introduction to computer programming and video game design that expands on concepts learned in Information Technology 10. Students will learn programming language by the development of computer games utilizing programs such as Gamemaker 8 and a brief introduction to UNITY 3d. In the end the student will learn programming language and will have made fully functioning computer games in both 2d and 3d. COURSE DESCRIPTION
18. SOLUTIONS?
20. ALL “SUCCESSFUL” ADULTS
21. LET’S TALK! CONTACT DETAILS AT THE END
22. https://webmaker.org
23. WHY JAVASCRIPT?
24. LIBRARY + BOOK = CAREER!
25. ZERO TO HELLO WORLD HELLO WORLD TO WHOA &
26. ZERO TO HELLO WORLD
27. OR If you really wanted to…
28. console.log(‘hello, world!’);
30. IT JUST WORKS. (MOSTLY)
31. puts "hello, world!" # ruby print("hello, world!") # python class HelloWorldApp { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("hello, world!") } } // java
32. ZERO TO HELLO WORLD HELLO WORLD TO WHOA &
33. HELLO WORLD TO WHOA WHOA!
34. WHOA! http://jsforcats.com
35. WHOA! http://threejs.org/examples/webgl_lines_colors.html
36. WHOA! http://voxeljs.com
37. WHOA! https://github.com/rwaldron/johnny-five http://nodebots.io/
38. WHAT’S YOUR WHOA?
39. ZERO TO HELLO WORLD HELLO WORLD TO WHOA &
40. 1. EASY TO SET UP. 2. EASY TO LEARN. 3. WHOA.
41. WHAT CAN YOU DO?
43. MENTORSHIP
44. CODE PRE-DIY.
45. http://coderdojo.com
46. END GOAL
47. @zachbruggeman talkto@zachbruggeman.me THANK YOU!