WORKSHOPS FALL 2025
Each semester, the Computation Lab Coordinator offers workshops to CART, DART and MDES students.
There must be a minimum of 3 people registered for a particular workshop in order for it to take place.
Please register for a workshop by sending me an email at computation.lab@concordia.ca.
Additionally, if you have a specific interest / idea for a potential workshop, do not hesitate to contact the Computation Lab.
INTRO TO JAVASCRIPT & THE DOM
Revision of the basic principles of Computer Programming using JavaScript. Object-oriented programming concepts and paradigms will also be introduced and demonstrated. We will focus on using Javascript with the HTML DOM. (NO special libraries P5 or JQUERY etc will be covered)
This workshop is intended for students to review and refresh their programming skills. Review of specific concepts may be done on request.
DATE: FRIDAY SEPT 26 2025
TIME: 13:30 – 16:30
INTRO TO NODE.JS I
This workshop will introduce Node.js: an open source server framework which uses JavaScript to run on the server.We will focus on using Node.js and affiliated tools such as the Express Framework to create a simple web application.
Suggested: some basic programming knowledge (i.e. in JavaScript) and basic knowledge of HTML markup and CSS.
DATE: FRIDAY OCT 10 2025
TIME: 13:30 – 16:30
INTRO TO NODE.JS II
Continuation of the first workshop in this series. This workshop will focus on further exploring Node.JS as well as techniques for implementing well-structured, organized and modular applications. Topics covered will include: asynchronous patterns (callbacks, promises…), creation/management and extending upon modules, data streams (reading/writing data), databases…
DATE: FRIDAY OCT 24 2025
TIME: 13:30 – 16:30
INTRO TO REACT JS I
This workshop (the first in a series of two) will introduce modern web application development with JavaScript. We will focus on building single page applications using the ReactJS framework that use REST APIs built with Node.js. It is recommended (but not mandatory) that you have a bit of prior knowledge of Node.js workshop prior to taking this workshop.
DATE: FRIDAY NOV 7th 2025
TIME: 13:30 – 16:30