Intro to JavaScript Classes Setup

Open your Terminal application and navigate to your ~/code/ga/lectures directory:

cd ~/code/ga/lectures

Make a new directory called intro-to-javascript-classes, then enter this directory:

mkdir intro-to-javascript-classes
cd intro-to-javascript-classes

Create a directory called js:

mkdir js

Then, create an index.html file, as well as a app.js file inside the js directory. These files will hold your work for this lecture:

touch index.html ./js/app.js

With the files created, open the contents of the directory in VS Code:

code .

Open the index.html file and add HTML boilerplate by typing ! and then hitting the Tab key. Then link the app.js file inside of the js directory by adding this line inside the <head> tag:

<script defer src="./js/app.js"></script>

With this setup complete, we’ll have two methods at our disposal for executing the code we write in app.js:

• Open the index.html file in your browser and access the console output in your browser’s dev tools.

• Use node to execute the app.js file directly by using this command in your terminal:

node app.js

While either method is acceptable, you should use the same method as your instructor for simplicity.