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Sprint Challenge: JavaScript Fundamentals

This challenge allows you to practice the concepts and techniques learned over the past week and apply them in a survey of problems. This Sprint explored JavaScript Fundamentals. During this Sprint, you studied variables, functions, object literals, arrays, this keyword, prototypes, and class syntax. In your challenge this week, you will demonstrate proficiency by completing a survey of JavaScript problems.

Instructions

Read these instructions carefully. Understand exactly what is expected before starting this Sprint Challenge.

This is an individual assessment. All work must be your own. Your challenge score is a measure of your ability to work independently using the material covered through this sprint. You need to demonstrate proficiency in the concepts and objectives introduced and practiced in preceding days.

You are not allowed to collaborate during the Sprint Challenge. However, you are encouraged to follow the twenty-minute rule and seek support from your TL and Instructor in your cohort help channel on Slack. Your work reflects your proficiency in JavaScript fundamentals.

You have three hours to complete this challenge. Plan your time accordingly.

Commits

Commit your code regularly and meaningfully. This helps both you (in case you ever need to return to old code for any number of reasons) and your team lead.

Description

You will notice there are several JavaScript files being brought into the index.html file. Each of those files contain JavaScript problems you need to solve. If you get stuck on something, skip over it and come back to it later.

In meeting the minimum viable product (MVP) specifications listed below, you should have a console full of correct responses to the problems given.

Self-Study Questions

Demonstrate your understanding of this week's concepts by answering the following free-form questions.

Edit this document to include your answers after each question. Make sure to leave a blank line above and below your answer so it is clear and easy to read by your team lead

  1. Describe the biggest difference between .forEach & .map.

map creates a new array for the results of embedded function which runs for every item in the array. foreach runs a function for every item in the array and provides the results in the same array. foreach by itself returns undefined.

  1. What is the difference between a function and a method?

function can be standalone (housed in the window object) or can be homed in an object and thats when we call it a method.

  1. What is closure?

closure means nested functions can access variables from outside and variables directly inside the funciton but not from inside the within functions. variables can have local and global context. global context means the window object.

  1. Describe the four rules of the 'this' keyword.

global - when this is not housed in an object, it will refer to window object as its closest parent. this situation may cause some unexpected behaviour, therefore we can use strict mode to avoide it. implicit - when this is housed in an object, it will refer to its closest parent object. explicit - when this is housed in nested objects or sibling objects, to specify which object to refer to, we use call,apply and bind to explicitly refer to targeted object. new - using new on a function including this, creates a new object, changes the this in funciton to refer to newly created object and creates an implicit return.

  1. Why do we need super() in an extended class?

super is used to access/inherit and call all methods and attributes housed in parent object.

Project Set up

Follow these steps to set up and work on your project:

  • Create a forked copy of this project.
  • Add TL as collaborator on Github.
  • Clone your OWN version of Repo (Not Lambda's by mistake!).
  • Create a new Branch on the clone: git checkout -b <firstName-lastName>.
  • Create a pull request before you start working on the project requirements. You will continuously push your updates throughout the project.
  • You are now ready to build this project with your preferred IDE
  • Implement the project on your Branch, committing changes regularly.
  • Push commits: git push origin <firstName-lastName>.

Follow these steps for completing your project:

  • Submit a Pull-Request to merge Branch into master (student's Repo).
  • Add your team lead as a Reviewer on the Pull-request
  • TL then will count the HW as done by merging the branch back into master.

Minimum Viable Product

Your finished project must include all of the following requirements:

Pro tip for this challenge: If something seems like it isn't working locally, copy and paste your code up to codepen and take another look at the console.

Task 1: Objects and Arrays

Test your knowledge of objects and arrays.

Task 2: Functions

This challenge takes a look at callbacks and closures as well as scope.

  • Use the functions.js link to get started. Read the instructions carefully!

Task 3: Prototypes

Create constructors, bind methods, and create cuboids in this prototypes challenge.

  • Use the prototypes.js link to get started. Read the instructions carefully!

Task 4: Classes

Once you have completed the prototypes challenge, it's time to convert all your hard work into classes.

  • Use the classes.js link to get started. Read the instructions carefully!

In your solutions, it is essential that you follow best practices and produce clean and professional results. Schedule time to review, refine, and assess your work and perform basic professional polishing including spell-checking and grammar-checking on your work. It is better to submit a challenge that meets MVP than one that attempts too much and does not.

Stretch Problems

There are a few stretch problems found throughout the files, don't work on them until you are finished with MVP requirements!

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