intro-2-js

Before the Workshop

• Download the Course Materials
• Download & install an IDE on the laptop you plan to use during the workshop — We suggest Atom or Sublime Text — Notepad will not work for the purposes of this workshop
• Download and Install Google Chrome on the laptop you plan to use during the workshop
• If you have any questions or concerns regarding the workshop or the workshop materials, please contact Lizzi Slivinski (lizzi.slivinski@nbtsolutions.com)

Additional Resources

• Leaflet — Javascript library for creating maps
• Shape Escape — Online tool for converting shapefiles to geoJSON
• Leaflet Providers — Source for tiled basemap layers
• Jquery — Javascript library for interacting with DOM elements
• Stack Overflow — Question and answer forum for javascript & pretty much everything else
• Twitter Bootstrap — HTML, CSS, and JS library for creating mobile-ready web pages
• Color Brewer — Color advice for chloropleth maps
• CSS Tricks — Helpful CSS advice and explanations