zamanisima / JavaScript-Core-1-Coursework-Week1

Coursework

Like learning a musical instrument, programming requires daily practise.

The exercises are split into three folders: exercises, mandatory and extra. All homework in the exercise and mandatory section must be completed for homework by the following lesson.

The extra folder contains exercises that you can complete to challenge yourself, but are not required for the following lesson.

Running the code/tests

The files for the mandatory/extra exercises are intended to be run as jest tests.

• Once you have cloned the repository, run npm install once in the terminal to install jest (and any necessary dependencies).
• To run the tests for all mandatory/extra exercises, run npm test
• To run only the tests for the mandatory exercises, run npm test -- --selectProjects mandatory
• To run only the tests for the extra exercises, run npm test -- --selectProjects extra
• To run a single exercise/test (for example mandatory/1-writer.js), run npm test -- --testPathPattern mandatory/1-writer.js (Remember, you can use tab-completion to get files relative to the current directory, so mTab ↹/1-Tab ↹ will autocomplete get you the test file starting with 1-)

For more information about tests, look here:

https://syllabus.codeyourfuture.io/guides/intro-to-tests

Try out variant way of running tests:

• npm test -> run all mandatory and extra tests
• npm test -- --selectProjects mandatory -> run only mandatory tests
• npm test -- --testPathPattern mandatory/1-syntax-errors.js -> run single test

Solutions

The solutions for this coursework can be found here:

https://github.com/CodeYourFuture/JavaScript-Core-1-Coursework-Week1-Solution

This is a private repository. Please request access from your Teachers, Buddy or City Coordinator after the start of your next lesson.

Instructions for submission

For your homework, we'll be using test driven development to check your answers. Test driven development (or TDD) is the practice of writing tests for your code first, and then write your code to pass those tests. This is a very useful way of writing good quality code and is used in a lot of industries. You don't have to worry about knowing how this works, but if you're curious, engage with a volunteer to find out more! :)

1. Complete the challenges in each file and save it once you're happy with your changes
2. Run the script to check the results against the tests - all tests should read PASSED if you completed the challenges correctly. If a test reads FAILED, find the associated test to identify which function failed and fix it.
3. Raise a PR once you're happy with the quality of your code