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Hudson Valley Technology Festival & Hackathon, Newburgh NY

Join us for the inaugural Hudson Valley Tech Festival & Hackathon in Newburgh, NY.

This Oct 11 & 12, enjoy OpenHub Project's premier Tech Festival (DevFest) bringing NY metropolitan area developers together to explore technology topics in a Tech Conference forum and solve Hudson Valley community challenges in a Hackathon forum using Civic Tech, EdTech and Open Data.

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Practical approach to UX/UI

Demand for UX designers is on the rise with a 10-year job growth (2014-24) forecast of 19% according to CNNMoney/Payscale's top 100 careers. The field of User Experience and User Interface web design is one of the most popular areas of expertise in web development / app development today.

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ABC series: Intro to JavaScript: workshop A

This is the first workshop from A-B-C series scheduled for June 11th, 18th, 25th at Newburgh Free Library.

The course will introduce the basic elements of JavaScript and will explore examples of JS for websites.

JavaScript is a scripting language used by browsers to make websites interactive.

• What to bring: laptop. Library provides 10 laptops if needed.

• Important to know: Introduction to web development is a prerequisite for this course.

Website Development - Part III

Building Blocks of Dynamic Websites

Students will discover the power of dynamic website coding with an introductory examination of PHP and MySQL. In this course, students will implement basic dynamic functions with PHP, and will hand-code a simple PHP-MySQL application to produce a dynamically-generated blog page. Students will examine similarities between their application and open source Content Management Systems like WordPress, and use what they learned to migrate an existing WordPress website.

Prerequisite 

Learn to Build a Website – Part II or equivalent knowledge (instructor-approved)

Mentor(s) 
Shannah White

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Intro to App Development. Masterclass

iOS developer Tyler Walker will share his story of abruptly switching career focus towards app development, and then will lead an informal discussion about the tools used and how to get started.  The class lean heavily towards iOS development, but also cover resources and tools to get started on Android.

The class will cover:

Mentor(s) 
Tyler Walker

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Intro to Web Development - Class A

This is an introduction to web development for potential future web programmers. It could have been called “Internet Programming 101.” It is a first programming course, introducing the core Internet browser technologies HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Being a web developer is not for everyone. Find out if this career is for you by trying it!

Intro to JavaScript / jQuery

This course is designed for JavaScript novices who have little or no experience with the language. Students will learn the structure of JavaScript - variables, scope, control flow, functions. Students will create code that interacts with DOM and adds interactive behavior to a website. The course will discuss best practices and introduce jQuery – a widely used JavaScript library.

Prerequisite 

Knowledge of HTML and CSS or Website Development - Part I. In order to work with jQuery, you should be aware of the basics of JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Mentor(s) 
Dmitry Pavlov

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