Unit 1.1 — Foundations

Quarter 1 · Weeks 1–3 · ~10.5 contact hours Environment: Browser DevTools console (no install).

SLO Focus

Introduces SLO 1 (software life-cycle) — W1 primary artifact A1.1
Introduces SLO 2 (coding conventions and structured style foundations)

Unit Goal

Students understand what programming is, can run their first JavaScript statements in the DevTools console, know the vocabulary of variables / types / expressions / sequential processing, and write code that follows the class style guide from day one.

Modules in this unit

ID	Week	Title	Primary SLO	Key Artifact
1.1.1	1	What Is Programming / Software Lifecycle	SLO 1	A1.1 written
1.1.2	2	Variables and Data Types	SLO 2 (intro)	A2.1, A2.2 labs
1.1.3	3	Documentation and Coding Conventions	SLO 2	A3.1 lab, A3.2 written, A3.3 quiz

Inter-module bridges

1.1.1 → 1.1.2: The console.log habit from W1 is the delivery mechanism for all W2 variable-output examples.
1.1.2 → 1.1.3: The naming conventions teased in W2 are formalized in W3 as the class style guide.
Unit 1.1 → Unit 1.2: Variables + documentation are prerequisites for Conditionals (W4).

Pre-requisite snapshot (student knowledge entering this unit)

None. First unit of the course.

Post-requisite snapshot (what students have after this unit)

Can open browser DevTools, run JS statements, and screenshot output.
Can declare variables with let/const, use 4 primitive types, write string expressions.
Can write inline + JSDoc-style comments and follow the distributed style guide.
Understands the SDLC phases vocabulary.

Unit-level assessments

A3.3 Quiz (W3) — in-class, closes the unit with a short vocabulary + syntax check.
Ongoing: style guide compliance graded on every subsequent lab.

Module 1.1 — Foundations

Lessons in this module