CS106AX: Programming Methodologies in JavaScript and Python

Announcements:

September 17^st, 2026

• Greetings, potential CS106AX students, and welcome to the website you didn't realize you needed in your life until today! Classes don't fire up until this coming Monday. There are, however, some things to consider when deciding whether to take CS106A or CS106AX, and those things are:
  
  
  • CS106AX assumes some prior programming experience, whereas CS106A assumes none whatsoever. But because CS106AX students know how to program in some programming language already, you get to work through more advanced assignments and learn the material in greater depth.
  • Because of your prior programming experience, we're able to review the basics much more quickly, understand how larger programs are designed and implemented, and why building web and mobile applications often relies on an ability to code in multiple programming languages.
  • CS106AX teaches two programming languages: JavaScript and Python. JavaScript is generally deployed within the browser itself to foster interactivity and user experience, and Python is often used to implement the web server-synthesized HTML pages and deliver them (along with some JavaScript code) to the browser.
    
    
• That's enough for the moment. If you'd like more information, you can reach out to me at jerry@cs.stanford.edu. You're also welcome to peruse drafts of the first two handouts by clicking on the Handouts button above.
  
  Thank you, and get pysched for an awesome quarter together!