lightning-talks.md

#Lightning Talks / Whiteboarding Practice

We will be starting lightning talks on various topics. Generally, each talk will be presented at the beginning of class on a subject that we are about to learn about. In other words, you get first crack at explaining a new thing to your classmates. You have the opportunity to contribute your voice, experience, and perspective in the classroom in a new way. Furthermore, you get practice at being nervous in front of people while having to explain code, programming concepts, or other related concepts.

###Requirements

• 3-5 minute time limit
• You must write code or draw an explanatory diagram on the whiteboard during your presentation
• The talk should be as accurate as you can possibly make it. Talk about the parts of the topic that you think you understand the best. After all, it's only a minimum of three minutes.
• New Requirement: No powerpoint slides please

###Talks

• Monday, June 16: What is node.js?

  • Presenter: Geoff

• Wednesday, June 18: What is HTTP?

  • Presenter: Hanna

• Saturday, June 21: Node url module

  • Presenter: Tom

• Wednesday, June 25: Switch Statements

  • Presenter: Matt

• Monday, June 30: Exception Handling

  • Reading Starting Point: JS, definitive Guide "Jumps", section 5.6
    • specifically: "throw": 5.6.5, "try/catch": 5.6.6
  • Presenter: Abe

• Monday, July 7:

  • MVC: Model, View, Controller
    • Presenter: Jesse
  • jQuery
    • Presenter: Josh

• Wednesday, July 9: Promises

  • Reading Starting Point:
    • Javascript Promises, there and Back Again
    • q library homepage
  • Presenter: Chad

• Monday, July 14:

  • NoSQL/Orchestrate
    • Presenter:
  • Backbone
    • Presenter:

• Wednesday, July 16:

  • Websockets
    • Presenter: