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Homework from lambda school mini-bootcamp

Homework #1

Instructions

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1. Feynman Writing Prompts - Write out explanations of the following concepts like you are explaining it to a 12 year old. Doing this will help you quickly discover any holes in your understanding. Ask your questions on Slack.

   • Variables
     • declaring values in JS. You say 'var' and give your var a name (this is the LHS declaration) and then a value (this is RHS declaration)
   • Strings
     • a data type consisting of letters, words, phrases that can also use alphnumeric and non-alphanumeric characters
   • Functions (arguments, return)
     • is a statement that is a set of instructions for the computer to following
     • arguments are any values that are needed in a function. arguments are not mandatory.
     • return keyword ends the function running and gives the function a final value
   • if statements
     • instructions that run if the value is true
   • Boolean values (true, false)
     • booleans give either a true value or a false value
     • used to help functions run

2. Install Node and NPM. NPM comes packaged with Node. https://nodejs.org/en/download/

3. Install SublimeText3. If you have another editor that you prefer then you can use that. https://www.sublimetext.com/3

4. Download this project folder from GitHub.

5. Navigate into the downloaded folder using Terminal(Mac) or Command Prompt(Windows). ls(Mac), dir(Windows) and cd <directory_name> are the commands you need to navigate around.

6. Once you are in the folder type the command npm install. This will fetch all of the needed requirements for the project.

7. Run npm test to run the automated tests. At first all of the tests will be broken. You will fill out the functions in exercises.js to make the tests pass.

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