While this course is aimed at beginners, it is expected that you should know a few of the basic concepts of programming before arriving. You don’t need any experience in JavaScript specifically, but it’s good if know about the following core concepts in any programming language.

  • Variables
  • Calling Functions
  • If Statements
  • For Loops
  • Arrays (or Lists)

If you have never coded before we will do a recap of some of the basics at the start of the course. If you feel like you would like to take some time to learn more about JavaScript as a language for the first couple of hours, you’re more than welcome to check out a couple of the resources below and we’re more than happy to help out - wherever the day takes you!

  1. Code Academy - Introduction to JavaScript: Code Academy offers interactive, online courses for learning programming. Working through the first few free lessons of the Introduction to JavaScript course will help you good background knowledge for the Game Development course.

  2. Code Combat: This website aims to help people learn coding by playing a game which requires you to write code to proceed. Playing through the Kithgard Dungeon and a couple of levels of the Backwoods Forest will give you a big head-start if you’ve never coded before!