To Do This Week:
CodeAcademy – just the lessons, not the projects
Learn Javascript :
4. “Functions“,
5. “Scope”
6.” Arrays”
7. “Loops”
Read (optional): Eloquent Javascript:
Class
JavaScript Talk:
- conditionals
- functions
- arrays
- for loops, while loops
- nested arrays and loops
Steps to make a Hangman game…?
Workshop
Change Circles Script
Download the Circles file (control click page) or get the source code and make a new file in Sublime text. Then, with your partner, make changes. First talk about what 3 things you want to change in the script. Then list the steps needed for each change. Try to find the JavaScript code. Use ChatGPT or ask me.
Remember, if your script stops working. Command + Option + J opens the console with the line of the error. Or “inspect element” and look for the Console in the panel.
Traversing the DOM (getting and manipulating elements on the page):
Working with strings (manipulating text):
- strings
- string methods
- regular expressions…
Regex (regular expressions) Basics:
// TO BREAK A LINE AFTER A PERIOD
// find all periods: \.
// replace with: \.\n
// TO ADD QUOTE AT START OF LINES
// find beginning of line: ^
// replace with: ”
// TO ADD QUOTE AND COMMA AT END OF LINES
// find end of line: $
// replace with: “,
// TO REMOVE ALL LINE BREAKS
// find: \n\s+
// replace with nothing