Craft: Web Development with JavaScript

This repository stores information useful for learning the craft of web development and primarily serves as our goal library.

This is a shared resource, and it is collaboratively developed by all learners. To learn how to contribute, read CONTRIBUTING.md.

Getting Started

Authoring and Editing Goals

If you are just authoring or editing goals, then you can make edits directly to the files in the _goals/ directory.

Goals are just plain-text Markdown files, which when published to the master branch are rendered on the production site: http://jsdev.learnersguild.org/.

To preview the goals as they would appear on a browser, however, you'll need to set up your own development server.

Setting Up a Local Development Server

The site is published on GitHub Pages using Jekyll. Jekyll is a package for the Ruby language. You don't need to know Ruby, but you do need to have it installed in order to preview your changes locally.

1. Clone this repo and change into the directory

   $ git clone git@github.com:GuildCrafts/web-development-js.git
   ...
   $ cd web-development-js

2. Install rbenv and ruby-build plugin with Homebrew

   $ brew install rbenv ruby-build

3. Install the version of Ruby specified in .ruby-version file

   $ rbenv install

4. Install Jekyll and Bundler gems

   $ gem install jekyll bundler

5. Install the dependencies listed in the Gemfile

   $ bundle install

6. Start the server and auto-update when changes are made

   $ bundle exec jekyll serve --watch

7. Make any changes and review your results

Contents

Goals

This repo is the home to our goal library. Goals are stored as files in the _goals/ directory.

You can create new goals! Before you do so, please review the instructions in CONTRIBUTING.md, especially the Authoring Goals section. Use the goal template to author your new goal.

If you don't have time to author a new goal, but you still think it should be a part of the goal library, please make a goal suggestion by submitting a new issue. Read the Suggesting Goals section of the CONTRIBUTING.md file to learn more.

Playlists

Playlists are possible paths to becoming a full-stack JavaScript web developer. They are collections of goals organized by other learners to provide meaningful courses of learning.

All playlists are stored in the playlists directory.

This directory is a collection of trails intended to help travelers in making their own. There are as many paths as there are people aspiring to become one. Ultimately, every aspiring developer must learn to navigate the terrain on their own terms and create their own path if they are to become life long learners.

To author your own playlist, submit a pull request your playlists added to the playlists directory. To make suggestions/updates to an existing playlist, submit a pull request, and tag the playlist's owner.