Mar 26: APIs and Libraries

Learning Objectives

After today’s class, you should be able to:

• Implement a CSS framework (similar to Bootstrap) using flex layout.
• Identify Web APIs, public APIs, and client-side libraries for your project.

Lesson Outline

Mini Lab [25 min]

• Building Bootstrap (“shoestring”)

Slides [20 min]

• Chapter 10: Slides 37–50
• Web APIs – built into browser
• Public APIs – fetch from server

Libraries [10 min]

• Plotly.js, Chart.js, Grid.js, Tabulator

Project [20 min]

• Examples
  • Dawgstagram
  • Last Year’s
• AI Notes
  • GitHub Copilot in VS Code
  • vscode-chat-export

Before Tuesday

1. Finish the reading from Prep 8.
2. Finish Project 1 in your teamXX repository. ← Due Mon at 11:59pm