# Reading material for the third lecture:

```
In week three we will discuss the following topics:
• Git work flow
• Advanced data types [Objects]
• Conditions
• Statements vs Expressions
• Loops (for/while)
• Functions
```


> :boom: IMPORTANT: The concepts of these weeks are extremely important, and require very careful reading. 
> Make sure you understand these concepts as well as you can, as they are crucial to programming and your ability to do well in our program!




### Here are resources that we like you to read as a preparation for the coming lecture:

Please watch the following parts of the course, [Programming Foundations Fundamentals](https://www.lynda.com/Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Welcome/83603/90426-4.html) on Lynda.com (if you don't have access to Lynda yet ask Gijs):

    4. Writing Conditional Code
    5. Modular Code
    6. Iteration: Writing Loops
    7. More About Strings
    8. Collections
    11. When Things Go Wrong 

## Read the following articles that are very important to programming!
- [Array](http://javascript.info/array)
- [Loops](http://javascript.info/while-for)
- [Functions](http://javascript.info/function-basics)
- [Scope](https://github.com/HackYourFuture/fundamentals/blob/master/fundamentals/scope.md)
- [Objects](http://javascript.info/object)
- [Conditions](http://javascript.info/ifelse)
- [Expressions vs statements](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVyCrI1cHi8)

#### Git work flow
- Check out this video of Daan to see how we use Git Workflow to hand in Homework (from now on): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o0yomUVVpU&index=2&list=PLVYDhqbgYpYUGxRdtQdYVE5Q8h3bt6SIA

### Review

Review the topics of week 2:

- [Variables](./../../../../fundamentals/blob/master/fundamentals/variables.md)
- [Values](./../../../../fundamentals/blob/master/fundamentals/values.md)
- [Operators](./../../../../fundamentals/blob/master/fundamentals/operators.md)
- [Special characters and their names](./../../../../fundamentals/blob/master/fundamentals/names_of_special_characters.md)
- [Naming conventions](./../../../../fundamentals/blob/master/fundamentals/naming_conventions.md)

_Please go through the material and come to class prepared!_