Session Six: Datamine!

May 10, 2017 - DePaul Entrepreneurship Center

Instructor - Kara

TAs - Jerliyah, Ryan, Nithun, Justin, Oscar

Session Goal:

To Evaluate sketches and determine if, when, and how to use external data sources via APIs.

Session Schedule:

Welcome:

• Review:
  • Q&A
    • how do we store the data??
    • Understanding BackEnd/FrontEnd

    • Database Relationships - Objs Vs Vars

    • declaration: name = “kara” sayMyName = function(arg) { alert(hello #{arg}); }

      person = { name: “”, age: 0, location: “Chicago” jump: function(){ do something; }, talkTo(person, mood, subject){ console.log(Hi #{person}, I'm #{mood}, lets talk about #{subject}); } }

    • invocation: name // “kara” sayMyName(name) // “Hello Kara” Alert!
  • Data Types
  • Data Relationships
  • Schemas
  • Discuss Tutorials

Intro to APIs:

• HTTP METHODS
  • GET
  • POST
  • PUT/PATCH
  • DELETE
• Discuss HTTP Response Codes
  • 1xx
  • 2xx (200OK)
  • 3xx
  • 4xx
  • 5xx
• Pros & Cons to External Data Sources

  • PROS

  • CONS

Break

Group Activity:

• Using Javascript and Bootstrap
• Learn about Variables
• Intro to Javascript Syntax

Homework:

• [ ] In a datamine.md file, describe what an API is, and the Pros/Cons of use. Find APIs you can use for your app Idea, write how you’d use it.
• [ ] COMPLETE YOUR GROUPS FETCH PROJECT!! (Leave Comments for yourself on the steps and data being used)
• [ ] Read through the Get Started for Bootstrap PENDING RESOURCE

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