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OK so before we actually get started writing any code I want to take a moment to highlight a really

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important resource which is something called Mozilla Developer Network or MDA and for short.

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So to get there I often just end up typing MT-NW as I'm searching something.

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So let's say I wanted to know how functions work in javascript.

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I might say MT-NW functions and then click on one of these links.

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It's just a really really good resource for everything around H.T. Melchior says in Javascript.

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So the reason I'm showing it to you is we're going to use it a lot and refer back to it.

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It's sort of going to be our encyclopedia of knowledge and examples.

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Lots and lots of real developers use MDA and it's an excellent resource for students.

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It has lots of tutorials and demos and it's an excellent resource for serious developers who just need

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a reference.

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While we have it open I'll show you a little bit about it.

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So we want to focus mainly on this web platform side of things.

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So H M L C Ss and Javascript.

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So if you take a look at the HCM page we've got a bunch of things including a reference which we're

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going to see in a little bit a guide to each team out and some tutorials and a great introduction.

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So I actually recommend that you pause the video here and you read this entire introduction it's not

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very long.

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It's a great intro to everything that we're going to talk about in the next few videos.

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One thing that I always recommend is that you do a little reading before the videos especially for some

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of the more advanced topics and newer topics.

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Do some reading before them so that when you watch the videos you're able to draw some connections from

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something you've already read to something that I'm mentioning or some code that I'm showing you.

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So in summary though MDA an excellent excellent resource you could spend hours and hours on here.

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We will and the class highly recommend that you just get in the habit of typing MDMA in your Google

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searches or going to developer dupped Mozilla dot org.