General Assembly Continues to Confront Skills Gaps With Launch of JavaScript Development Part-Time Course

New York, NY, December 18, 2015 (Newswire.com) - ​​​General Assembly (GA), the global education institution specializing in 21st century skills, today announced JavaScript Development as the latest addition to GA’s catalog of courses in data, business, design and technology. Piloting initially in New York, GA’s JavaScript Development course is the first and only in person, part-time course that focuses exclusively on JavaScript and will enable students to gain relevant and in demand skills in today’s design and web-development landscape.

As one of the most prominent and versatile programming languages in use today - with both RedMonk and GitHub ranking its popularity as the top used skill - there is tremendous demand from employers for JavaScript knowledge. In fact, JavaScript skills are in the highest demand for web development, mobile development, UI/UX and design jobs, according to a 2015 study from Burning Glass and GA.

"With General Assembly's focus on teaching practical, current skills that will prove useful in the long-term, we are no stranger to JavaScript - it's actually been an increasing element of our Web Development Immersive curriculum. We saw an opportunity to create a standalone JavaScript offering and we look forward to supporting both student and employer demand for this versatile and relevant skill set."

Anna Lindow, General Assembly

“With General Assembly’s focus on teaching practical, current skills that will prove useful in the long-term, we are no stranger to JavaScript - it’s actually been an increasing element of our Web Development Immersive curriculum,” said Anna Lindow, General Manager, Campus Education and Operations at General Assembly. “We saw an opportunity to create a standalone JavaScript offering and we look forward to supporting both student and employer demand for this versatile and relevant skill set.”

JavaScript Development is a part-time, 10-week course, designed to equip students with prior basic knowledge of HTML and CSS with the fundamentals of JavaScript and object-oriented programming, including how to work with APIs. Graduates of the course will also benefit from joining GA’s growing community of 23,000 alumni. The course will initially pilot in New York City, starting on January 27, 2016.    

All of GA’s courses are built with an education to employment approach, aimed to set students up for success outside of the classroom. This includes leveraging industry research, subject matter experts and insights from our network of employers in course development as well as having practitioners as instructors, leveraging their real world experience and expertise to further understanding of how these skills will be applied outside of the classroom.

More information on GA’s JavaScript Development course: https://generalassemb.ly/education/javascript-development 

About General Assembly
As a specialized educational institution for 21st century skills in data, design, business and technology, General Assembly (GA) is empowering a global community to pursue work they love through best-in-class instruction and access to opportunities. GA works with students online and in person across 14 campuses around the world and hundreds of companies as partners in course development and graduate placement as well as through GA’s corporate training and development business.

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