Compiled Learning Objectives

At the end of the sprint, you should be able to do the following things. Make sure to check you can do them all, and if not, go back and keep practicing until you can.

Interacting with computers (Prep)

• Define a computer

Using an interface (Prep)

• Categorise different interfaces

Terminal interface (Prep)

• Identify the terminal and its purpose
• Execute commands in the terminal

Classifying data (Prep)

• Define data type, expression, and operator

Evaluating expressions (Prep)

• Define the features of the Node REPL
• Evaluate expressions using your mental model of JavaScript
• Evaluate expressions using the Node REPL

Prep dir (Prep)

• Create a working prep directory for the module

Saving expressions (Prep)

• Identify the syntactic features of a variable declaration
• Explain why we use variable declarations
• Create strings using variables and template literals

Declarations and statements (Prep)

• Define a declaration
• Define a statement
• Describe the difference between a declaration and a statement
• Describe the difference between let and const

Functions (Prep)

• Define a function in programming
• Evaluate a function expression
• Call a function with an input in REPL

Running scripts (Prep)

• Execute a JavaScript file with Node

Logging (Prep)

• Use console.log to print a value

Errors (Prep)

• Identify the cause of syntax errors in small snippets of JavaScript
• Interpret syntax error messages to determine their cause and how to fix them

Percentages (Prep)

• Construct simple expressions to represent a calculation

Declaring functions (Prep)

• Label and describe the syntactic features of a function declaration

Playing computer (Prep)

• Analyse each line in a given program and state what the line does when the program executes
• Differentiate between a function declaration and a function invocation
• Define a frame
• Describe what happens when a function is called
• Differentiate between a local frame and a global frame

Scope (Prep)

• Define scope
• Explain what happens when a variable is referenced out of scope

Returning from a function (Prep)

• Identify the return value at a call site given its function declaration
• Log the return value of a function
• Given a short program, state the number of times a given function is called

Reusing the function (Prep)

• Evaluate a function expression
• Call a function with an input in REPL

Parameterising a function (Prep)

• Define a parameter
• Identify the value assigned to a parameter when a function is invoked
• Differentiate between parameters and arguments
• Invoke a given function with an appropriate argument to produce some target output
• Reuse code to perform the same calculation with different inputs

Solving Problems with Functions (Prep)

• Practice solving problems with functions

Mandatory Sprint 1 Codewars Katas (Backlog)

• Practice applying concepts related to the sprint’s prep material in a kata.
• Problem solve a new coding challenge.

Mentored pair programming (Backlog)

• Talk aloud when thinking about a problem.
• Write code in front of someone else.
• Analyse your strategies for solving problems in code.

Review your development plan (Backlog)

• Define short, medium and long-term development goals

Stretch Codewars Katas (Backlog)

• Practice applying concepts related to the sprint’s prep material in a kata.
• Problem solve a new coding challenge.

Writing an email for an internship (Backlog)

• Write an email applying for a fictional internship

Asking good technical questions (Day Plan)

• Create well constructed questions that provide helpful answers to technical issues