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.

12 vs 24 hour clock

• Identify a pattern between a set of inputs and outputs produced by a given function

Comparing current and target output

• Evaluate an expression that uses a comparison operator
• Explain when to use the === operator in a program
• List the values of the boolean type

Writing an assertion

• Describe the difference between console.log and console.assert
• Write an assertion to check for some behaviour of a given function
• Implement a piece of functionality specified in an assertion
• Given an assertion and a function declaration, identify and explain whether the assertion will succeed or fail
• Write an assertion for a function that implements a solution to a given problem

Interpreting errors

• Interpret an error trace to identify which line in which file caused the error
• Identify an error message from an error trace

Interpreting this error

• Interpret an error message
• Break down an error message and look up unfamiliar parts
• Rephrase an error message

Reusing variable names

• Fix code which declares the same identifier more than once

Making a choice

• Propose a strategy for solving a problem
• Identify sub-problems within a larger problem

Conditionally executing code

• Construct a flow diagram that describes how to produce an output from a given input
• Explain when it is necessary to use a conditional statement
• Identify the syntactic features of an if statement
• Analyse a conditional statement to determine whether or not the statement will be executed
• Determine the output of a program that uses a conditional statement

Forming sub-goals

• Define a sub-goal
• Explain why we use sub-goals

Accessing strings

• Define zero-indexing
• Given a short program, determine the return value of a call to slice on a string before execution
• Describe how to convert a string into a number in JavaScript

Testing a sub-goal

• Test a solution to a sub-goal before solving the whole problem

Sub-goal #2

• Explain how different concepts are combined to solve a goal

Refactoring repetition

• Refactor code to remove duplication
• Explain why duplicated code can cause problems

Identifying missing tests

• Define groups of input
• Define edge cases
• Identify groups of input for a function
• Identify edge cases for a function

Ask a good question for real

• Ask a meaningful, well-structured question on Slack
• Answer a question on Slack appropriately
• Give feedback to colleagues when they ask questions

Mandatory Sprint 2 Codewars Katas

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

Mentored pair programming

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

Play the CLI Treasure Hunt

• traverse a filesystem using Unix commands

Stretch Codewars Katas

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

Writing a meeting request email

• Write emails requesting meetings in different contexts.

Stand Up

• Explain the format of a stand-up meeting
• Identify the purpose of a stand-up meeting
• Share a progress update in a stand-up meeting