Who this course is for

Graduates of GL-101 Foundations
Students with some prior experience (placed by the onboarding assessment)

Prerequisite: GL-101 Foundations (or placement at the onboarding assessment).

By the end, students walk away with

Write real JavaScript — functions, logic, loops — without AI help
Model and display real-life data (rosters, inventories, schedules)
Build an app whose data survives closing the page
A GitHub portfolio with every project published

Week-by-week syllabus

VS Code — my-projects

📁 site
📁 quiz
📄 app.js

// pro setup, day one
const me = "developer";

Real tools. Like the pros.

Week 1

Working like a developer

Professional tools (VS Code) and professional AI prompting habits.

functions.js

function maaser(amount) {
return amount / 10;
}
// you wrote this. no AI.

maaser(180) → 18 ✓

Week 2

Variables, types & functions

Write them yourself first, then compare against the AI's version.

logic-katas.js

if (day === "Friday") {
earlyDismissal(); ✓
}

Kata 1 ✓Kata 2 ✓Kata 3 …

Week 3

Logic: decisions and loops

Code katas where AI may explain but never write.

roster-app.html

TEAM · POINTS

Maccabees · 42

Lions · 38

real data, shaped by your code

Week 4

Modeling real data

Arrays and objects shaped like real life: rosters, inventories, schedules.

search-live.html

🔎 sea|

Sea Gate Sefarim

Seaside Grocery

it filters as you type

Week 5

Controlling the page

Build pages from data; add live search and filtering.

chesed-tracker.html

Chesed Tracker

✅✅✅✅✅⬜⬜

🔥 5-day streak saved — even after refresh

Week 6

Apps that remember

Browser storage: build a tracker whose data survives closing the page.

github.com/dovid-codes

dovid-codes · 6 repositories

your code portfolio — like a real developer's

Week 7

Git & GitHub

Version control like a pro; every project published to a real portfolio.

demo-day

🧑‍🏫 👥👥👥

"...and THIS function saves the data."

Demo Day 🎓 — you explain YOUR code

Week 8

Capstone + Demo Day 🎓

Finish the app, demo it, and explain your own code to the audience.

A typical 55-minute class

Welcome & review (5 min)Take-home builds shown, wins celebrated.
Live demo (10–15 min)The instructor builds the week's concept live — mistakes and all.
Guided build (25–30 min)Every student builds it themselves, instructor circulating one-on-one.
Share & wrap (10 min)Screens up, quick standup, and the week's take-home build assigned.

What's included

8 weekly in-person classes (55 min)
Option to add AI Studio practice membership ($100/mo — enrolled students only)
Course materials
Demo Day + certificate of completion

Requirements

Bring your own laptop — Windows or Mac, 8 GB RAM minimum (16 GB recommended)
AI tools (e.g., Claude subscription) billed to the student — we can set them up
Free WiFi at the studio; a personal hotspot is recommended as backup
We strongly recommend a kosher filter (e.g. TAG) installed on the laptop before the first class

Good to know: separate classes for boys 12–17, girls 12–17, adult men, and adult women. The only fee beyond tuition is the $99 annual fee (onboarding assessment, your @geulahlabs.com email, first month of Claude included). All sales are final — see the terms. Closed on Shabbos & Yom Tov.

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